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Pressure Washing Pricing Calculator

Calculate what to charge based on labor, job costs, overhead and your target profit margin.

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Recommended price $305.98Actual margin 30.0%

Job details

Start with the work you’re quoting.

Service type

Property type

Condition

Access

Surface type

Heavy staining Oil stains / spot treatment

Scope reminders only. These selections do not change your price. Review labor hours, chemicals, and other costs yourself.

Job size

An area is optional. Your time estimate drives labor cost.

Square footage

sq ft

Enter 0 if quoting by time.

Include setup, cleaning, and pack-up in your time estimate.

Labor

Include your own labor, even when you work solo.

Crew size

workers

Estimated job hours

hrs

Labor cost per worker / hour

What one worker’s time costs your business, including wages and any payroll costs. Include a fair hourly cost for your own work too. This is not the hourly rate you charge the customer.

Total labor cost$90.00

Job costs

Costs directly attributable to this job.

Chemicals / materials

Fuel

Equipment allocation

A per-job allowance for equipment wear, maintenance and eventual replacement.

Travel cost

Vehicle and fuel cost for this job. If you want to pay yourself for driving time, include that time in estimated labor hours. Don’t count fuel here again if it is already included above.

Other direct costs

Business economics

Give overhead and profit a place in every quote.

Allocated overhead

A share of business costs such as insurance, software, advertising, phone and storage that are not direct job expenses.

Payment processing fee

The percentage your payment provider takes from the customer’s payment. Use your actual fee; it is a percentage of the selling price, not your job costs.

Target profit margin

The share of the selling price you want to keep after the entered job costs and payment fees. A 30% margin means keeping $30 of each $100 charged. It is not the same as adding 30% to costs.

Minimum job charge

Your smallest worthwhile service call, even for a tiny job. This is a true price floor. Urgency is added first, then any discount is limited so your final quote never falls below this minimum.

Additional overhead %

An optional extra allowance calculated as a percentage of direct job costs. It is added to allocated overhead. Use it only for expenses you have not already counted.

Optional adjustments

Urgency / same-day surcharge

Discount

Applied last; may reduce your target margin.

Your price updates live as you change the numbers.

YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR PRICE

Recommended price

$305.98

Based on your costs. Before any applicable sales tax.

Your target profit margin sets the base price.

Total job cost$205.00

Expected profit$91.80

Profit margin30.0%

Revenue / labor hour$101.99

Price / sq ft$0.31

Profit / labor hour$30.60

Where the quote goes

Job costs$165.00

Overhead$40.00

Processing$9.18

Profit$91.80

How this price is calculated

Required revenue = cost ÷ (1 − processing fee − target margin).

$205.00 ÷ (1 − 0.03 − 0.3) = $305.97

The larger of this amount and your $200.00 minimum is the base price. Apply the 0% urgency surcharge, then the 0% discount. Keep the final price at or above your minimum job charge, then round up to the next cent.

Profit = final price − processing fees − job costs. Margin = profit ÷ revenue. Markup here = profit after processing ÷ cost before processing.

Labor-hour metrics use 3 worker-hours (1 workers × 3 hours). Condition and access are planning notes: adjust hours and costs yourself.

Break-even price$211.34

Markup after fees44.8%

Profit / labor hour$30.60

Customer copies contain scope and price. Your costs and profit stay in this on-screen breakdown.

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PRESSURE WASHING ESTIMATE

Driveway

Residential property

Area: 1,000 sq ft
Surface type: Concrete
Condition: Typical condition
Access: Easy access
Estimated job hours: 3

Stain / treatment notes

No additional stain treatment or detail work selected.

Final customer price$305.98

Before applicable sales tax. This estimate covers the scope described above. Confirm final treatments, exclusions, and customer terms before accepting.

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Start with your costs. Then set your price.

Add the labor you will actually use, including your own time. Allocate equipment wear, chemicals, travel, and a share of business overhead. A job can bring in cash and still lose money if these costs are missing.

A 30% margin is not a 30% markup.

With $300 in costs, 3% processing, and a 30% target margin, required revenue is $300 ÷ 0.67 = about $447.76. Adding 30% to cost produces $390 and misses the margin target. This calculator rounds the final quote up to the next cent.

Your quote still needs a defined scope.

Confirm the areas to be washed, water access, stain treatment, exclusions, and applicable sales tax. These calculations use your inputs, not market averages or a guarantee of profit.