For example: on a standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the monthly payment on a $200,000 loan would be $955 for a 4% mortgage versus $1074 for a 5% mortgage. Thatâs a monthly difference of $119. You might think that low rates encourage people to buy homes, but itâs not quite that simple.
If your payroll expenditures fall within 15-30% of gross revenue, your business is in a safe zone. Businesses that live within this range tend to be most successful, at least from a payroll perspective.f your percentage falls above 30%, in the red zone, itâs time to come up with a new strategy immediately. Maintaining a payroll that falls above 30% of your gross revenue is one of the most common reasons for a business to fail. Identify it first and then we can fix it.
Depending on the sector of your business, you may spend between 40 to 80 percent of gross revenues on employee salaries and benefits combined. Salaries alone can account for 18 to 52 percent of your operating budget, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.ach business sector may have its own requirements for the percentage of salary in the operating budget. Therefore, the amount that one type of business pays in labor may be different than another type.