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Contractor Labor Cost Calculator

Estimate crew labor cost and a labor selling price using your loaded hourly cost and target gross margin.

Labor inputs

Workers

Hours per worker

Loaded hourly cost per worker ($)

Target gross margin (%)

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Loaded labor cost vs. wage

For job pricing, your loaded hourly cost may include more than the employee wage, such as payroll taxes, workers compensation, benefits and other labor burden. Enter the number that reflects your own business costs.

Target gross margin is calculated from selling price, not cost. This tool is for planning and does not provide payroll or tax advice.