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Loaded Labor Rate (Labor Burden)
Base pay is only part of it. List the full annual cost of an employee — wages plus every burden item — then the productive (billable) hours they actually work. We give you the true loaded cost per hour.
e.g. 2,080 minus PTO, rain, drive time, downtime.
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Total annual labor cost$0.00
Productive hours0
Loaded labor cost per hour$0.00
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Loaded Labor Rate (Labor Burden)
Valgard Strategies Group · July 24, 2026
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| Total annual labor cost | $0.00 |
| Productive hours | 0 |
| Loaded labor cost per hour | $0.00 |
Loaded hourly cost = total annual employee cost ÷ productive hours.
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