Free tool
Overhead Rate Calculator
The percentage you must add to every job — or you're losing money on "profitable" work.
Annual costs
Your overhead
21.6%
of revenue = $194,000/yr
Add this % to every job's direct cost before setting a price.
What counts as overhead vs. direct cost?+
Overhead is what you'd pay whether you did 10 jobs or 100. Direct cost is per-job labor and materials.
Is 30% overhead bad?+
Not necessarily — big shops with multiple crews often run 28-35%. What matters is that you price for it.