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Price plumbing jobs with the right markup, track profit per service call, and run the numbers before you quote — free calculators plus job trackers for plumbers.
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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
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Specific answers with the formulas and examples behind the tools.
The fastest way to go broke while staying busy is underpricing jobs. Here's how to build a quote from real costs up — so profit is designed in, not hoped for.
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.
Cover your diagnostic/trip charge, parts with markup, and loaded labor, then add profit — most plumbing work is quoted as a flat job price, not a bare hourly rate. Build the quote with the job estimate calculator.
The billed rate needs to cover wages, truck, insurance, and overhead — usually well above the raw wage. Rather than guess, back it out from your costs and target margin with the rate calculator.
Track revenue minus materials and labor per job; that's your gross profit. See how to price a job in the trades for the full method.
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