A useful place to start

Free cleaning quote
& profit calculator.

Model a job using your own time, costs, and target margin. Check what your proposed price leaves after the modeled costs.

01 / Count the paid time
02 / Enter your job costs
03 / Choose the price assumptions
Payment fees & rounding

Inputs stay in this browser page. MaidBench does not store them. All amounts are USD. The starting values are fictional examples, not industry benchmarks.

Planning price · rounded up
$185.00

Price modeled to meet your target after the entered costs and payment fee assumptions.

Paid person-hours3.50
Loaded labor cost$100.63
Allocated overhead$14.00
Supplies + other direct costs$15.00
Cost before payment fees$129.63
Proposed price after discount$185.00
Payment fees at proposed price$5.67
Profit after modeled costs$49.70
Margin at proposed price26.9%
The proposed price meets the target margin in this model. Check the scope and your own cost assumptions before quoting.

Profit here means revenue less modeled costs. It does not calculate income tax, unpaid owner time, unexpected costs, or cash flow.

How the pricing calculation works

Paid person-hours equal the number of cleaners multiplied by each person’s on-site hours plus paid travel hours. The model applies loaded pay and allocated overhead to those hours, then adds supplies and other direct job costs.

Planning floor = (modeled job cost + fixed payment fee) ÷ (1 − target margin − payment fee rate)

The floor is rounded upward to the selected increment. The model then compares your proposed customer price, after any discount, with the entered costs and payment fees. Labor and cost lines are rounded to cents to match the workbook.

A 25% target margin is different from adding a 25% markup. Read margin vs. markup for a worked example. For a full quote walkthrough, use the guide to pricing a house cleaning job.

What to include before using the result

  • Include a working wage when the owner cleans.
  • Use your actual employer-cost and payment-fee assumptions.
  • Choose an overhead allocation basis that includes the paid job hours used here.
  • Avoid entering the same travel, labor, or overhead cost twice.
  • Confirm scope, access, property condition, and the time estimate with the customer.
This is a planning model. It does not tell you what customers in your area will pay or whether a specific quote will be profitable. Review actual visit time and costs after the work.

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