Contractor Pricing Kit

Know Your Costs. Set Profitable Rates. Protect Your Bottom Line.

Are you charging enough to actually make a profit?

Many contractors know what they pay their employees but don't know what those employees truly cost their business. Payroll expenses, benefits, insurance, overhead, and other operating costs can quickly erode profits — even when you're busy and bringing in revenue.

The Contractor Pricing Kit takes the guesswork out of pricing your work.

This easy-to-use Excel calculator helps contractors, tradespeople, and small service businesses understand their true operating costs, establish profitable billing rates, and prepare job estimates with confidence.

What You Can Do

Calculate Your True Labour Costs

• Account for wages, payroll burden, benefits, and other employment costs.
• Calculate fully burdened hourly labour costs.
• Model up to three different employee roles.

Establish Profitable Billing Rates

• Allocate business overhead to your labour rates.
• Set target operating profit margins.
• Calculate recommended customer billing rates.
• Understand the difference between covering costs and making a profit.

Estimate Jobs With Confidence

• Calculate labour costs based on estimated hours.
• Include materials and other direct expenses.
• Apply contingency allowances.
• Determine a recommended selling price to achieve your target margin.

Understand Your Profitability

• Review estimated job costs and revenue.
• Identify the operating profit built into your estimates.
• Evaluate how changes in costs and pricing affect profitability.

Who Is This For?

Ideal for general contractors, electricians, plumbers, HVAC contractors, renovation businesses, maintenance companies, and other small service businesses that charge for labour and materials.

Whether you're working independently or managing a small team, this calculator helps you make more informed pricing decisions.

What's Included?

• Editable Microsoft Excel workbook — customize the calculations for your business.
• Step-by-step instructions — get started without advanced Excel knowledge.
• Reusable pricing and job-costing tools — use the workbook for multiple estimates.

No monthly subscriptions. No complicated software. Just a practical tool to help you price your work more confidently.

A Small Investment in Better Pricing

One underpriced job can cost far more than the price of this calculator.

For just $19 CAD, get a clearer picture of your costs and make better-informed pricing decisions.

Stop guessing. Start pricing with confidence.

Digital download. Requires a compatible version of Microsoft Excel. All calculations depend on the accuracy of your inputs and estimates. Results are planning tools, not guarantees of profitability.