Know what a job costs before you quote it.
Free calculators built for owners who bid their own work. Enter the job, get your true cost, your break-even price and the number you should send. No sign-up, nothing saved.
Every calculator comes with a plain-English guide that shows the math step by step, so you can check the number yourself. Start with the tool for your trade, or read the guides first.
Job pricing calculators
For house cleaning, tree service, junk removal, mobile detailing and roofing: your true cost per job and the price that keeps your margin.
House Cleaning Price Calculator
Bedrooms, bathrooms, square feet, deep or move-out and add-ons → cleaning hours, your cost, one-time and recurring price.
Tree ServiceTree Service Pricing Calculator
Crew, hours, equipment and site difficulty → break-even price, recommended quote, revenue per crew hour.
Tree ServiceStump Grinding Price Calculator
Stumps, diameter, depth and soil → grinder hours, job cost and your price per diameter-inch.
Tree ServiceHourly Rate Calculator
Crew burden, unbillable hours, equipment and overhead → the lowest hourly rate you can charge.
Junk RemovalJunk Removal Pricing Calculator
Materials and cubic yards → load weight, an overweight check, job cost and price per cubic yard.
Junk RemovalEstate Cleanout Cost Calculator
Rooms and how full they are → truckloads, crew days, cost and a low-to-high quote range.
Junk RemovalDump Fee Calculator
Up to four disposal sites → true cost per ton delivered including the drive, and what chasing the cheap sign costs per year.
Mobile DetailingMobile Detailing Pricing Calculator
Service, vehicle size, condition and add-ons → job cost, recommended quote and profit per door-to-door hour.
Mobile DetailingDetailing Package Price Calculator
One menu line → posted price for five vehicle sizes, the upcharge to print, and the margin on your current price.
Mobile DetailingDetailing Chemical Cost Calculator
Bottle size, price and dilution → cost per ready-to-use ounce, cost per vehicle, vehicles per bottle.
RoofingRoofing Estimate Calculator
Footprint and pitch → squares, tear-off, dumpsters, crew-days and a price per square with a real margin.
Small business money
For anyone who works for themselves: Etsy and resale fees, what to set aside for taxes, and how to keep simple books.
Etsy Fee Calculator
Item price, shipping and your costs → every Etsy fee, what you receive, profit, and the price that hits your margin.
Small BusinessReseller Fee Calculator
What you paid and the price you expect → fees, payout and profit on eBay, Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, Facebook, Whatnot and Etsy.
Small BusinessSelf-Employment Tax Calculator
Your profit and tax rates → how much to set aside, the share of each payment and your quarterly due dates.
Personal finance
Budgets, savings goals and debt payoff, worked out with real numbers instead of rules of thumb.
Debt Payoff Calculator
Your debts and extra payment → debt-free date, Snowball vs Avalanche interest, and how much faster than minimums.
Personal FinanceSavings Goal Calculator
Goal, what you have and a target month → how much to save each month, with interest, and when you get there.
Personal Finance50/30/20 Budget Calculator
Take-home pay → your needs, wants and savings budget, and how your real spending compares.
How the numbers are checked
A calculator is only useful if you can trust the number it gives you. Every tool and guide on this site follows the same four rules.
Worked by hand first
Each calculator starts as a worked example with every step written out. The web tool has to match it to the cent before it goes live.
Your costs, not averages
Guides show typical price ranges, but the calculators build the price from your own crew, equipment, overhead and margin.
Dated and corrected
Every guide shows when it was published and last updated. Send us a mistake and it gets fixed on the site and in the spreadsheets.
Nothing you type is kept
The math runs in your browser. No sign-up, and the numbers you enter are not saved or sent anywhere.
The full method, our sources and who runs the site are on the About page.
Latest guides
New walk-throughs, each with a worked example you can check by hand.
How Much to Charge for House Cleaning: A Price List Built From Your Own Time
A house cleaning price list by bedrooms and bathrooms for standard, deep and move-out cleans, worked from cleaning minutes and your real cost per hour, plus add-ons and recurring prices.
House CleaningCleaning Business Hourly Rate: What One Cleaner Hour Really Costs
What one cleaner hour costs at $16 to $25 pay once payroll burden, supplies and overhead are counted, what to charge per hour at a 30% margin, and the unbilled time that decides profit.
Etsy SellersHow to Price Handmade Items: A Formula That Includes Your Time and Etsy Fees
Price handmade products from materials, your time, overhead, packaging and every Etsy fee, then divide by one minus your margin. Worked through for a candle at $23.99.
House CleaningCleaning Business Expenses: What a House Cleaning Business Spends, and How to Track It
The expenses of a house cleaning business, what share of income each one takes in a sample year, the Schedule C line for each, and a simple way to keep track.
Small BusinessHow Much to Set Aside for Taxes When You Are Self-Employed
Most self-employed people set aside 25% to 30% of profit, more in higher brackets. How self-employment tax works, worked examples from $30,000 to $80,000, and the quarterly due dates.
Small BusinessMileage Log for Small Business: What Counts, What to Write Down and What It Is Worth
Business miles are one of the biggest deductions for trades and one-person businesses. What counts, the four things to log for every trip, and what 5,000 to 12,000 miles is worth.