Find out what you should be charging.
Most trades owners price off gut feel and the guy down the road — then wonder why there's nothing left at the end of the month. Plug in your real costs and see the hourly rate that actually hits your target margin.
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How this calculator works
Billable hours per month multiply your weekly billable hours by 4.33 weeks and your crew size. Overhead per hour spreads monthly overhead across those hours, and your break-even rate is hourly labor cost plus overhead per hour — bill below it and every hour loses money.
The recommended rate divides break-even by (1 minus your target margin), which is a true margin calculation rather than a simple markup — a 30% target margin on a $100 break-even gives $143, not $130. The sample job lines apply both rates to your typical job hours so you can sanity-check against what you quote today.
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