Estimated Cost of Temporary Assignment

The Temporary Solutions Cost Calculator helps agency partners plan for payroll and administrative costs associated with employing a worker through Temporary Solutions. Wages, taxes and administrative charge calculations are based on values entered into the hourly rate, hours per week and length of assignment fields below. Agency partners may also plan for potential High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) employer contribution costs if the prospective temporary worker may be eligible for and enrolls in the HDHP.

Note: The Temporary Solutions Cost Calculator is intended to be a planning tool to estimate the cost of employing a worker through Temporary Solutions. Invoices are based on actual wages, taxes and employer contributions paid, as well as the actual number of hours worked by the temporary. Invoices are issued biweekly.

Hourly Rate: Hourly rate paid to the employee. Do not include the TS $2.00 administrative charge in this value.
Hours per Week:
Length of Assignment (in months): Temporary assignments are limited to 11 consecutive months unless the worker is retired, a full-time student, intern, extern, or trustee (inmate).
Include High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) employer contribution? Temporary may be eligible for HDHP coverage if they work an average of 30 or more hours per week for six or more months. NC state government retirees are not eligible for HDHP coverage and other workers, such as those already covered by another plan, may be eligible for HDHP coverage but choose not to enroll. Employing agencies are billed by Temporary Solutions for the employer portion of the HDHP if the eligible employee enrolls.

Results	Wages	Payroll Tax **	Administrative Charge +	HDHP Employer Contribution ++	Total Cost
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Biweekly
Monthly *
Assignment

* Monthly amount is based on 4.33 weeks to account for months that have more than 4 weeks
** Payroll tax is 7.65% of wages (6.2% Social Security tax; 1.45% Medicare tax)
+ Administrative charge of $2.00 per hour worked by the temporary employee. The administrative charge funds Temporary Solutions operations
++ HDHP Employer Contribution: Agency employer is billed monthly for the employer portion of HDHP coverage if the eligible employee enrolls in the plan