Labor Cost & Burden Calculator
Use this to estimate what a crew hour costs after wages, overtime, burden, and additional expenses. Enter your planned hours and the rates that apply to your crew; this is an estimate, not a payroll calculation.
Enter your crew and pay assumptions below. The loaded cost updates as you change them.
Labor Cost & Burden Calculator
Calculate fully burdened hourly rate and project payroll expenses
For 10 total hours worked across 1 worker
How Loaded Labor Cost Is Calculated
The estimate adds the wages and expenses you enter, then divides by crew hours to show a loaded hourly cost:
Check your assumptions: The calculator applies the burden percentage and overtime multiplier you enter. Verify those values against your payroll records before using the estimate in a bid.
Worked Example
Calculating labor for a 1-worker, 10-hour installation:
- Workers: 1
- Regular Hours: 10
- Hourly Wage: $30.00 / hr
- Overtime Hours: 0
- Employer Burden: 20.0%
- Additional Expenses: $0.00
Disclaimer: Overtime multipliers and burden percentages are user-entered estimating assumptions, not legal compliance or tax filings.