Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Bonding Labor Cost at 110% billable labor capture: a worked example

What does the result look like when billable labor capture reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an estimator needs direct labor cost for a bonded assembly quote

The inputs for this scenario

  • Bonding labor hours or assemblies: 18 hr or assemblies (unchanged)
  • Bonding labor price basis: 68 $ / hr or $ / assembly (unchanged)
  • Billable labor capture: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Setup and first-article labor: 140 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Chargeable bonding labor = labor hours or assemblies × labor price basis × billable labor capture) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,486 $ labor for bonding labor cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 82.58 $ / hr or $ / assembly for bonding labor price basis.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,346 $ labor for chargeable bonding labor.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 140 $ for setup and first-article labor.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where billable labor capture sits at 100% and the headline result is 1,364 $ labor, this scenario comes in 8.97% above the baseline at 1,486 $ labor.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when billable labor capture is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats labor as a flat rate or per-assembly price and does not separately model cure dwell, oven occupancy, or rework from bondline voids, so high-fixture-time jobs can be underestimated.

Results at a glance

  • Bonding labor cost: 1,486 $ labor (headline result)
  • Bonding labor price basis: 82.58 $ / hr or $ / assembly
  • Chargeable bonding labor: 1,346 $ labor
  • Setup and first-article labor: 140 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Bonding Labor Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.