Know what a job will cost you, but not what to charge? Enter your labor, materials and other costs, add overhead, choose your profit margin or markup, and get a suggested job price with the math shown. When you're ready, turn it into a professional estimate.
Add up what the job will cost you directly — labor (including your own time), materials, equipment, and costs like permits, travel, and disposal. Add a share of your overhead. Then add profit, either as a profit margin or a markup. The calculator does each step and rounds the result to an easy number to quote.
Everything the job would not cost you if you turned it down: labor, materials and supplies, equipment rental, subcontractors, permits, delivery, disposal, and travel. The costs people most often forget are drive time, small consumables, and the admin time spent quoting and invoicing — put those into overhead so every job carries its share.
Markup is the percentage you add on top of your cost. Profit margin is the percentage of the final selling price that is profit. A $1,000 job at 30% markup sells for $1,300; the same job at a 30% margin sells for about $1,429. At the same percentage, margin always gives the higher price.
There is no single right number — it depends on your overhead, how risky the job is, how busy you are, and what your local market will pay. Use the calculator to compare a few margins, check the result against jobs you have already done, and keep the price you'd be comfortable defending.
Choose "Create a professional estimate." Pick one job price or an itemized estimate, and QuoteNation opens its estimate builder with the price already filled in. Your internal costs and margin never appear on it. Add your business and customer details, then download the PDF.