Contractor Hourly Rate Calculator: What Should You Charge?
Work out the hourly rate you need from the pay you want, your business costs, taxes and real billable hours, so your price covers more than wages.
Price jobs so they pay: painting estimates, hourly rates, markup versus margin, a printable estimate builder, and how to get found online.
Work out the hourly rate you need from the pay you want, your business costs, taxes and real billable hours, so your price covers more than wages.
What a painter, plumber or handyman website actually needs to turn visitors into calls: pages, trust signals, speed, Google setup and mistakes to avoid.
Fill in your business, client and line items to get a clean printable estimate with tax, deposit and terms. Save it as a PDF, nothing to sign up for.
Set up a Google Business Profile as a contractor or service-area business: hiding your address, service areas, categories, reviews and what gets you suspended.
Price handyman jobs with labor, material markup, trip fees and a minimum charge. Includes 2026 handyman rates and flat prices for common jobs.
Convert markup to margin and back, and set a job price from your cost and target profit. Includes a conversion table and worked contractor examples.
Price an interior paint job from labor hours, paint, supplies, overhead and your target margin, so every quote covers costs and leaves a profit.