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Labor Burden Calculator

Fully-burdened hourly cost of an employee including taxes, insurance, PTO and billing margin.

Free tier eligible — 500 calls/month with a free key from /pricing; x402 pay-per-call above quota.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
base_wagenumberrequiredBase hourly wage in USD
billing_marginnumberoptionalTarget billing margin percent
futa_onbooleanoptionalApply FUTA
futa_ratenumberoptionalFUTA rate as a decimal
health_onbooleanoptionalInclude health insurance
health_monthnumberoptionalMonthly health insurance cost in USD
liability_onbooleanoptionalInclude general liability
liability_ratenumberoptionalLiability rate as a decimal of wage
pto_onbooleanoptionalInclude paid time off
pto_daysnumberoptionalPTO days per year
workers_onbooleanoptionalInclude workers' comp
workers_ratenumberoptionalWorkers' comp rate as a decimal of wage

Call it over MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0)

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "labor_burden", "arguments": {"base_wage": 35}}}'

Or plain HTTP

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/labor_burden \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"base_wage": 35}'

Try it live

Edit the JSON and run it — this POSTs to https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/labor_burden from your browser.

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