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Contractor Fee Markup

Add an agency fee markup to a contractor's base rate.

About Contractor Fee Markup

A markup percentage raises the contractor's base rate to the billed rate you actually pay, and the monthly cost multiplies that by hours. Buying a contractor through an agency always carries a hidden fee, so comparing the loaded monthly cost against a direct hire matters.

Formula

Contractor Fee Markup

Billed rate = contractor rate x (1 + fee%); markup = billed - base

fee
Agency or management markup over the base rate

Worked example

With the default values below, Contractor Fee Markup returns Billed Rate of $60.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Contractor base rate
50
Fee markupaccepts 0–100 %
20 %
Hours per monthminimum 0
160

Results

Billed Rate
$60.00
Markup Amount
$10.00
Monthly Cost
$9,600.00

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Contractor Fee Markup
  3. 3Billed Rate= 60.00
  4. 4Markup Amount= 10.00
  5. 5Monthly Cost= 9,600.00

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Contractor Fee Markup calculated?

Billed rate = contractor rate x (1 + fee%); markup = billed - base A markup percentage raises the contractor's base rate to the billed rate you actually pay, and the monthly cost multiplies that by hours.

Why does Contractor Fee Markup matter?

Buying a contractor through an agency always carries a hidden fee, so comparing the loaded monthly cost against a direct hire matters.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 3 inputs: Contractor base rate, Fee markup, Hours per month. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.

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