{"product_id":"contractor-labor-cost-calculator","title":"Contractor Labor Cost \u0026 Labor Burden Calculator","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow what your field labor actually costs—not just what you pay per hour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarginForge Contractor Labor Cost \u0026amp; Labor Burden Calculator is a focused Microsoft Excel workbook for contractors and home-service businesses that want to calculate true employer labor cost per productive hour and translate that cost into a margin-aware billable labor rate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter your hourly wage, paid hours, payroll taxes, workers compensation, benefits, PTO, paid holidays, training\/admin\/non-billable time, and bonus. The workbook automatically calculates productive capacity, total annual employer cost, loaded labor cost, labor burden, and required billable labor rates across multiple gross-margin targets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$11.99 one-time purchase • Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) • No subscription • 30 days of product support\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe problem\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eYour hourly wage is not your true labor cost\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA technician earning $28 per hour costs the business more than $28 for every productive hour available to perform customer work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePayroll burden, workers compensation, benefits, PTO, holidays, bonuses, and paid nonproductive time all affect the true cost of field labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe MarginForge Labor Cost \u0026amp; Labor Burden Calculator brings those costs together in one transparent model so you can see the number that matters for pricing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoaded Labor Cost per Productive Hour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSample result\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the included sample assumptions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHourly wage: \u003cstrong\u003e$28.00\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal annual employer cost: \u003cstrong\u003e$74,393.60\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProductive hours: \u003cstrong\u003e1,760\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoaded labor cost per productive hour: \u003cstrong\u003e$42.27\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal load versus straight hourly wage: \u003cstrong\u003e+51.0%\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a \u003cstrong\u003e40% target labor gross margin\u003c\/strong\u003e, that $42.27 loaded labor cost requires a billable labor benchmark of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$70.45 per productive hour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workbook calculates the result from your assumptions—there are no hard-coded “industry standard” labor rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the workbook calculates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurn employment cost into a usable labor-pricing benchmark\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProductive hours per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase wages per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePayroll tax and workers compensation burden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal annual employer cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCost per paid hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoaded labor cost per productive hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmployer cost burden %\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal load versus hourly wage %\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeam total employer cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlended team loaded labor cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRequired billable rate by target gross margin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGross profit per productive hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarkup on loaded labor cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePotential labor revenue at productive capacity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRole-level billable labor rates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMargin scenarios\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSee what different margin targets require\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare required billable labor rates across:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10% • 20% • 25% • 30% • 35% • 40% • 45% • 50% • 55% • 60%\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workbook also lets you choose your own target margin and automatically calculates the corresponding role-level and blended billable labor rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA common pricing mistake is treating 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