Attachment E- Labor Costs

June 30, 2021 OMB Control No. 2070-0187; EPA ICR No. 2475.04

ATTACHMENT E:

WORK SHEET USED TO CALCULATE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY LABOR COSTS

PESTICIDE INDUSTRY LABOR COSTS

Labor Category:	Formula	Managerial	Technical	Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate1	= W	$66.36	$34.86	$22.65
Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	46.0%	46.0%	46.0%
Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$30.53	$16.04	$10.42
Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$96.89	$50.90	$33.07
Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%	50%	50%
Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$48.45	$25.45	$16.54
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH	$145.34	$76.35	$49.61

Data Source: BLS	https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_3250A1.htm
NAICS 3250A1 - Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)
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. The average for non-farm, non-federal civilian workers.
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.
May 2019 data
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2020