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title: "Free Labor Burden Calculator | ContractorPro"
description: "Calculate true hourly labor cost with wages, payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, truck, phone and tools. Free labor burden calculator; no signup required."
canonical: https://contractorpro.io/tools/labor-burden-calculator
outline:
  - "Labor Burden Calculator"
  - "Enter Base Wage and Annual Billable Hours"
  - "Add Payroll Taxes, Insurance and Annual Employment Costs"
  - "What Is Labor Burden?"
  - "Why Do Billable Hours Affect True Hourly Cost?"
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# Labor Burden Calculator

Your real labor cost is never the base wage. Add burden to price jobs that actually make money.

Category: Calculator. Free to use, no signup required.

## Inputs
- Base hourly wage ($/hr)
- Billable hours per year
- Payroll taxes (%)
- Workers' comp (%)
- General liability (%)
- Benefits per year ($)
- Truck, phone, tools per year ($)

## FAQs
Q: What is labor burden?
A: Every employment cost beyond the base wage: payroll taxes, workers' comp, liability, benefits, vehicle, phone and tools. It's usually 25–60% on top of wages.

Q: Why do billable hours matter?
A: Fixed costs spread across fewer billable hours raise your true hourly cost. Drive time, shop time and PTO all reduce billable hours.

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- [Calculate markup for job pricing](https://contractorpro.io/tools/markup-calculator)
- [Explore AI estimating for contractors](https://contractorpro.io/services/ai-estimating)
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