With cost of sales of £6,800 and an overhead rate of 21%, the break-even price is £8,607.60. Quote below it and the job costs you money.
Job profit calculator
What is the break-even price for a job?
The lowest price that pays for the job's cost of sales and its share of your overheads, with nothing left over. Divide the cost of sales by one minus your overhead rate. Below that price, the job loses money however busy it keeps you.
Free, with no sign-up. Everything is worked out in your browser: nothing you type is sent to us or stored. Use figures excluding VAT.
Where the money on a job goes
Enter the job, then your overheads one of two ways. The bar shows how every pound of the price splits.
- Cost of sales
- Gross profit
- Overheads share
- Net profit
- Break-even price
- Price for your target
- Overhead rate used
More questions
- How do I work out the net profit on a job?
- What is the difference between cost of sales and overheads?
- How do I work out my overhead rate?
- What price should I quote to make my target profit?
- See how SUBR works
Where the figures come from
Every number this tool works with is one you enter. It uses no outside rate, threshold or date, so there is nothing to look up.
Where SUBR comes in
SUBR is AI software for UK contractors who send work out to subcontractors. Its AI reads your client quote, your office names each trade's share, and SUBR builds every scope with your costs, margin and client price left off it. Each subcontractor answers on their own link and sees only their own price.
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