PRA Calculations for Questions 12-14

Supporting Statement A OMB Control. No. 2125-0034 Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws: Calculations for Question 12 and 14
10/25/2023
Component	Value	Source
Question 12: Estimate of burden hours for information requested
Number of juristictions	52	10-25-23 Supporting Statement Document: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws
Staff-hours for compiling and submitting data	80	10-25-23 Supporting Statement Document: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws
Total staff hours	4,160	Calculation
Loaded wage rate	$50.17	Vehicle Size and Weight RIA model (based on Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics Research Estimates by State and Industry data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_research_estimates.htm) and a loaded wage multiplier of 1.62 from BLS: Table 1. EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – MARCH 2023. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf)
Question 13: Estimate of total annual costs to respondents
Total labor cost	$208,707	Calculation
Question 14: Estimate cost to Federal government
Professional staff time (staff-years)	1.2	10-25-23 Supporting Statement Document: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws
GS-12 Step 5 salary (Annual)	$80,579	Office of Personnel Management, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/23Tables/html/GS.aspx
GS-13 Step 5 salary (Annual)	$95,818	Office of Personnel Management, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/23Tables/html/GS.aspx
Loading multiplier	1.62	BLS: Table 1. EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – MARCH 2023. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
Loaded GS-12 Step 5	$130,538	Calculation
Loaded GS-13 Step 5	$155,225	Calculation
Average loaded salary (Annual)	$142,882	Calculation
Total Professional Staff Annual Cost	$171,458	Calculation