Burden Rate Calculator

Calculate Burden Rate (BR)



Formula

The formula to calculate the burden rate (BR) is:

\[ BR = \frac{IC}{DLC} \]

Where:

What is a Burden Rate?

A burden rate is a ratio of indirect costs associated with hiring and maintaining employees to the direct costs of wages of those employees. The indirect costs include training, benefits, sick leave, pensions, etc.

Example Calculation

Consider an example where:

Using the formula to calculate the burden rate:

\[ BR = \frac{50000}{200000} = 0.25 \]

This means that the burden rate for this example is 0.25.