Wage Rates

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Overview

READ
table BEAD
table1
table3
table4
table5
Chem Manuf
no of new products

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Sheet 1: READ

Attachment B: Table numbers in this workbook correspond to those in the supporting statement.

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Sheet 2: table BEAD

This table is updated with 2023 wages. October 2024.
Table: Estimated Burden/Cost per Label (Minimum Risk Exemption - New Product Labeling; No Registration)
Collection Activities	Burden Hours			Total
	Mgmt. $/hr	Tech. $/hr	Cler. $/hr	Hours	Costs $
	$166.18	$90.32	$61.31
Read Instructions	3.5	0	0	3.5	$581.63
Plan activities	0.5	0	0	0.5	$83.09
Gather/create information	0	1.5	0	1.5	$135.48
TOTAL	4	1.5	0	5.5	$800.20
	$90,845.07	$18,515.60	$0.00		$109,360.67
Annual Burden & Costs:	Number of responses per year =	137	410	responses over 3 years
	5.5 hours x number of responses/year =	751.7	hours/year
(a) Management:	4.0 hours x $145.34 x number of responses/year =	$90,845.07
(b) Technical:	1.5 hours x $76.35 x number of responses/year =	$18,515.60
(c) Clerical:	0 hours x $49.61 x number of responses/year =	$0
	Annual Total =	$109,360.67
Total Burden & Costs over 3 Years:	3	2,255.0	hours for 3 years
(a) Management:		272,535.20
(b) Technical:		55,546.80
(c) Clerical:		0.00
	3-Year Total =	328,082.00

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Sheet 3: table1

Table 1: Summary Total Burden and Costs
Information Collection	Number of Respondents	Annual Number of Responses	Responses per Respondent	Annual Time Burden (Hours)	Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
Total Respondent	234	137	0.6	752	$109,360.67
Total Agency				X	$X

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Sheet 4: table3

Table 3: Estimated Burden/Cost per Label (Minimum Risk Exemption - New Product Labeling; No Registration)
Collection Activities	Burden Hours			Total
	Managerial $/hr	Technical $/hr	Clerical $/hr	Hours	Costs $
	$166.18	$90.32	$61.31
Read Instructions	3.5	0	0	3.5	$581.63
Plan activities	0.5	0	0	0.5	$83.09
Gather/create information	0	1.5	0	1.5	$135.48
TOTAL	4	1.5	0	5.5	$800.20

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Sheet 5: table4

Table 4: Annual Respondent Burden & Costs
	Burden Hours	$/hr.	Responses/year	Total
	5.5		137	Hours/year	Cost $
				751.7
Managerial	4	$166.18	137		$90,845.07
Technical	1.5	$90.32	137		$18,515.60
Clerical	0	$61.31	137		$0
TOTAL				751.7	$109,360.67

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Sheet 6: table5

Table 5: 3-Year Respondent Burden & Costs
	Burden Hours	$/hr.	Responses/year	Years	Total
	5.5		137		Hours/year	Cost $
				3	2255
Managerial	4	$166.18	137	3		$272,535.21		$273,199.92
Technical	1.5	$90.32	137	3		$55,546.80		$55,682.28
Clerical	0	$61.31	137	3		$0		$0.00
TOTAL					2255	$328,082.01
						$328,082.01

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Sheet 7: Chem Manuf

NAICS: 3250A1	updated April 3, 2024
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)							NOTE: NAICS code changed from 325100 to 3250A1 from Sept 2017 update to May 2018 update
Labor Category:	Formula	Managerial	Technical	Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate1	= W	$76.32	$41.48	$28.16
Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	45.2%	45.2%	45.2%
Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$34.46	$18.73	$12.72
Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$110.78	$60.21	$40.88
Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%	50%	50%
Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$55.39	$30.11	$20.44
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH	$166.18	$90.32	$61.31
1. Data Source: BLS	https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_3250A1.htm			May 2023 data
NAICS 3250A1 - Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)				Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
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.

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Sheet 8: no of new products

Indiana
Year	Total Companies	Total Registrations	New Companies	New Registrations	Denied Registrations		Indiana	New products (new registrations) entering the market
2024	157	638	17	91	64		2024	91
2023	144	595	17	67	34		2023	67
2022	132	576	16	177	58		2022	177
2021	118	418	6	26	no data		3-yr avg	112	per year
2020	117	428	13	74	no data
New Mexico
Year	Total Companies	Total Registrations	New Companies	New Registrations	Denied Registrations		New Mexico	New products (new registrations) entering the market
2024	136	426	15	168	40		2024	168
2023	101	328	5	78	103		2023	78
2022	85	269	8	110	113		2022	110
2021	74	182	4	66	94		3-yr avg	119	per year
2020	47	116	3	57	88
Washington
Year	Total Companies	Total Registrations (as of mid-October)	New Companies	New Applications Received per year	Denied Registrations
				Registrations			Washington	New products (new registrations) entering the market
2024	234	930		72 (Jan-June 2024)			2024	144
2023		945		145	800		2023	145
2022		942		121			2022	121
2021		866		61			3-yr avg	137	per year	Use this number as national total.
2020		No data		No data				Many new products registered in 3 states are the same products as the companies try to sell them in as many states as possible.
								Use	234	as total number of companies over 3 years, replacing 49 on p. 8 of the supporting statement.
								Use	410	as total number of responses (new products) over 3 years, replacing 170 on p. 8 of the supporting statement.
									1.8	new products per company over 3 years
									No of responses per respondent per year:					0.6
									No of responses per respondent over 3 years:					1.8