Job Profitability Calculator
Run a finished job through this to see whether it made what you thought. The profit per hour figure is usually the surprising one.
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Gross profit
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Gross margin
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Profit per hour worked
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Loaded labor cost
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Pricing jobs one at a time gets old fast.
PaintPricing stores your rates, burden and margin once, then applies them to every quote you send.
Try it freeFrequently Asked Questions
What gross margin should a painting job make?
Many painting businesses aim for 40 to 50 percent gross before overhead. What matters more is whether it is consistent enough to plan on.
Why use loaded labor rather than the wage?
Because the wage is not what the hour cost you. Using the raw wage makes every job look roughly a third more profitable than it was.
What does profit per hour tell me that margin does not?
Whether the job was worth the time. A high margin job that dragged on can earn less per hour than a lower margin job that ran clean.