Profit-first quoting

Know your floor before you name your price.

Turn labor, materials, overhead and your target margin into a defensible service price — then build a client-ready quote without spreadsheets or guesswork.

01Cost the job.
Labor, materials, travel, overhead and contingency.
02Protect the margin.
Payment fees and planned discounts are solved into the price.
03Send the quote.
Convert the result into a clean printable proposal.

Price the job

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Wage + payroll burden + benefits you want included.

No market-price guessing. The result uses only the costs and targets you enter.

The pricing mistake

Markup is not margin.

A 35% markup does not produce a 35% gross margin. And if you plan to discount a quote or pay a percentage processing fee, those costs need to be solved into the selling price rather than subtracted afterward.

This calculator starts from the economics of the job. It does not tell you what competitors charge and it does not invent a market rate.

Transparent method

Every number has a formula.

job cost = direct labor + materials + travel + other + overhead allocation + contingency break-even = job cost ÷ (1 − payment fee %) target price = job cost ÷ (1 − payment fee % − target gross margin %) list price with planned discount = target price ÷ (1 − discount %)

This is a business planning tool, not accounting, tax, legal or pricing advice. Confirm local taxes, permits, insurance requirements and contract terms separately.

Built for service businesses

Start with the economics your job actually has.