Pricing & Profit

Profit Margin Calculator

Calculate how much profit you could make on a job after labour, materials, and other direct costs.

Include your own labour cost as well as wages paid to employees or subcontractors.

For example: travel, equipment hire, disposal fees, permits, parking, or subcontractor expenses.

Estimated Results

Total job costs

1.650 €

Estimated profit

850 €

Profit margin

34%

Markup on costs

51.5%

What this means

Job selling price

2.500 €

Costs as percentage of price

66%

Profit retained

850 €

After estimated direct costs of 1.650 €, this job could produce approximately 850 € in profit.

Your estimated profit margin is 34%. This means approximately 34 of every currency unit charged remains after the direct job costs entered above.

This job has a healthy estimated profit margin based on the figures entered.

This is a simplified estimate. It does not automatically include tax, VAT, insurance, office expenses, marketing, vehicle costs, tools, subscriptions, callbacks, or other business overheads unless you include them in the costs entered.

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