What should an hour cost?
Your pay is only part of the price.
Want 40 an hour, with 18,000 a year in costs and 1,200 hours billed: charge 91 an hour.
Every billed hour pays for the ones you can’t bill.
Questions
Why fewer billed hours than worked?
Driving, quoting, buying parts and paperwork take time no one pays for.
What goes in costs?
Anything the business pays that isn’t your pay: van, fuel, insurance, tools, phone, ads.
Which tool if I have a crew?
Crew labour rate prices an hour from everyone’s wages; Hourly rate finder is for one person.