Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0299-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2007-11-20T05:00Z

EPA ICR No. 1759.05                                       OMB Control
No. 2070-0148

ATTACHMENT D

Wage Rate Tables for Agricultural Employers and Agricultural Workers

Agricultural Employers

Labor Category:	Formula	Wage Rate

Unloaded Hourly Rate1	 = W	$23.47 

Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	43%

Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$10.09 

Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$33.56 

Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%

Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$16.78 

Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH

 = W + B + OH  	$50.34 

1.  Data Source:  BLS    http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_11.htm

     NAICS:  Sector 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

     Standard Occupational Code:  11-9012 - Farmers and Ranchers 

     May 2006 data

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.



Agricultural Workers

Labor Category:	Formula	Wage Rate

Unloaded Hourly Rate1	 = W	$8.10 

Benefits Percentage2	Lb = B/W	43%

Benefits per hour	B = W*Lb	$3.48 

Loaded Hourly Rate	Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)	$11.58 

Overhead Percentage3	Lo = OH/Wb	50%

Overhead per hour	OH = Wb*Lo	$5.79 

Fully Loaded Hourly Rate	Wf = Wb + OH

 = W + B + OH  	$17.37 

1.  Data Source:  BLS    http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_11.htm

     NAICS:  Sector 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

     Standard Occupational Code:  45-2092 - Farmworkers and

     Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 

     May 2006 data

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.