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PROJECTS / LOADED LABOR

Project Labor Cost Calculator

Estimate loaded internal team labor plus external contractor cost from team size, hours per person, wage rate, and employer burden.

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Volume and timing

Hours and timing

Scenario

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Scenario

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Calculation path

Team members, hours, and average wage create direct labor, employer burden loads that amount, and contractor cost is added.

Calculation path

Project labor cost = team members x hours each x hourly wage x (1 + burden rate) + contractor cost.

What you provide

What you provide

  • Internal team members: Employees assigned the same modeled hours and loaded wage assumptions.
  • Project hours per person: Expected internal project labor hours for each team member.
  • Average hourly wage: Average gross wage cost for one internal labor hour.
  • Employer labor burden: Employer tax, benefits, insurance, and overhead percentage loaded on wages.
  • External contractor cost: Fixed external labor and subcontractor cost added to internal labor.

What you receive

What you receive

  • Estimated total project labor cost
  • Loaded internal labor cost
  • External cost and total internal hours

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Skill mix, overtime, learning, rework, management, travel, equipment, overhead, contingency, and schedule risk are excluded.

This is an educational planning estimate, not payroll, employment, legal, tax, benefits, or accounting advice. Confirm eligibility, definitions, contracts, policy, and jurisdictional rules before using a result.

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