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Estimate wiring jobs, mark up materials correctly, and track profit per call — free trade calculators plus job-profit and estimate trackers for electrical contractors.
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add materials, labor, and overhead, set your markup, and get the price to quote plus your profit and margin
Free toolenter your fixed costs, price, and variable cost per sale to see how many units and how much revenue you need to break even
Free toolenter revenue and cost to instantly see gross profit, profit margin %, and markup %
Free toolenter your target take-home, billable hours, and expenses to find the hourly rate you actually need to charge
Google Sheets & Excel, each with a free phone version. Buy direct or on Etsy.
Specific answers with the formulas and examples behind the tools.
Two contractors quote the same job. One makes money and one does not, and the difference is almost never the rate - it is what they counted as cost. Here is the whole build-up, worked three times on real trade numbers.
Trades & ContractorsWhat every estimate must include, how to price it so you profit, and the terms that stop scope creep before it starts.
TradesGross margin, net margin, markup — they're not the same, and confusing them is why contractors work hard and keep little. Here's the target and how to get there.
Estimate materials and loaded labor, apply a markup for overhead and profit (specialty work often carries a higher markup), and quote the total — not an hourly rate the customer will question. Build it with the job estimate calculator.
A common range is 40–50%+ on materials to cover procurement, waste, and overhead; rare or warranty-heavy parts justify more. Check the job's overall margin with the profit margin calculator.
Log each job's revenue, materials, and labor so you can see the real margin, not just the invoice total. See how contractor profit margin works.
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