How Much Should I Charge for a Handyman Job?
Five small fixes on one list, one quick number. Then two of them needed a second trip to the store, and the drive took longer than the fix. The day was busy and the pay was thin.
Put in your own numbers. The calculator adds your overhead, prices the job to the margin you want, and shows what you keep.
Handyman Job Price Calculator
- Materials$150.00
- Labour$330.00
- Trip and Parts Runs$40.00
- Overhead$78.00
- Job cost$598.00
Questions
How do I price a list of small repairs?
Count the items on the homeowner's list and estimate the hours for all of them together. Put the average parts cost in Materials per Item. The calculator gives you one price for the whole list, and a price per item.
Should a handyman have a minimum charge?
It is worth setting one. Every visit costs you a drive and setup time, however small the fix. Put that in Trip and Parts Runs, and a one-item job still covers it.
Markup or margin: which should I use to price a handyman job?
Price from margin. Markup is your profit as a share of your cost. Margin is your profit as a share of the price. They are not the same number: mark a $1,000 cost up 30% and you charge $1,300, but your margin is 23%, because $300 is 23% of $1,300. Price from the margin you want and you know what you keep.
Should overhead go into the price of a handyman job?
Yes. Your truck, insurance, phone, tools and the hours you spend quoting jobs you don't win are all paid for by the jobs you do win. A simple way to set it: add up last year's overhead, divide it by last year's job costs, and use that percentage here.
How do I turn this price into a handyman quote?
Sign up for HomeJet free and build the quote with a line for each part of the job: materials, labour and the extras. HomeJet adds your sales tax. The quote stays on the job with the photos and notes, so when it's accepted your crew already has what they need and the invoice comes from the same lines. It's free for one-person businesses, with no credit card.
You Priced the Margin. Now Keep It.
A good price only holds if the job runs clean. In HomeJet the quote, the photos, the notes and your crew's updates live on one job, so nobody chases details by text and nothing falls through the cracks. Less chaos, fewer mistakes, more of this margin kept. Free for one-person businesses, no credit card.