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Staffing Glossary

Gross Margin

The spread expressed as a percentage of the bill rate: (bill − pay) ÷ bill.

Gross margin is always a lower number than markup for the same spread, because it divides by the larger figure (bill rate) instead of the smaller one (pay rate). A 50% markup is only a 33.3% margin.

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