Does anyone know the fully loaded cost of a government FTE? I know it will differ by pay grade, but I'm just looking for an estimate. I think $100/hr is extremely conservative, considering the pension, healthcare, overhead, etc. It's certainly much less than we use in the private sector, where benefits are less generous.

 

I'm writing a letter to the editor of nj.com, and I'm trying to come up with an estimate for the yearly cost of the new FID. So far I have

 

250k applicants a year (1MM every 4 years) x 10 hrs/applicant x $100/hr = $250 million/year!

 

I know this isn't perfect. Not every gun owner in NJ is going to go through the hassle of reapplying every year. And it may not actually take 10 man-hours to process an application. But if they're taking 6 months to process them, then, for the sake of argument, I'm going to say it had better take that long, or they've got a lot of explaining to do. To counterbalance these possible overestimates, I'd say $100/hr is definitely low.

 

Although I have never worked up a cost for a government full time equivalent I have done so in the corporate world where salaries are slightly higher but pension & benefits are much lower.  In the corporate world, a typical middle manager is around $150 per hour fully loaded (P&B, management costs, infrastructure, supplies, depreciation, etc.).

 

 

 

So, I would say the $100/ hr. is conservative, but probably not that far off.

I like where you're going with the letter; goodluck.

$100/hour is a very good estimate of the cost of a non-supervisory government employee. it may be high for clerical, but anyone with seniority will have a salary of at least $80K/year or $38.50/hour. figure benefits and overhead are 2.5 as a general rule. that makes it $96/hour.

 

BTW, 2.5 is a low conservative estimate that include salary, health, vacation, SS tax, holidays and basic Overhead for desk, phone, e-mail, etc. but not any other services needed that are not personnel related like cars, special tools, etc.