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Calculate Your True Labor Costs

Stop guessing at labor rates. Calculate the real cost of your technicians including wages, benefits, overhead, and the markup you need to stay profitable.

Why Calculate Labor Costs?

Price Profitably

Know your real costs so you can price jobs that actually make money, not just cover wages

Find Hidden Costs

Discover the true burden rate including insurance, taxes, benefits, and overhead that many businesses miss

Plan Growth

Understand exactly what each technician needs to generate to be profitable before hiring

Technician Information

Typical range: 60-80% due to drive time, breaks, admin

Additional Costs

Includes FICA, unemployment insurance, worker's comp

Health insurance, retirement, etc.

Office rent, vehicles, tools, software, etc.

Your Labor Cost Analysis

Annual Cost Breakdown

Base Wages:$52,000
Payroll Taxes:$5,200
Benefits:$6,000
Overhead:$12,640

Total Annual Cost

$75,840

Billable Hours/Year

1500

Cost Per Hour

$50.56

Minimum Billable Rate (with 25% margin)

$67.41/hr

Annual Revenue Target

$101,120

This technician needs to generate this much revenue to hit your target margin

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What's Included

Base hourly wage calculations
Payroll taxes and insurance
Benefits and vacation costs
Overhead allocation
Billable hours analysis
Target markup recommendations
Break-even hourly rates
Annual revenue targets per technician