Service Pricing Guide: What to Charge for 9 Home Services

The Service Pricing Guide

You've been doing this work for years — cleaning, organizing, caring for people, running errands. You're good at it. Clients trust you and call you back. But here's what nobody tells you: you're being paid like you're replaceable, when you're actually irreplaceable.

Most service workers charge whatever "everyone else" charges, out of fear that raising prices means losing clients. It's the opposite — undercharging is what keeps you exhausted, working more hours just to make ends meet, and attracting the clients who negotiate and disrespect your time. One client at $40/hour instead of $60 doesn't sound like much, until you realize that's $4,800 a year, for the same work. That's not a small gap. That's a new car, medical bills paid, breathing room.

This guide gives you real, current market pricing — not guesses — for all 9 in-demand services: laundry, housekeeping, ironing and folding, home organization, yardwork, caregiving, pet and house sitting, senior errands and companionship, and handyman work. You'll know exactly what to charge before you ever quote your first job, plus the one rule that applies across every service so you can price new work with confidence on your own. $27 — and if it doesn't help you charge with confidence on that first quote, reach out; it's meant to actually work for you, not sit on your hard drive.