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Hourly labour cost calculator

Estimate the cost of a productive hour using annual pay, overheads and available hours.

Updated 12 October 2026Reviewed by Matthieu Crétier
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What is Hourly labour cost calculator for?

Estimate the cost of a productive hour using annual pay, overheads and available hours.

What it calculates
  • •Loaded annual pay
  • •Annual productive hours
  • •Estimated hourly cost
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The calculator

Enter annual gross pay, overheads, annual contractual hours and productive ratio. Loaded annual pay is divided by estimated productive hours. Do not add bonus salary months again when annual pay already includes them. The calculator starts with a different example from the guide: keep these defaults or replace them with your own company figures.

Fields start from a realistic example — replace them with your own numbers.

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Result
Loaded annual pay€40,600
Annual productive hours1,462
Estimated hourly cost€27.77 / hour

This estimate depends on your inputs: check the overhead rate with your payroll adviser. Without productive hours, an hourly rate cannot be calculated.

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