Attachment G: Wage Rates - Registrants

EPA ICR No. 1249.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0074

Attachment G

Work Sheet used to Calculate Registrant Labor Costs

This attachment is available as part of the electronic docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0150 and is part of the ICR’s Supporting Statement.

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.