Krista wants to hire a new employee for her marketing firm but is trying to calculate how much this new hire will cost her. She is planning to pay the new employee a base salary of $40,000, which means that this new employee will actually cost her ______ once taxes and benefits are included.

(1 point)
Responses

$42,000-$44,000

$42,000-$44,000

$60,000-$62,000

$60,000-$62,000

$50,000-$56,000

$50,000-$56,000

$75,000-$80,000

The correct answer is $50,000-$56,000.