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Job quote calculator

Put in the hours, the drive, the materials, and what you want an hour to pay. The calculator returns a break-even price and a suggested quote with your profit goal.

Break-even = (materials + miles + overhead share + target pay + the fixed card fee) ÷ (1 − card %). The suggested quote adds your profit goal, then rounds up to the next $5.

Numbers stay in this browser. This is shop math, not tax, legal, or lending advice.

Start from a trade

What you charge today ($)

Hands-on hours

Setup and cleanup hours

Round-trip drive hours

Round-trip miles

Vehicle cost per mile ($)

Materials ($)

Target owner pay per hour ($)

Monthly fixed costs ($)

Insurance, phone, software, shop rent.

Jobs per month

Profit goal (%)

Card fee (%)

Card fee fixed $ per charge

Suggested quote

$105

Break-even: $91

Below target pay

More shop math

Trip feeDrive time and fuel disappear when they stay buried in the job price. This separates them into a trip fee you can show as its own line.
Missed callsA missed call is not just a missed ring. If some of those calls would have booked, this is the job value sitting in voicemail this month.
Crew day rateA day rate has to cover every person on the truck, the materials, and the overhead for that day — then leave the margin you picked.