Do you know how much your employees really cost? You may be surprised to find a number of hidden costs associated with every employee. Utilize our calculator to make sure you’re not missing critical calculation considerations in your cost analysis.

The True Labor Burden Cost Calculator analyzes the variety of expenses associated with each employee. Don’t let hidden expenditures like employee benefits and legal fees stunt your company’s future growth. Calculate the true price of your employees by inputting the costs associated and hours spent into the calculator below.

Please note: only numeric values will be accepted. Do not use special characters such as $ or commas.

Labor Burden Cost Calculator

  • Human Resources

  • W-2’s, W-4’s, I-9 administration

  • Government compliance

  • Employee development & training

  • Management training & best practices

  • Recruiting & turnover

  • Unemployment claims management

  • Employment applications

  • HR consultants

  • HR training

  • HR reference materials

  • Employee handbook maintenance

  • Employee handbook legal review

  • Job description development

  • Legally required postings

  • Human Resources software

  • Conflict resolution

  • Coordinating with legal counsel

  • Employment legal counsel fees

  • State unemployment claims/hearings

  • Labor law compliance

  • Management training

  • Sexual harassment compliance

  • Performance review

  • Employee files maintenance

  • Time spent on audits

  • Drug policy administration

  • Pre-Employment screening

  • EEO-1 filing

  • Settlement costs

  • Other non-compliance fines

  • Employment verifications

  • Other HR administration costs

  • Risk Management

  • Workers' compensation procurement

  • Workers' compensation audit

  • Workers' comp claims administration

  • Workers' compensation hearings

  • Risk management consultant fees

  • Risk management plan development

  • Risk management plan administration

  • Risk management inspection fees

  • SIC & class code verification program

  • Post-accident drug testing

  • Return to work administration

  • Risk & safety liability management

  • Industry specific safety manual

  • Workers' comp insurance coverage

  • Safety assessments

  • Safety training

  • Random drug testing

  • OSHA logs & compliance

  • ACIP, OCIP & ROCIP enrollment

  • Other Risk Management costs

  • Employee Benefits

  • Employee benefits consultant fees

  • Employee benefits procurement

  • Employee benefits administration

  • Employee benefits open enrollment

  • Retirement plan procurement

  • Retirement plan administration fees

  • 401K enrollment & plan maintenance

  • 401K 5500 preparation & filings

  • ACA compliance, i.e. forms, filings, etc.

  • 125 Plan administration fees

  • 125 Plan liability

  • Premium leakage

  • Other benefits administration

  • COBRA administration

  • Form 5500 filing fees

  • ERISA/HIPAA compliance

  • Employee inquiries

  • Other Benefit costs

  • Outsourced Payroll

  • Payroll vendor fee

  • Cost of software

  • Check charges

  • Report fees

  • Special tax fees

  • Data collection fees

  • W-2 & W-3 fees

  • Tax deposit fee

  • Data entry time

  • Payroll account reconciliation

  • Internal Payroll

  • Payroll software procurement

  • Data entry

  • Administration of payroll deductions

  • Payroll checks/envelope costs

  • Court-ordered garnishments processing

  • Processing of tax liens

  • Payroll account reconciliation

  • W-2s & W-3s processing and filing

  • 1099s

  • Direct deposit fees

  • Quarterly reports, i.e. 941 forms

  • Annual reports, i.e. 940 forms

  • Payroll record maintenance

  • Employment & wage verifications

  • IRS payroll audits

  • IRS compliance and reporting

  • Employee classifications

  • Dept. of labor (new hire reporting)

  • Other Payroll/Technology costs

  • Time spent writing checks

  • Cost of paychecks

  • Time spent managing time off

  • Time spent answering questions

  • Total Labor Burden

  • According to the HR Factbook 2015: Benchmarks and Trends for U.S. HR Organizations released by Bersin, the research arm of Deloitte, “Organizations at different levels of HR maturity have very different spending and staffing patterns than their peers. As organizations become more mature, they offer a greater breadth of services and talent initiatives. Organizations at the highest level of maturity (what we call business-integrated HR) spend $4,434 per employee, on average, as compared with just $2,112 among those at the lowest level of maturity (compliance-driven HR).” Organizational maturity may greatly affect your labor burden cost and should be taken into consideration in your calculations.This calculator provides only a sample of the costs associated with HR and should be used as an approximation tool.

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