Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator

Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator

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  • Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator
  • Contractor pricing example showing direct job cost, contingency reserve, total direct cost and required selling price at a target gross margin.
  • MarginForge Excel job pricing workbook showing labor and direct cost inputs for materials, subcontractors, equipment, permits and other job costs.
  • Direct labor example showing 24 expected hours multiplied by a $42.27 loaded labor rate to equal $1,014.48 of job labor cost.
  • Pricing graphic explaining that a 40 percent gross margin requires a 66.7 percent markup on direct job cost.
  • MarginForge proposed price check comparing $3,612.84 required sell price with $3,600 proposed price and a 39.8 percent gross margin below target.
  • MarginForge margin scenario table and chart comparing required job selling prices across target direct gross margins from 15 to 60 percent.
  • Four-step contractor job pricing workflow covering job costs, contingency, target margin and proposed price review.
  • MarginForge digital product package including Excel job pricing workbook, Buyer Guide, license and support PDF, and quick-start README.
  • MarginForge purchase information stating digital Excel download, one-business license, 30 days support, and direct-job-pricing product scope.
Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator

Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator

$19.99

Know what the job needs to sell for before you quote it.

MarginForge Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator is a focused Microsoft Excel workbook for contractors and home-service businesses that want to turn expected direct job costs into a target-margin selling price — then check whether an intended quote actually protects that margin.

Enter expected labor hours using your validated loaded labor rates, then add materials, subcontractors, equipment or rentals, permits and fees, and other direct job costs. Add a contingency or waste reserve, choose your target direct gross margin, and the workbook calculates the selling price the job needs to support.

$19.99 one-time purchase • Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) • No subscription • 30 days of product support

Build the price from the job economics

A job price should start with more than a rough material total and a markup.

The workbook combines:

  • expected labor cost
  • materials
  • subcontractors
  • equipment and rentals
  • permits and fees
  • other direct job costs
  • contingency or waste reserve

into one Total Direct Job Cost.

It then calculates the selling price required to achieve your selected direct gross-margin target using:

Required Sell Price = Total Direct Job Cost ÷ (1 − Target Direct Gross Margin)

That is the same transparent pricing logic used in the workbook itself.

Sample result

The included example assumes:

  • Expected labor: 24 hours
  • Loaded labor rate: $42.27/hour
  • Direct labor cost: $1,014.48
  • Other direct job costs: $1,050.00
  • Direct cost before contingency: $2,064.48
  • Contingency / waste: 5%
  • Contingency reserve: $103.22
  • Total direct job cost: $2,167.70

At a 40% target direct gross margin, the required selling price is:

$3,612.84

A proposed selling price of $3,600.00 produces a direct gross margin of approximately 39.8%, so the workbook flags the price:

BELOW TARGET — $12.84

Those values are the workbook's verified sample scenario.

What the workbook calculates

Turn direct cost into a pricing benchmark

  • Expected labor cost from hours × loaded labor rate
  • Materials
  • Subcontractors
  • Equipment / rentals
  • Permits / fees
  • Other direct job costs
  • Direct job cost before contingency
  • Contingency / waste reserve
  • Total direct job cost
  • Target direct gross margin
  • Required selling price
  • Gross profit dollars at the target price
  • Markup on direct job cost
  • Proposed selling price
  • Proposed gross margin
  • Price gap versus target
  • Automatic pricing-status check
  • Margin scenarios from 15% through 60%

Margin vs. markup

Gross margin and markup are not the same.

Using the sample job:

Total direct job cost: $2,167.70
40% target gross margin: $3,612.84 required selling price
Markup on direct cost: 66.7%

The workbook displays both so you can see the actual relationship between cost, selling price, markup, and margin.

Check the price you actually intend to quote

Enter an optional proposed selling price and the workbook calculates:

  • proposed direct gross margin
  • price gap versus the target-margin price
  • whether the proposed price is above or below your selected target

For the sample job, $3,600 produces a 39.8% direct gross margin compared with a required price of $3,612.84, so the model identifies the quote as below target.

Built for

Designed for contractors and job-based home-service businesses, including:

  • HVAC
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • Roofing
  • Remodeling
  • Painting
  • Landscaping
  • Window and door installation
  • Handyman services
  • Pressure washing
  • Cleaning
  • Specialty installation
  • Other field-service businesses

The workbook does not contain hard-coded industry prices. Your costs and assumptions determine the result.

What you receive

Your purchase includes:

  • Contractor Job Pricing & Profit Calculator v1.0 — Microsoft Excel workbook
  • Buyer Guide PDF
  • License & Support PDF
  • Quick-start README
  • Standard One-Business License
  • 30 calendar days of product support

This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped.

Compatibility

Designed for Microsoft Excel

File format: Microsoft Excel .xlsx

Google Sheets may alter formatting, validation, charts, or formula behavior. Google Sheets compatibility is not guaranteed.

Keep an untouched master copy of the workbook before entering your business data.

Important — direct job pricing only

This product intentionally focuses on pricing one job from direct job costs and a target direct gross margin.

It does not:

  • calculate employee labor burden
  • build loaded labor rates
  • allocate fixed business overhead
  • calculate contribution margin
  • calculate sustainable overhead-inclusive pricing
  • apply sales-tax rules
  • generate a customer proposal or contract
  • track estimate-versus-actual performance
  • maintain completed-job history
  • provide a management dashboard

That separation is intentional and keeps this product distinct from the other MarginForge tools. 

Need a different level of detail?

Need to calculate your true loaded labor cost first? Start with the Contractor Labor Cost & Labor Burden Calculator.

Need labor, overhead, pricing, and completed-job profitability in one system? Explore Home Service Pricing & Job Profitability Pro.

 

License

One purchase. One legal business entity.

The Standard One-Business License permits internal use by one legal business entity and its authorized employees.

It does not permit resale, redistribution, public sharing, white-labeling, derivative-template resale, or use of one purchase across unrelated client businesses.

Support

30 days of product support included

Thirty calendar days of product support are included from the original purchase date.

Support covers file access, documented features, intended input locations, and suspected defects in the unmodified workbook.

Support: support@marginforgetools.com

Important disclaimer

MarginForge products are business planning and decision-support tools.

This workbook is not accounting, tax, payroll, legal, regulatory, engineering, or financial advice. Results depend on your inputs and assumptions.

You are responsible for independently validating loaded labor rates, direct costs, contingency assumptions, margins, taxes, selling prices, and other outputs before relying on them in business decisions.

Publisher: MarginForge, LLC
Website: marginforgetools.com
Support: support@marginforgetools.com
Version: v1.0

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