The free Fully Burdened Rate Calculator that breaks down every cost layer so you submit proposals with rates you can actually defend.
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You win the contract and lose money on every single hour worked. You're locked into a rate that doesn't cover your actual costs. No renegotiation. No escape clause. Just red ink until the period of performance ends.
Your proposal gets flagged as "unrealistic" before anyone reads your technical approach. Government evaluators compare rates against benchmarks. If yours don't add up, you're eliminated. No questions asked. Months of proposal work. Gone.
You copied someone else's numbers, built on their cost structure, not yours. Or you just picked a number that "felt right." Government pricing doesn't work on vibes. It works on math. If you can't defend your rate, it won't survive evaluation.
Most new contractors treat pricing like a guessing game. It's not. Your fully burdened rate is built from real numbers. Your costs, your overhead, your margins. This calculator does that math for you.
Start with your base hourly wage and see how it flows through every layer of burden.
FICA, FUTA, SUTA, workers comp, health insurance. The costs most contractors forget.
Facilities, software, insurance, admin. Calculated as a percentage of your real business costs.
See what you actually keep after every cost is covered. Adjust in real-time to model scenarios.
The final number you put in proposals. Backed by math, not guesswork.
You're new to GovCon and don't know what a "fully burdened rate" even means yet
You've been pricing proposals based on what competitors charge or what "seems fair"
You submitted a proposal and had your pricing questioned, rejected, or scored low
You won a contract and realized you're barely breaking even or losing money
You want to understand every dollar that goes into your hourly rate before you bid
You're a subcontractor who needs to negotiate rates with a prime and need to know your floor
Plug in the hourly rate for the labor category you're bidding. That's your starting point.
Fringe, overhead, G&A, and profit. Each layer calculates automatically based on your inputs.
Your fully burdened rate. The exact number you put in your next proposal. Backed by real math.
Stop leaving money on the table. Or worse, locking yourself into contracts that lose money. Get the calculator and price your next bid with confidence.
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