Attachment G_Registrant Labor Cot

September 26, 2012
Attachment G
Worksheet Used to Calculate Registrant Labor Costs
This attachment is available as part of the electronic docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0544, Notice
of Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product, EPA ICR No. 0278.11, OMB
Control No. 2070-0044, and is part of the ICR’s Supporting Statement.

NAICS: 325300
Pesticide Registrants
Labor Category:
Unloaded Hourly Rate
Benefits Percentage2
Benefits per hour
Loaded Hourly Rate
Overhead Percentage3
Overhead per hour
Fully Loaded Hourly
Rate

1

Formula

Managerial

Technical

Clerical

=W

$57.42

$28.32

$17.02

Lb = B/W
B = W*Lb
Wb = W + B =
W(1+Lb)

44%
$25.31

44%
$12.49

44%
$7.50

$82.73

$40.81

$24.52

Lo = OH/Wb
OH = Wb*Lo
Wf = Wb + OH
= W + B + OH

50%
$41.37

50%
$20.40

50%
$12.26

$124.10

$61.21

$36.79

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_325300.htm
1. Data Source: BLS
May 2011 data
NAICS 325300 - Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
Standard Occupational Codes:
Management:
11-0000, Management Occupations
19-0000, Life, Physical, and Social Science
Technical:
Occupations
43-0000, Office and Administrative Support
Clerical:
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 2070% of the load labor rate (wage + benefits) suggested in EPA guidance.