Gary Marks is paid on a monthly basis. For the month of January of the current year, he earned a total of $8,688. FICA tax for Social Security is 6.2% on the first $118,500 of earnings each calendar year and the FICA tax for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The amount of Federal Income Tax withheld from his earnings was $1,441.57. What is the amount of the employer's payroll taxes expenses for this employee? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places.)

a. $538.66

b. $378.00

c. $1,084.64

d. $42.00

e. $125.98