CALCULATOR

Job Costing & Price Calculator

Build your job cost from the ground up — labor, materials, and equipment — then set your target margin and get the price to charge.

How it works

Add every cost

Break the job into labor, materials, and equipment. Enter what you actually pay — not what you charge.

Set your target margin

Choose what % of the sale price should be gross profit. Most landscaping jobs land between 35–55%.

Get your price

The calculator works backwards from your margin and tells you exactly what to charge the client.

Name your job (optional)

Add your actual costs

Labor

Hours: Total person-hours on site. Example: 2 workers × 5 hrs = 10 hours.

Rate ($/hr): What you pay each worker per hour — base wage only. Do not include payroll taxes, workers' comp, or benefits. Those get recovered through your margin.

Labor

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Materials

Qty: Units you're ordering — cubic yards, bags, pallets, tons, etc.

Unit cost: What your supplier charges you per unit. Include delivery if it's baked into the invoice.

Material

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Equipment

Hours: How long the equipment will be running on this job.

Rate ($/hr): Your true cost per hour — fuel + maintenance + rental fee, or a share of your monthly payment if you own it. Use a flat cost for one-time rentals or haul fees.

Other

Use this for: permits & inspection fees, dump fees, haul-off charges, porta-potty rentals, subcontractor invoices, delivery fees not included in materials.

Flat cost is the default — enter the total amount you're paying. Switch to Qty × rate if you're billing multiple trips or units.

Cost Breakdown

Labor—

Materials—

Equipment—

Other—

Total job cost—

Set Your Target Margin

What % of the sale price should be gross profit? Most landscaping jobs run 35–55%. Start at 40% if you're unsure.

Add at least one line item and set your desired margin to see your price.

Build estimates like this inside Ledge — on every job

Your labor rates, materials catalog, and equipment costs stay saved. No rebuilding from scratch on every estimate.

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