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Free job pricing calculator

Target Job Price Calculator

Calculate the job price needed to cover the costs you enter and reach your target profit margin.

No sign-upUses your own costsNo built-in market pricingBrowser-only calculation

Calculate your target job price

Enter your job costs and the profit margin you want to model.

Job setup

Used only to identify the copied or printed summary.

Enter your own target. Margin is profit divided by job revenue, not markup on cost.

Job costs

Enter the costs you want included in the job price calculation. Blank cost fields are treated as $0.

Optional job-level overhead amount you choose to include.

Formula: Target job price = total job cost ÷ (1 − target profit margin). The displayed target price is rounded up to the next cent.

Target price

Target job price — Minimum job price, rounded up to the next cent, that meets or exceeds the target margin based on the costs entered.
Total job cost—
Break-even job price—
Estimated profit at target price—

Enter a target profit margin and at least one job cost to calculate the target price.

The information you enter for this calculation is processed in your browser and is not sent to Small Crew Tools for the calculation. See the Privacy Policy.

This calculator uses only the costs and target margin you enter. It does not provide market rates, recommend a profit margin, or calculate payroll, taxes, legal requirements, or a guaranteed selling price. The displayed target price is rounded up to the next cent. Review the result before using it in a customer quote.

How to calculate a job price for a target profit margin

  1. Add the labor, materials, travel, equipment, subcontractor, overhead, and other job costs you want included.
  2. Enter the target profit margin you want to model.
  3. Review the target job price, total job cost, break-even price, and estimated profit.

This tool works backward from your costs and target profit margin. It does not decide what the market will pay or whether the resulting price is competitive.

Example: target price for a service job

Example inputs and result

Labor cost
$360.00
Materials / supplies
$60.00
Travel / mileage / parking
$20.00
Overhead allocation
$10.00
Total job cost
$450.00
Target profit margin
30%
Target job price
$642.86
Estimated profit
$192.86

Job pricing calculator for contractors and service businesses

This target job price calculator is designed for small contractors and service businesses that know their own job costs and want to calculate a selling price based on a target profit margin. It can be used for cleaning, landscaping, handyman work, painting, moving, mobile services, and similar service work.

Unlike a market-rate or competitor-pricing tool, this calculator does not guess what you should charge. It uses only the costs and target margin you enter to estimate a job-level selling price.

Frequently asked questions

How much should I charge for a job to reach a target profit margin?

Add the job costs you want to recover, then divide the total cost by 1 minus your target profit margin. This calculator does that calculation and rounds the result up to the next cent.

How is the target job price calculated?

Add the job costs you entered, then divide total job cost by 1 minus your target profit margin. The result is rounded up to the next cent so the displayed price does not fall below the target margin.

What is the break-even job price?

The break-even job price is the total of the costs you entered. At that price, those entered costs are recovered but no profit is added.

Is profit margin the same as markup?

No. Profit margin compares profit with revenue, while markup compares profit with cost. This calculator uses target profit margin.

Does this calculator recommend a good profit margin?

No. Enter the target margin you want to model. Appropriate margins vary by business, job, market, risk, and cost structure.

Can I use this as a contractor job pricing calculator?

Yes. It is intended for job-level pricing when you know the costs you want to recover and want to model a selling price from a target profit margin.

What if I bill some costs separately?

Enter only the costs you want included in this target job price. If a cost will be billed separately, you may choose to leave it out of this calculation.

Why is the target price rounded up?

Because the result is a required minimum price for the target margin. Rounding up to the next cent prevents the displayed price from falling slightly below the margin you entered.

Do you store the numbers I enter?

The information you enter for this calculation is processed in your browser and is not sent to Small Crew Tools for the calculation. See the Privacy Policy for current information about site data practices.