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    Job math

    The real price.

    Materials plus labor is not the cost. Overhead sits on every job whether you put it there or not. This is the price that hits the margin you said you wanted.

    Direct cost
    $800.00

    materials + labor

    Loaded cost
    $1,000.00

    plus overhead

    Price that hits 40.0%
    $1,666.67

    you keep $666.67

    If you stay at $1,200.00
    3.3 jobs

    to keep what one priced job keeps

    Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Confused markup with margin? What You Keep.

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