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Re: Independent space from ARIN

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Wed Apr 16 16:42:48 2003

From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>,
	<Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Cc: "North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:41:34 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


Thus spake <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
> I've seen places that have "salary" in one category, and "fringe
> benefits" is everything else - employer contributions to medical
> insurance, retirement plans, Social Security, workmen's comp
> insurance, and so on.
>
> How (or even whether) it adds up to 40% of salary I admit to not
> knowing.

It's commonly accepted among HR types that benefits for a full-time employee
cost 30% to 60% of their salary, depending on how generous the benefits are
and whether the company can get volume discounts.  ARIN's numbers seem
consistent with standard practice.

S


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