Benchmark Report

Contractor vs Employee Compensation Report

True effective rate for contractors after taxes, benefits, and gaps vs. salaried equivalents.

AnnualSalary

Inside this report

  • Effective comparison
  • Break-even multipliers
  • 1099 vs W-2 vs T4A

Methodology

Burden-rate analysis: self-employment tax, benefits, PTO, gap weeks, and tooling overhead.

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