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What is loaded labor rate and how do you calculate it?

Loaded labor rate is the true hourly cost of an employee: base pay plus payroll taxes, workers' comp, benefits, the truck, and the non-billable hours. Verinode computes it from your payroll and books and benchmarks it against operators like you.

Most operators price against base wage and quietly carry everything else, which is where margin disappears job after job. The loaded rate makes the real number visible, reconciled to your actual profit and loss, not a rule of thumb.

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