Buyer planning tool · v1 assumptions

Make the first-year stipend legible before the placement starts.

Sponsors and institutional buyers can model the weekly apprentice value, then see the exact cost-share Benchline uses for planning conversations. Anonymous modeling is open; signed-in accounts can save their latest scenario.

Stipend structure calculator inputs and result

Build a scenario

Four inputs. One clear pool.
Use a first-year weekly commitment as the planning unit. The model stays deliberately simple so buyers can audit the assumptions before a conversation.

Sets the planning rate card used for the estimate.

Displayed as jurisdiction context; no wage modifier is applied.

Choose a whole-number commitment from 1 to 40 hours.

0.75
0.10 · learning ramp1.00 · journeyman equivalent

How much productive value the apprentice contributes relative to the base rate.

Anonymous estimates work fully. Sign in before calculating if you want the latest model saved.

The rule card

Transparent by design.

These are planning assumptions, not official payroll guidance or a market wage survey. The page keeps every assumption visible so an institution can replace the card with an approved policy later.

Rate card

Electrical $45/hr · Plumbing $42/hr · Pipefitting $48/hr.

Apprentice value

Weekly hours × trade rate × productivity factor, rounded to cents.

Cost share

Sponsor 25% · Contractor 50% · Benchline 25%.

State treatment

State is required for context; v1 applies no invented wage modifier.