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Does the job price cover direct cost, overhead and the profit target?
Build a quote with labor burden, materials contingency, subcontractors and allocated overhead.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- Estimated labor hours
- 400
- Base wage / hour
- $35
- Labor burden
- 35 %
- Quoted materials
- $25,000
- Materials waste & contingency
- 8 %
- Subcontractors
- $15,000
- Job overhead allocation
- $8,000
- Target operating margin
- 15 %
Required quoted price
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Direct job cost
- $60,900
- Total cost including overhead
- $68,900
- Target operating profit
- $12,159
What to do with this result
Use bid-specific takeoffs and supplier quotes; margin on sales is not markup on cost.
Know what is inside the model.
Planning model, not personalized financial advice. Your inputs remain in your browser.
Calculation method
Quote = [labor hours × wage × (1 + burden) + materials × (1 + contingency) + subcontractors + job overhead] / (1 − target margin).
Assumptions and limitations
- Example inputs are editable scenarios, not Aryo results or independently verified industry benchmarks.
- Use local quoted costs and your actual job history. Estimates exclude licensing, code, safety and legal determinations.