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title: "What should an hour cost? | LocoTap"
description: "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."
url: "https://locotap.com/learn/hour-price"
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# 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.

**Hourly rate** An hourly rate that covers everything  [About it](https://locotap.com/tools/hourly-rate) [Start free](https://locotap.com/sign-in?back=%2Fapp%2Flearn%2Fhour-price)

**Crew labour rate** What a crew hour costs and what to charge

## 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.

[Next · Before the job **What makes a quote a yes?**](https://locotap.com/learn/quote-yes)