Contractor finance

Job Costing Calculator

Add the direct and allocated costs on a job so pricing decisions start from the real number.

Inputs

This number is not your quote amount. It is the cost base the quote needs to cover.

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Results

The output shows the full cost and where the money is concentrated.

Total job cost
$20,600.00

If a bathroom remodel carries $20,600.00 in cost, the sale price must exceed that amount before the job produces any gross profit at all.

Cost breakdown

Labor$8,500.00

Crew wages, burden, and job-specific labor cost.

41.3% of total cost

Materials$6,200.00

Purchased items consumed by the work.

30.1% of total cost

Subcontractors$4,100.00

Trade partners and outside specialty work.

19.9% of total cost

Overhead$1,800.00

Allocated share of office, vehicles, supervision, and similar business cost.

8.7% of total cost

Cost clarity comes before profit protection.

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