A company's employees had the following earnings records at the close of the current payroll period:

Employees	Earning through Prior Pay Period	Earning this Pay Period
F. Argent....	$11,300	$3,900
A. Garza.......	6,100	2,500
L. Hong..........	9,500	3,100
R. Levinson...	4,800	1,400
J. Young.......	10,000	3,000

The company's payroll taxes expense on each employee's earnings includes: FICA Social Security taxes of 6.2% on the first $128,400 of earnings plus 1.45% FICA Medicare on all wages; 0.6% federal unemployment taxes on the first $7,000; and 5.4% state unemployment taxes on the first $7,000. Compute the employer's total payroll taxes expense for the current pay period.

What is the total employer payroll taxes? Answer below.