Employer cost
What an employee really costs on top of salary: employer Social Security and Medicare, federal and state unemployment tax, benefits and overhead. Payroll tax rates come from the IRS and state labor departments.
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- Billable Rate CalculatorFully loaded cost per billable hour and the billable rate for your target margin, with markup and annual profit.
- Contractor vs Employee Calculator1099 vs W-2: employer cost of each, self-employment tax, take-home before income tax, and break-even rates.
- Employee Cost CalculatorTrue cost of an employee: pay, employer payroll taxes, benefits, PTO and overhead, with cost per hour worked.
- Employer Payroll Tax CalculatorEmployer FICA, FUTA and state unemployment tax per paycheck and per year, honoring each wage base.
- FUTA Tax CalculatorFUTA tax owed on Form 940: taxable wages, the 5.4% credit, credit reduction states and the full 6.0% rate.
- Overtime Cost CalculatorEmployer cost of overtime: 1.5× pay plus the extra payroll taxes, per overtime hour, per week and per year.