Handyman Pricing Calculator

Price any multi-task handyman visit from your own labor rate, materials, overhead, and markup — with a per-visit minimum so no trip goes below your floor. No login.

Rate settings

Your loaded hourly rate ($/hr)

Wages + payroll taxes + insurance — not bare wage. See service-hourly-rate to compute this.

Visit minimum (floor price, $)

The minimum you charge for any visit, regardless of time. Set 0 for no floor. Most handymen use a 1–2hr minimum.

Overhead method

Fixed $ % of labor % of total

Overhead

20% of labor is a common starting point — adjust for your vehicle, tools, and insurance overhead.

Pricing mode

Markup Margin

Target markup / margin (%)

30% markup is a common starting point — adjust to your market.

Tasks for this visit

Task	Hours	Materials ($)	Subtotal
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Contingency (%)

Optional buffer for unknowns — applied to total cost before pricing.

Materials waste (%)

5% is a conservative starting point. Adjust for your typical job type.

Quoted price

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Total labor: —
Total materials (with waste): —
Overhead: —
Contingency: —
Total cost: —
Markup / margin applied: —
Profit: —
Realized margin / markup: —

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How this is calculated

Each task's labor is hours × loaded hourly rate. Material costs are summed and multiplied by 1 + waste%. Overhead is added per your chosen method (fixed $, % of labor, or % of direct cost). An optional contingency percentage pads the total cost before pricing.

labor       = Σ task hours × hourly rate
materials   = Σ task material costs × (1 + waste%)
overhead    = per method (fixed | %labor | %total)
directCost  = labor + materials + overhead
totalCost   = directCost × (1 + contingency%)
rawPrice    (markup) = totalCost × (1 + markup%)
rawPrice    (margin) = totalCost / (1 − margin%)
billedPrice = max(rawPrice, visitMinimum)

When the visit minimum is higher than the cost-based price, the minimum binds and the quoted price rises to the floor. The breakdown still shows the true cost, so you can see your realized margin at that minimum price.

How we choose and check our formulas