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What should you charge per hour?

Your tech's wage is only the start. Add taxes and insurance, the drive time nobody pays for, and the overhead that keeps the trucks running. Then put profit on top, the right way.

Your techs
$/hr
techs
hrs
40 hrs × 52 weeks = 2,080.
%
Payroll taxes, workers' comp, benefits, PTO. Usually 20–35%.
How much of that time you can bill
% of paid hours
Drive time, supply runs, callbacks and paperwork aren't billable. Most shops land between 55% and 75%.
Overhead & profit
$/yr
Trucks, fuel, insurance, rent, software, phones, office staff, your own salary.
% of the rate
Charge at least
$0/hr

    Break-even rate$0
    Billable hrs per tech0
    Markup on cost0%

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    How this is calculated
    • Billable hours = techs × paid hours × billable efficiency
    • Labor cost per billable hour = wage × (1 + burden) ÷ efficiency. You pay for every hour, but only bill some of them, so each billable hour carries the unbilled ones.
    • Overhead per billable hour = annual overhead ÷ billable hours
    • Break-even rate = labor cost + overhead per billable hour
    • Recommended rate = break-even ÷ (1 − target profit). A 20% profit means dividing by 0.80, which is a 25% markup on cost. Adding 20% to cost only gives you a 16.7% margin.

    Materials and parts aren't included. Price those separately with their own markup. Results are estimates to help you set prices, not accounting advice.