Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0346-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2022-03-23T04:00Z

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