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Burdened Labor-Rate Calculator

Calculate what one productive hour really costs, including paid leave, payroll burden, benefits, and nonproductive time.

Shared shop rates

Save rates once and apply them when needed. Labor is cost per productive person-hour; overhead is separate. Values are stored only in this browser.

Your worksheet

Example inputs. Replace them with your shop’s numbers.

Results

This is labor cost only. Keep shop overhead and selling profit separate. Use the save-rate button to reuse the result in the other tools.

How this is calculated

  • Paid hours = paid weeks × hours per week. Wages = paid hours × base wage.
  • Annual employment cost = wages × (1 + employer burden) + fixed benefits.
  • Productive hours = (paid hours − paid leave) × productive share.
  • Burdened labor rate = annual employment cost ÷ productive hours.

All money inputs use USD. Calculations retain full precision; displayed amounts are rounded. Drafts save on this device when browser storage is available. Export your worksheet to keep a separate copy.