Job Cost & Margin Calculator (Home Services)

You’re Guessing More Than You Think When You Price Jobs

Experience feels like certainty.
But without a reference point, it’s still a guess.

Most service owners don’t hesitate when they price a job.

They’ve done similar work before.

They know roughly how long it should take.

They’ve priced jobs like this dozens of times.

So the number feels reasonable.

The problem is, “reasonable” isn’t a reference point.

It's a memory.

Jobs don’t repeat cleanly.

Labor costs change.
Materials fluctuate.
Overhead creeps up quietly.

But pricing habits stay the same.

So each new job gets priced based on what worked once,
not on what the last job actually produced.

The Question That Exposes the Gap

After a job is finished, ask yourself this:

If I priced this exact job again tomorrow, would I change anything?

Most owners pause.

Not because they don’t care.

But because they don’t have a clean breakdown of that job.

Labor is mixed into payroll.
Materials are mixed into spend.
Overhead is spread thin.

So the job never gets reviewed on its own.

It just disappears into the month.

What’s Missing Is One Clean Job-Level Answer

Not a dashboard.
Not software.
Not subscriptions.

Just a clear answer to one thing:

What did this job actually cost, and what did it really make?

That’s the reference point pricing decisions are missing.

The Job Cost & Margin Calculator

Built specifically for home-service businesses under $5M, including: Landscaping & lawn care, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Construction & trades

This calculator isolates a single job using real inputs:

• Labor
• Materials
• Subcontractors
• Overhead
• Revenue

It then shows you:

• Total job cost
• Gross profit and gross margin
• Net profit and net margin after overhead
• Your effective hourly return
• Estimated versus actual performance

It’s designed for post-job review and decision-making.

No dashboards.
No software.
No subscriptions.

Just one clean job breakdown you can trust before you price the next one.

Uses real inputs. 

It takes minutes to understand.

Once you know what a job actually produced,
you don’t guess on the next one.

You price with context.

That’s what this gives you.

Click’ I Want This’ To Get A Clean Job-Level Breakdown So Your Next Price Is Based On Facts, Not Memory

Simple, private, and risk-free.