Job Profit Calculator
Enter your quote, hours, materials, and drive time — see the true cost, real profit, and net margin of any job before you send the price.
Labor Burden Calculator
Calculate the true cost of each employee hour—including payroll taxes, workers' comp, benefits, and PTO. Stop underpricing labor.
Overhead Calculator
Find your overhead cost per billable hour. Add up rent, insurance, software, vehicles—everything that keeps your business running.
Travel Time Calculator
Calculate what drive time really costs—crew wages, vehicle costs, and fuel. See if that far-away job is actually worth it.
Materials Markup Calculator
Price materials correctly with markup, waste factor, and delivery. Know your profit margin before you send the quote.
Why Job Costing Matters
Stop Underpricing Jobs
Most contractors forget hidden costs—payroll taxes, overhead, travel. These tools make sure nothing slips through.
Know Your Real Margins
Markup isn't margin. $50/hour isn't profit. These calculators show what you actually keep after all costs.
Quote with Confidence
When you know your numbers, you can quote fair prices without worrying if you're leaving money on the table.
How to Build a Complete Job Cost
Calculate your labor burden
Find your true cost per employee hour (wages + taxes + benefits). This is your floor—you can't charge less than this.
Add your overhead per hour
Divide monthly overhead by billable hours. Add this to labor burden to get your break-even hourly rate.
Factor in travel time
Calculate what it costs to get to the job site. Either bill it separately or build it into your hourly rate.
Price your materials
Apply markup to cover handling, risk, and profit. Don't forget waste factor for cutting and breakage.
Labor + Overhead + Travel + Materials + Profit = Your Quote
In-Depth Guides on Job Costing
Easiest Way to Calculate Labor Burden
Learn 3 methods to calculate labor burden with formulas, worked examples, and common mistakes to avoid.
Read guide →How to Track Overhead Costs
Compare spreadsheets vs software for overhead tracking, with a worked example showing allocation per job.
Read guide →How to Calculate Drive Time in Quotes
Calculate travel costs including crew wages, vehicle expenses, and when to charge separately vs build in.
Read guide →How to Track Materials Cost
Master materials markup, waste factors, and pricing strategies for landscaping jobs.
Read guide →Want to automate all of this?
GreenMargins calculates labor, overhead, travel, and materials for every job automatically. Just enter the details and get a profitable quote.
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