Calculators
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
$95,000
What you want to take home, before tax — super is calculated on top of this separately
Used to benchmark your rate against the market
Working hours
48 weeks
Allow for leave, public holidays, sick days
5 days
8 hrs
65%
% of your time that's actually chargeable. Travel, quoting, admin & breaks eat into this. Most tradies are 55–70%.
15%
Profit on top of covering all costs. 10–20% is healthy for a trade business.
Annual overheads
$8,000
$3,500
$3,000
$2,000
$800
$1,800
$2,400
$1,200
$1,000
$0
Include super, workers comp, and any other on-costs for anyone you pay — this calculator assumes you're still the one billing the hours.
Your recommended rate
Per hour
$0
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 for your trade
$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
What the materials actually cost you
Time you expect the job to take
Use your Hourly Rate Calculator result here if you've already worked it out
What you want to charge
40%
How much you add on top of what the job costs you
What to charge
Recommended job price
$0
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.
Helping tradies benefit from AI, even with zero tech experience.
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