Loaded labour cost, overhead, break-even and the price to quote — on one sheet. Free, and it works in Excel and Google Sheets.
Same job. Same work. Same 35% typed into the box. The difference is which number it was 35% of.
One email, and the sheet is yours. No card, no trial, no drip of nonsense.
Markup is a percentage added on top of your cost. Margin is the share of the final price you keep. They are not the same number. Add 35% as a markup to $506 of cost and you bill $683.10 and keep 25.9%. Price for a 35% margin on the same $506 and you bill $778.46. That is $95.36 more on one job for identical work, and at three jobs a week it is $14,876 a year. The free Job Pricing Starter shows both numbers side by side on your own figures.
More than the wage. Employer payroll tax alone is 7.65% (Social Security and Medicare), and unemployment tax, workers compensation, liability insurance and paid time off come on top; the total depends on your state and policies. This page assumes 30%, which takes a $25 an hour worker to $32.50 an hour before any vehicle or equipment share. Pricing off the wage instead of the loaded cost understates every quote you write. The starter asks for the loaded number and explains it.
Yes. It is a spreadsheet file, it opens in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, there is nothing to install and no card is needed.
