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Does after-hours demand justify an on-call technician?
Compare emergency-job contribution with standby pay and per-dispatch premiums.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- After-hours paid jobs / month
- 35
- Collected revenue / emergency job
- $450
- Parts & variable cost / job
- $100
- Paid technician hours / job
- 2
- After-hours loaded hourly cost
- $85
- Monthly standby allowance
- $2,500
- Dispatch cost / after-hours job
- $25
Monthly emergency coverage contribution
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Contribution / dispatched job
- $155
- Break-even paid emergency jobs
- 17
- Monthly standby cost
- $2,500
What to do with this result
Review geographic response times, fatigue and backup coverage separately; make sure standby cost is not already inside the hourly rate.
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Calculation method
Monthly after-hours contribution = jobs × (revenue − parts − hours × after-hours rate − dispatch cost) − standby allowance.
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.