Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Bonding Labor Cost at 72% billable labor capture: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop billable labor capture to 72%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate bonding labor cost from labor hours or assemblies, labor rate, billable capture, and setup labor charge.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Bonding labor hours or assemblies: 18 hr or assemblies (held at the documented default)
  • Bonding labor price basis: 68 $ / hr or $ / assembly (held at the documented default)
  • Billable labor capture: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Setup and first-article labor: 140 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Chargeable bonding labor = labor hours or assemblies × labor price basis × billable labor capture.
  • Bonding labor cost works out to 1,021 $ labor at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Bonding labor price basis works out to 56.74 $ / hr or $ / assembly at these inputs.
  • Chargeable bonding labor works out to 881 $ labor at these inputs.
  • Setup and first-article labor works out to 140 $ at these inputs.

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 25.13% below the baseline at 1,021 $ labor.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to billable labor capture, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. 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: 1,021 $ labor (headline result)
  • Bonding labor price basis: 56.74 $ / hr or $ / assembly
  • Chargeable bonding labor: 881 $ labor
  • Setup and first-article labor: 140 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Bonding Labor Cost calculator, set billable labor capture to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.