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How to price a service job
Five steps and one formula to price a job from its real costs. Includes a worked example.
Read the guide →Profit margin vs markup
Why a 30% markup is only a 23% margin, with a free calculator.
Open the calculator →Job costing for service companies
What to track on every job, and why a good average hides jobs that lose money.
Read the guide →Pricing and profit guides
How to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers
Find your break-even, choose the size and timing of a price rise, word the notice and handle push back.
Read the guide →Signs You Are Underpricing Your Services
Eight warning signs of underpricing, each with a quick way to check it against your own job records.
Read the guide →What Is a Good Profit Margin for a Service Business?
Job margin vs net margin, why no single number fits, and a simple method to set your own target.
Read the guide →Flat Rate vs Hourly Pricing: Which Should You Use?
Flat rate or hourly? See when each pricing method fits, the risks of both, and how to build a flat price.
Read the guide →How to Estimate Labor Hours for a Job Accurately
A step-by-step method to estimate crew hours: break down tasks, add hidden time, set a contingency, and calibrate with past jobs.
Read the guide →How to Quote a Job Professionally, Start to Finish
A practical quoting process: first-call questions, site visits, what to put in writing, presenting options, and following up.
Read the guide →Cleaning business price list
A printable price list template where every line is built from your own costs and margin.
Read the guide →Trip charge
What a trip charge is, how to set one from real drive and setup costs, and when to waive it.
Read the guide →Quote follow up
A day-by-day plan with copy-paste texts, emails and call scripts to win quiet quotes without cutting your price.
Read the guide →Pricing guides by trade
Twenty-two trades and jobs, each with its own cost drivers, a worked example and a calculator. See all of them, or jump straight to yours: pressure washing, window cleaning, gutter cleaning, house cleaning, carpet cleaning, landscaping, painting, roofing, junk removal, moving, snow removal, Christmas light installation. New: how much to charge for lawn mowing, mowing priced per acre, pressure washing a driveway, pressure washing a house, office cleaning, move-out cleaning, estimating electrical jobs, pricing plumbing jobs, pricing handyman jobs, pricing a fence job.
Free calculators
Job price calculator
Turn crew, hours, materials and fuel into the price to charge.
Open →Margin and markup calculator
See why a 30% markup is only a 23% margin.
Open →Hourly rate calculator
Work out the rate per billable hour your business needs.
Open →Price increase calculator
See how many customers you can lose before a raise stops paying.
Open →Labor burden calculator
Find what one employee hour really costs, beyond the wage.
Open →Overhead cost calculator
Total your overhead and see what each crew hour and each job must carry.
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