Temporary Staffing Agency Fees

Temporary staffing agency fees include base pay, taxes, benefits and overhead. 

Using data from March 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the average US employee earned earned $23.25 per hour. Employee benefits cost employers $10.70 per hour for a total of $33.94 per hour.

Staffing agencies usually quote their fees as a multiplier of the employee’s base pay.   The BLS data demonstrates that the first 1.46 of staffing agency fees covers wages, taxes and benefits ($33.94/$23.25 = 1.4597).

Temporary staffing agency fees are charged to the client company. Agencies typically charge between 1.65 and 2.10 times the Read the rest of this entry »