YOUR TIME HAS A COST

Stop guessing what to charge for a cleaning job.

Compare first-time and recurring visit estimates, account for labor and travel, and understand the contribution left after direct job costs. Designed for small residential cleaning operators.

1. Your job assumptions

Edit the sample inputs. All amounts are in USD. Enter your full labor cost, not merely take-home pay.

Labor cost per hour ($)

Target contribution margin (%)

Round-trip travel (miles)

Estimated travel cost/mile ($)

Payment processing (%)

Fixed processing charge ($)

First-time / deep visit

Estimated labor hours

Consumables ($)

Allocated job overhead ($)

Recurring maintenance visit

Estimated labor hours

Consumables ($)

Allocated job overhead ($)

2. Quote comparison

This computes a price designed to meet the input contribution margin after modeled costs and processing.

First-time visit · estimate

—Per service visit · not an hourly wage

Labor cost	—
Supplies + travel	—
Allocated overhead	—
Processing estimate	—
Contribution left	—
Modeled contribution margin	—

Recurring visit · estimate

—Reassess when job scope or time changes

Labor cost	—
Supplies + travel	—
Allocated overhead	—
Processing estimate	—
Contribution left	—
Modeled contribution margin	—

Important: Contribution is not business net profit, salary, or taxable profit. This calculator cannot estimate actual quote acceptance or true hours.

3. After-job reality check

Compare the estimated first-time quote with actual labor and costs after the work is completed.

Actual hours

Actual supplies ($)

Actual round-trip miles

Actual allocated overhead ($)

4. What actually remained?

Assumes the customer paid your modeled first-time quote exactly; excludes refunds and taxes.

Actual modeled contribution

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Actual direct costs	—
Estimated payment fee	—
Variance vs planned contribution	—

Your estimate is a starting point, not a guaranteed outcome.