What should you charge per hour?
Most new shops price from the wage. The rate has to cover the wage, the payroll burden, every overhead dollar and the hours nobody can bill. Put in your own numbers below; nothing leaves your browser.
Billable rate calculator
How the math works
Break-even rate = (wages × (1 + burden) + overhead) ÷ billable hours. Then billable rate = break-even ÷ (1 − margin). Margin isn’t markup: a 20% margin means dividing by 0.8, which is a 25% markup on cost.
Once you have a rate, build it into flat-rate prices so every tech quotes the same. MyHomeService360’s price book setup asks for these same numbers and prices your book from them.
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Questions people ask
Why not just double the wage?
Because overhead and billable hours differ a lot from shop to shop. A two-truck shop with a small office has a very different break-even from a solo operator working from home. Use your own numbers.
How many hours can a tech really bill?
Fewer than they work. Track it for a month: clock-in time against hours on invoices. MyHomeService360’s free time tracking shows both.
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