> Maybe that's not always the case, but salaried employees usually earn 80% or less what their contract counterparts do. That's because the employer is coverin

> Maybe that's not always the case, but salaried employees usually earn 80% or less what their contract counterparts do. That's because the employer is covering significant costs on behalf of the employe. A fully-loaded FTE typically costs 30% to 40% more than they're base salary. Contractors need to make more because they're covering all of those things themselves.