Attachment F

Attachment F

Worksheet for Estimating

OPP ICR Wages Rates

for Industry, State, and

EPA Labor Costs

July 30, 2010

Work Sheets Used To Calculate Registrant Labor Costs

This attachment is available in docket ID #: EPA-HQ-OPP- 2009-0886.

NAICS: 325300

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

Labor Category:	Formula	Managerial	Technical	Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate1	= W	$51.01	$28.05	$16.67
Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	44%	44%	44%
Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$22.20	$12.21	$7.26
Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$73.21	$40.26	$23.93
Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%	50%	50%
Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$36.61	$20.13	$11.96
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH	$109.82	$60.39	$35.89

1. Data Source: BLS http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_325300.htm May 2008 data

NAICS 325300 - Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing

Standard Occupational Codes:

Management: 11-0000, Management Occupations

Technical: 19-0000, Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Clerical: 43-0000, Office and Administrative Support Occupations

2. Fringe benefits/wage per hour.

3. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, Sixth Edition, EPA-452-02-001, January 2002, pg. 2-34. The loading for indirect costs is within the range of 20-70% of the load labor rate (wage + benefits) suggested in EPA guidance.

Work Sheets used to Calculate EPA and Federal Government Labor Costs

NAICS: 999100

Federal Executive Branch

Labor Category:	Formula	Managerial	Technical	Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate1	= W	$49.96	$33.25	$19.14
Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	44%	44%	44%
Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$21.75	$14.47	$8.33
Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$71.71	$47.72	$27.47
Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%	50%	50%
Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$35.85	$23.86	$13.74
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH	$107.56	$71.58	$41.21

1. Data Source: BLS http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_999100.htm May 2008 data

NAICS 999100 - Federal Executive Branch

Standard Occupational Codes:

Management: 11-0000, Management Occupations

Technical: 19-0000, Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Clerical: 43-0000, Office and Administrative Support Occupations

2. Fringe benefits/wage per hour.

3. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, Sixth Edition, EPA-452-02-001, January 2002, pg. 2-34. The loading for indirect costs is within the range of 20-70% of the load labor rate (wage + benefits) suggested in EPA guidance.