The Employee Burden Rate Calculator
The Employee Burden Rate Calculator is a plug-and-play tool designed specifically for construction, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical business owners. It does two critical things: it helps you understand the true cost of your employees, and it determines exactly how this impacts your actual profit margins.
Why Charging $100/hr for a Tech is Starving Your Business
Charging $100/hr for a $35/hr technician feels like a 60% margin – until you factor in burden costs and utilization. Here’s the real math behind your true labor rate, and why most trade contractors are pricing themselves into a loss without knowing it.