MarginWorkshopPricing & Bids
Labor cost, crew rate, markup vs margin, and minimum profitable bid decisions.
Loaded Labor Cost
What a worker actually costs per hour once payroll taxes, workers comp, and benefits are added on top of the base wage.
Crew Cost & Required Billable Rate
What your crew costs per hour, and what you have to charge per hour to hit your target margin.
Markup vs. Margin
The single most common contractor pricing mistake: using your target margin percentage as a markup instead. See exactly what that costs you, and the price that actually hits your target.
Job Profit Check
Before you sign the bid: does this price actually make money once labor, materials, subs, and overhead are counted?
Change Order Price Calculator
Price additional scope mid-job without underselling it: extra material, extra labor, and a fair admin fee for the disruption.
Minimum Job Size Threshold
Below what job size does overhead absorption make a job unprofitable, even before markup?
Geographic / Service Zone Pricing
What travel premium a job actually needs, by distance, to stay profitable once real drive time is counted.
Emergency / After-Hours Premium Pricing
What premium an emergency or after-hours call actually needs, from real overtime and dispatch cost.
Discount Impact on Required Volume
How much extra volume a given discount actually requires to keep the same total profit dollars, a real break-even, not a guess.
Raise Prices or Chase Volume
A direct, dollar-for-dollar comparison of raising prices versus chasing more volume at your current price, so you know which growth strategy actually pays more.
Material Markup Policy
What markup on materials and subs actually covers your payment-terms float and price-risk buffer, not just a round handling fee.