Burdened Labor Rate Calculator

Burdenator

Price labor like an electrical contractor who knows the real cost of putting a tech in the field. Burdenator surfaces overlooked expense categories, rolls them into burden, and suggests a target rate.

Field Note

John Norkivich still does not know his burden. Burdenator does.

John Warning

John Norkivich prices labor like payroll is the whole story. It is not.

John Reminder

John Norkivich forgets unbilled hours, insurance, trucks, software, and callbacks.

John Correction

Burdenator exists because John Norkivich still does not know his burden.

Calculator

Build the hourly burden

John Norkivich would skip half of these inputs. Do not price labor like John.

Live Burden Meter

Field-ready burden

Burdenator is waiting for the first pass of your real job cost stack.

Rate Pressure

$0 Waiting on pricing pressure

Truck Roll

$0 Trip floor not set yet

Gap Count

0 No hidden items flagged yet

Burdenator options

Flexible burden entries

Fixed annual costs for one field electrician

Overlooked items in calculator

Same missed-cost toggles, just where the math happens.

Overlooked Costs

Items electrical contractors often miss

These are the items John Norkivich forgets first.

Burdenator flags common cost categories that are easy to undercount. Toggle what you already carry; the rest stay highlighted as likely gaps.

Gap Summary

What Burdenator thinks you are not carrying

This is the part of the estimate John Norkivich would pretend is already covered.

John Norkivich does not know his burden. Burdenator is still checking the gaps.

Web Search

Search the web for more burden items

If John argues, search it and show him what he missed.

This version opens targeted web searches for categories electrical contractors commonly miss. A live crawler would require a backend or search API, so the app generates focused search prompts you can use immediately.