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Labor burden rate calculator: the % that turns wage into real cost
A burden rate is the percentage you multiply onto base wages. Enter annual (or hourly-equivalent) burden dollars and base wages — get burden % plus a loaded hourly example.
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- Burden dollars
- $25,020.00
- Base wages
- $80,000.00
- Burden rate
- 31.3%
- Loaded hourly
- $36.76/hr
Example on $28.00/hr base wage
Common questions
Indirect employment cost as a percent of base wages.
That page starts from wage + %; this page emphasizes finding the %.
Usually overhead, not payroll burden.
No — planning from numbers you enter.