Focused contractor calculators for the decisions that determine whether a job merely keeps you busy—or actually makes your business money.
Each tool is purpose-built, so you can get an answer without navigating a spreadsheet or deciphering accounting jargon.
Add labor, materials, overhead, and other job costs, then calculate the selling price needed for your target margin.
Convert markup to margin or margin to markup, and calculate the selling price a contractor needs for a target profit margin.
Compare job revenue with actual direct costs to measure job profitability, contractor profit margin, markup, and cost variance.
Build a contractor hourly labor rate that covers wages, payroll burden, nonbillable time, overhead, and target profit.
Calculate the true hourly cost of an employee including employer taxes, workers' compensation, benefits, and paid non-working time.
Calculate a contractor overhead recovery rate across realistic billable hours, crew days, employees, or jobs.
Turn fixed costs and contribution margin into the revenue and sales volume needed to break even or reach a monthly profit target.
Not sure which costs belong to one job? Start with the practical guide to tracking actual job costs, then choose the calculator that matches your next decision.
Trade Profit Lab calculators will show the formula behind every answer, define the terms they use, and separate estimates from facts you supply.
How our calculators work