Burden & Cost Calculation Tables

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Overview

Labor Rates
Respondent Burden

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Sheet 1: Labor Rates

INDUSTRY
Staff			Base Hourly Salary	Fringe Benefit Factor	Overhead Loading Factor	Estimated Labor Rate
Manager	Management Occupations	11-0000	$51.44	1.43	1.34	98.28
Technician	Environmental Engineers	17-2081	$44.78	1.43	1.34	85.55
Lawyer	Lawyers	23-1011	$84.65	1.43	1.34	161.72
Office Clerk, General Admin.	Office Clerks, General	43-9061	$18.33	1.43	1.34	35.02
Notes: 1.) The 2025 average wage rates from are the average wage rates are reported in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimate, released May 2024.  2.) Fringe benefit cost factor calculated from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Worker Compensation. Table 10: Employer Costs per Hour Worked for Employee Compensation and Costs as a Percent of Total Compensation: Private Workers, by Industry Group.   3.) Overhead loading factor calculated from Remedial Action Cost Engineering and Requirements (RACER) cost estimating software.

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Sheet 2: Respondent Burden

	Hours and Costs Per Respondent								Total Hours and Costs
Information Collection Activity	Loaded Hourly Wages				Hours/ Activity	Labor Costs/ Activity	Capital Costs	O&M Costs	No. of Respond/ Activity	Total Hours/Yr	Total Cost/Year
	Legal	Manag.	Technical	Clerical
	$161.72	$98.28	$85.55	$35.02
Maintain at the airbag handler for no less than three (3) years records of all off-site shipments of hazardous secondary materials	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.05	1.75	0	0	43207	2160	75654
Maintain at the airbag handler for no less than three (3) years confirmations of receipt	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.05	1.75	0	0	43207	2160	75654
TOTAL									No. Respond/Activity	Total Hours/Yr	Total Cost/Year
								$0.00	86,414.0	4,320.70	$151,307.02
Number of respondents - 15,431 auto dealers
Number of activities - 43,207 shipments (15,431*2.8)