Snow Removal & Plowing Pricing Calculator

The price is a cost-plus build-up: labor + salt + equipment, marked up by overhead, then divided up to your target margin. The per-inch tier surcharges each inch of depth above the trigger; the seasonal figure is advisory.

hours (commercial from-area):
  hours = (area ÷ 43,560) ÷ productivityAcresPerHr

cost build-up (per push):
  labor    = laborRate × workers × hours
  material = saltEnabled ? saltLb × saltCostPerLb : 0
  direct   = labor + material + equipment
  overhead = direct × overheadPct
  total    = direct + overhead
  price    = total ÷ (1 − marginPct)        ← margin-via-division

per-inch tier:
  price(depth) = price + max(0, depth − trigger) × perInchOver

advisory:
  pushes/storm = round(stormDepth ÷ trigger)   (0 if storm < trigger)
  seasonal     = expectedEvents × price

Margin-via-division is the load-bearing detail. Every cited incumbent (Jobber, George Hardscaping) states the price as cost ÷ (1 − margin) and warns that the naive cost × (1 + margin) markup under-prices the job. A 40% target on a $51.60 cost is $86 per push, not $72.24.

Two billing models, no verdict. The per-push base and the depth-tiered price are shown side by side so you can pick a model rather than guess. The ≈ 1 acre/hour productivity and the salt-per-acre figures are editable defaults, not fixed rates.

Sources: Jobber (snow removal pricing formula), HouseCall Pro (snow removal price guide), George Hardscaping (commercial snow removal pricing calculator).