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Job profit calculator

Enter what you quoted, what the materials cost, and your time. See your real gross profit, margin, and hourly rate in a second. Nothing leaves your browser until you ask us to email a report. No account needed.

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Costs
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$0.00 gross profit on this job
Enter a quote and your costs to see your profit.
Gross margin0%
Net profit after overhead$0.00
Net margin0%
Your real hourly rate$0.00
Versus your target rate$0.00
Your real hourly rate is what your own labour earned per hour of gross profit. It is not the same as a day rate, because day rates ignore how long a job actually takes.

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What gross profit and margin mean

Gross profit is what is left after you subtract job costs from the quote. Gross margin is that profit as a percentage of the quote. A small job at 50% margin can beat a big job at 10%. Margin tells you how hard each dollar of turnover is working, so you know which work to take more of and which to quote higher or walk away from.

Count your own labour as a cost

If you do not put a value on your own hours, the job looks more profitable than it is. Enter the hours you spent and a target hourly rate to see whether the job actually paid you. Subbie labour belongs in the cost list. Your own time belongs in the hours field, so the real hourly rate is honest.

How this calculator works

Quote minus your named costs gives gross profit. Divide by the quote for margin. Add daily overhead and days on site for net profit after running costs. Add your hours for an effective hourly rate. Everything updates as you type. Numbers stay in your browser unless you choose to email yourself a branded PDF report. For a deeper walkthrough, see the complete job costing guide and tracking job costs from receipts.

Margin ranges described here are typical for a trades job, not universal accounting benchmarks.

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Stop doing this maths by hand

This calculator works from numbers you type in. VanReceipts builds them automatically: scan a receipt in the van, the app reads it, finds the job, and updates the profit for you.

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