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Job estimate & profit calculator

Price a repair or service job, account for your real costs, and see profit after a chosen tax reserve.

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Your inputs

USD. Use one complete job. Separate customer charges from your costs; the example is a door repair.

1. Estimate / call-outEstimate / call-out fee chargedA separately disclosed customer charge. Enter 0 if the estimate is free.

Estimate fee credited toward the jobUse 0 if not credited. This cannot exceed the estimate fee. Do not subtract a previously paid fee twice.

Your cost of providing the estimateYour time or other estimate costs not already included in labor or travel below.

2. MaterialsYour materials costActual purchase cost, including nonrecoverable purchase tax and delivery.

Materials markupAdded to your material cost, not a target profit margin. Use a shortcut or enter your own percentage.

3. LaborLabor hours for the whole jobTotal person-hours across the crew. Include unbilled job time if appropriate.

hrs

Hourly rate charged to the customerYour selling rate, not the cost of employing the worker.

Actual labor cost / owner pay allowance per hourInclude wages and employer costs. For your own work, enter a pay allowance; it is not necessarily a deductible expense.

4. Travel & other costsTravel charge to the customerA disclosed charge for getting to the job site. Use 0 if travel is not billed.

Your actual travel costFuel, tolls, parking, vehicle allocation, or travel time not counted elsewhere. Do not also count an overlapping mileage allowance.

Other charges to the customerDisclosed permit, disposal, or other job charges. Exclude sales tax collected.

Other job costs / allocated overheadPermits, disposal, rentals, payment fees, insurance, or overhead not counted above.

5. Discount & tax reserveOther discount on this jobOptional discount, separate from the estimate credit. Cannot exceed the itemized job price.

Tax reserve percentageYour chosen planning percentage of positive job profit. This is not a tax calculation or recommended rate. Sales tax is separate.

Your result

Educational estimate. Check important decisions against complete records.

How this calculator works

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Understand the process →

A tax reserve is a planning choice, not a tax bill. See the IRS self-employed tax center. Disclose any estimate or visit fee clearly; see FTC advertising guidance.