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Job Pricing Calculator
The trap: markup is not margin. A 50% markup is only a 33% margin — and that gap is on every job you quote, all year. Price = cost ÷ (1 − target margin).
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the price to quote
How to read it
Most shops "add 50%" to cost and believe they're making 50%. They're making 33%. Dividing by (1 − margin) instead of multiplying by (1 + markup) is the difference between guessing and pricing. More math like this: how to price a job and the 2026 stats roundup.
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