Appendix 6

Appendix 6

Calculations for Section 14: Agency Hours & Costs – Labor & Workforce Metrics Forms

Step 1: Calculate proportion of EPA staff burden hours across all staff roles at relevant levels of seniority. 

TABLE 14.17.1: PROPORTION of Agency Hours by Staff Role
Number of Hours: Management   (GS-15, Step 1)	Number of Hours: Program Lead  (GS-14, Step 1)	Number of Hours: Project Officer  (GS-11, Step 1)	Total Proportion
0.05	0.25	0.70	1

 

Step 2: Calculate loaded and weighted labor cost across all staff roles involved. 

TABLE 14.17.2: LOADED WAGE RATES for Agency Staff                         Wage rate + 60% loading for account for costs of benefits
Wage Rate/Hour: Management	Wage Rate/Hour: Program Lead	Wage Rate/Hour: Project Officer	Agency wage rate data used to calculate labor costs gathered from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Salary Table 2024-DCB, for employees based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
$125.70     (GS-15, Step 1   wage rate +   60% loading)	$106.86    (GS-14, Step 1  wage rate +   60% loading)	$63.46    (GS-11, Step 1  wage rate +  60% loading)

 

TABLE 14.17.3: WEIGHTED LOADED LABOR COSTS for Agency Staff
Weighted Loaded Hourly Labor Cost	Explanation of Calculations
$77.42	Weighted Hourly Labor Cost =  (Wage rate * proportion of hours) calculated for each respondent group (Management, Program Lead, Project Officer) and summed.

 

Total burden calculations (hours and costs) are shown in Section 14 – Labor Reporting Forms.