Complete job pricing

Contractor Job Estimate
& Pricing Calculator

Add labor, materials, subcontractors, equipment, permits, overhead, and contingency to find the job’s true estimated cost and the selling price required for your target profit margin.

Build the estimateEnter job costs and target

Job / project nameOptional. Use a name you will recognize in saved calculations.

Labor

Estimated labor hoursEstimated hours required to complete the job.

True labor cost per hourYour true business cost, not the customer billable rate.

Need the loaded employee cost? Use the Labor Burden Calculator.

Direct job costs

Estimated materials cost

Subcontractor cost

Equipment / rental cost

Permits / fees

Other direct costs

Business costs and profit target

Overhead allocationThe amount of business overhead this job needs to recover.

ContingencyApplied to direct cost plus overhead.

Target profit marginProfit as a percentage of the recommended selling price.

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Understand the result

From true job cost to a profitable selling price

True estimated job cost includes labor, materials, subcontractors, equipment, permits, other direct costs, the overhead assigned to this job, and contingency. It is the cost basis used to calculate price.

Profit margin measures expected profit against selling price. Markup measures the same profit against cost. They are not interchangeable. Learn the difference between markup and margin or verify a conversion with the Markup and Margin Calculator.