Use your own numbers.

The starting values are a hypothetical example, not a recommended wage or cleaning price. Include owner labor and a complete overhead allocation or the result can overstate profit.

Estimate a price and job margin

This calculator assumes each cleaner works the same number of hours. For uneven shifts, enter the total cleaner-hours as one cleaner.

Labor

Number of cleaners

Hours per cleaner

Base pay per cleaner-hour ($) Owner-operators: include the hourly pay you want for your own cleaning time.

Additional labor costs (%) Use your actual payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, and other labor costs.

Job costs

Supplies and laundry ($)

Round-trip business miles

Vehicle cost per mile ($) Editable. The example uses the IRS July–December 2026 business mileage rate.

Allocated overhead ($) A per-job share of software, insurance, equipment, admin, and marketing.

Other job costs ($) For example: parking, tolls, or fixed payment-processing costs.

Price and margin

Target job margin (%)

Planned customer price ($) Optional. Compare a quote with your estimated cost and target.

Estimated results

Total cleaner-hours: 3.00
Loaded labor cost: $69.00
Travel cost: $7.60
Total estimated job cost: $94.60
Price for target margin: $145.54
Planned customer price: $150.00
Estimated job profit: $55.40
Estimated margin at planned price: 36.9%

At these example inputs, a $150.00 quote is $4.46 above the price needed for a 35% job margin.

The math

What the calculator is doing

Loaded labor = cleaner-hours × base hourly pay × (1 + additional labor-cost percentage)

Total job cost = loaded labor + supplies + travel + allocated overhead + other job costs

Price for target margin = total job cost ÷ (1 − target margin)

Profit here means the planned customer price minus only the costs you entered. It is a planning estimate before income tax and before any cost you omitted. For pricing models, worked examples, and limitations, read the complete house cleaning pricing guide.

Sources and limits

Transparent inputs, editable assumptions

The $0.76 example mileage input is the IRS optional business standard mileage rate for July 1 through December 31, 2026. It is editable and is not proof of your actual vehicle cost. IRS standard mileage rates.
The 15% labor-cost input is only a hypothetical starting value. Replace it with your actual employer taxes, workers' compensation, benefits, paid leave, and other labor costs.
The calculator is educational, not legal, tax, accounting, or wage-and-hour advice. Verify applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

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Cleaning job profit calculator

Estimate a price and job margin

Estimated results

What the calculator is doing

Transparent inputs, editable assumptions

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