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Crew day rate calculator
A day rate has to cover every person on the truck, the materials, and the overhead for that day — then leave the margin you picked.
Day rate = (crew × hours × burdened rate + materials + day overhead) ÷ (1 − margin), rounded up. Splitting it across stops uses the same rounding.
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Day rate
$930
- If you split the day: $310 per stop
35% margin target
More shop math
- Overhead per jobRent, insurance, software, and the truck payment do not show up on the materials list. They still have to come out of the jobs you book.
- Supply markupMarkup on the invoice cost is not the same as margin, and waste never makes it onto the customer’s receipt unless you put it there.
- Job cost vs priceA price can look fine on the estimate and still pay less than the burdened hour. This puts the current quote next to cost and next to the margin you said you wanted.