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Free tools for tradies: work out your ideal hourly rate and check your job markup vs margin, in under a minute.

Hourly Rate Calculator

Most tradies guess their rate. This calculator tells you what you actually need to charge to cover your costs, pay yourself properly, and make a profit.

Your income target

Target annual income (before tax & super) $95,000
What you want to take home, before tax — super is calculated on top of this separately

Trade type

The market benchmark below is a single all-trades figure — per-trade rates are not split out yet.

Working hours

Working weeks per year 48 weeks
Allow for leave, public holidays, sick days
Days worked per week 5 days
Hours worked per day 8 hrs
Billable efficiency 65%
% of your time that's actually chargeable. Travel, quoting, admin & breaks eat into this. Most tradies are 55–70%.
Target profit margin 15%
Profit on top of covering all costs. 10–20% is healthy for a trade business.

Annual overheads

Include super, workers comp, and any other on-costs for anyone you pay — this calculator assumes you're still the one billing the hours.

Super rate locked at 12% (from 1 July 2025). Market benchmarks based on published Australian trade rate data. This calculator is a guide — speak to your accountant for personalised advice.

Your recommended rate
Per hour
0
ex GST
Revenue per year at this rate
0
Billable hrs/yr0
Super (12%)$0
Total overheads$0
Staff wages$0
Total cost base$0
Vs. market rates (all trades)
$85 low $110 median $140 high
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Guide only — speak to your accountant before changing your rates.

Markup & Margin Calculator

Work out what to charge for a job — and see why "50% markup" and "50% margin" are not the same thing.

Job costs

Materials cost ($) $1,200
What the materials actually cost you
Labour hours 8 hrs
Time you expect the job to take
Your hourly rate ($/hr) $110
Use your Hourly Rate Calculator result here if you've already worked it out

What you want to charge

How much you add on top of what the job costs you

Markup on cost

Added on top of cost 40%
How much you add on top of what the job costs you

Figures are estimates based on your inputs. Doesn't account for GST — add that on top when invoicing.

What to charge
Recommended job price
0
ex GST
Materials$0
Labour$0
Total cost$0
Profit$0
Markup on cost0%
Margin on price0%

These are always different numbers for the same job — markup is measured against cost, margin against the final price. Mixing them up is the #1 way tradies underprice jobs.

Time Back Calculator

No dollar figures on this one — just how many hours (and install days) you get back each month once admin stops eating your day.

Your admin time, right now

Hours/week answering calls & messages 6 hrs
Picking up, calling back, texting enquiries
Hours/week chasing quotes 3 hrs
Following up quotes that haven't said yes yet
Hours/week chasing invoices 3 hrs
Payment reminders and follow-up calls
How much of this happens outside work hours? 40%
Evenings and weekends — that time was never going to be an install day

Assumes we take 80% of this off your hands (some calls will still need you) and an 8-hour day. Only the work-hours share counts as install capacity — evening/weekend time is kept separate, since that's time back for you, not extra capacity for the business.

Time back while you work
Per month
0hrs
roughly 0hrs a week
During work hours — could be installing
0install days/mo
Per week0hrs
During work hours0hrs/mo
Outside work hours0hrs/mo

Not more leads — more of you, back on the tools during the day, and back with your family at night.

Missed Calls Cost Calculator

See what missed calls and ghosted quotes are actually costing you each month, using your own numbers.

Your job basics

Average job value $850
Typical invoice for a single job
Your close rate 65%
% of enquiries you convert to paid jobs

Missed calls (including after-hours)

Missed calls per week 5 calls
Voicemail, ring-outs — evenings & weekends too
Don't leave a message 60%
They just call the next tradie instead

Ghosted quotes

Quotes with no follow-up 8/mo
Win-rate uplift if chased 30%

Assumes a 75% recapture rate (industry average for AI call/SMS bots) — not every missed enquiry converts, even with a bot answering.

Recovered while you work
Per month
0
$0 per year
Missed calls$0
Ghosted quotes$0
Missed calls a month0

You're missing out on $0/mo while nobody picks up.

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Calls Answered. Invoices Chased.
Bookings Sorted.

Contact

+61 483 920 092

organisation

ABN: 29 881 740 289

Central Coast, NSW, Australia

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