Ridder Company's payroll taxes and fringe benefit expenses include unemployment taxes of (0.8 %) (federal) and (4.0

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Ridder Company's payroll taxes and fringe benefit expenses include unemployment taxes of $0.8 \%$ (federal) and $4.0 \%$ (state) on the first $\$ 7,000$ of each employee's salary, FICA taxes of $7.5 \%$ on the first $\$ 45,000$, retirement fund contributions of $10 \%$ of total earnings, and health insurance premiums of $\$ 180$ per employee per month. Given the following list of employee salaries, payroll taxes and fringe benefits constitute what percentage of salaries?

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