Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0122-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2016-05-17T04:00Z

ATTACHMENT C
                                       
      Work Sheets used to Calculate Respondent & Agency Labor Costs  
This attachment is available as part of the electronic docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0122 and is part of the ICR's Supporting Statement.

Respondent Labor Costs
                   Pesticide Registrants[1] (NAICS: 325300)
Item
                                    Formula
                               Labor Category[2]
                                       
                                       
                                  Managerial
                                   Technical
                                   Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate[1]
 = W
                                    $56.51 
                                    $33.43 
                                    $19.00 
Benefits Percentage[3]
Lb = B/W
                                      46%
                                      46%
                                      46%
Benefits per hour
B = W*Lb
                                     26.17
                                     15.48
                                     8.80
Loaded Hourly Rate
Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)
                                     82.68
                                     48.91
                                     27.80
Overhead Percentage[4]
Lo = OH/Wb
                                      50%
                                      50%
                                      50%
Overhead per hour
OH = Wb*Lo
                                     41.34
                                     24.46
                                     13.90
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate
Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH  
                                    124.02
                                     73.37
                                     41.70
   
 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, NAICS 325300 - Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing, 2014 data, Accessed March 2016, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_325300.htm 
 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
 Total benefits/wages based on June 2014 Employer costs for employee compensation, All Civilian nonfarm workers, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t02.htm 
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, Sixth Edition, EPA-452-02-001, January 2002, pp. 2-34.  The loading for indirect costs is within the range of 20-70% of the loaded labor rate (wage + benefits) suggested in EPA guidance.

Agency Labor Costs
                 EPA or Federal Government[1] (NAICS: 999100)
Item
                                    Formula
                               Labor Category[2]
                                       
                                       
                                  Managerial
                                 Technical[5]
                                   Clerical
Unloaded Hourly Rate[1]
 = W
                                    $56.54 
$37.15 
                                    $21.15 
Unloaded Yearly Wage Rate ($/year)
= W * 2080 (52wks * 40hrs)
                                      n/a
                                    $77,272
                                      n/a
Benefits Percentage[3]
Lb = B/W
                                       
                                      46%
                                       
Benefits per hour
B = W*Lb
                                       
                                   $35,787 
                                       
Loaded Hourly Rate
Wb = W + B = W(1+Lb)
                                       
                                   $113,059 
                                       
Overhead Percentage[4]
Lo = OH/Wb
                                       
                                      50%
                                       
Overhead per hour
OH = Wb*Lo
                                       
                                   $56,530 
                                       
Fully Loaded Hourly Rate
Wf = Wb + OH = W + B + OH  
                                       
                                   $169,589 
                                       
   
 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, NAICS 999100 - Federal Executive Branch, 2014 data, Accessed March 2016, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_999100.htm 
 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
 Total benefits/wages based on June 2014 Employer costs for employee compensation, All Civilian nonfarm workers, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t02.htm 
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual, Sixth Edition, EPA-452-02-001, January 2002, pp. 2-34.  The loading for indirect costs is within the range of 20-70% of the loaded labor rate (wage + benefits) suggested in EPA guidance.
 Only technical is used because the other labor types are not very involved in the reviewing of NOA submissions. The Fully Loaded Hourly Rate will be multiplied by the number of FTEs (full time equivalents) to get the labor cost component of the annual Agency burden.