What is labor burden?

It's the extra cost of an employee beyond wages — payroll taxes, workers' comp, insurance and benefits, usually 20–30%.

How do I estimate hours accurately?

Track actual hours on past jobs by task and build a production-rate library you can reuse.

No — this is cost. Add markup for overhead and profit to reach the price on the estimate.

Labor Cost Calculator

Labor cost equals workers × hours × hourly rate. Add a burden factor for taxes, insurance and benefits to get true labor cost.

Workers

Hours per worker(hrs)

Hourly rate($)

Labor burden(%)

Your result

True labor cost

$1,400.00

Base wages$1,120.00

Burden (taxes, insurance)$280.00

Total man-hours32

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