Step 1 of 3

Your fully loaded hourly rate

This is the rate that has to cover wages and burden, every hour you can't bill, all of your overhead, and the profit you actually want to keep.

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Crew & schedule

Start with total scheduled work hours per tech, per year.

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Hours you can't bill

Subtract paid time off and windshield time — these hours cost you but earn nothing.

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Labor cost

What a billable hour actually costs you in wages, burden and truck.

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Annual overhead

Every dollar the company spends that isn't field labor or job materials. Overhead is divided across your billable hours.

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Total overhead: $178,000