{"id":62,"date":"2011-06-30T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etscompany.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2020-08-12T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T16:24:31","slug":"contractors-price-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etscompany.com\/wordpress\/pressure-washer-equipment\/contractors-price-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractors Price Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Just<br \/>\na note: The problem with using general numbers per square foot when<br \/>\ncalculating a job cost is you are NOT looking at your particular job<br \/>\nor costs involved. Try using this little guide to see what you should<br \/>\ncharge for a cleaning job.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lets Try it:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>General Labor<br \/>\nRate<\/strong> (How much are your services worth an hour? &#8211; Including<br \/>\nwhat you pay yourself in medical benefits) _______<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Equipment<\/strong> Rental \/ Purchase Cost (or average equipment cost per rental or<br \/>\nif you purchased equipment, try taking the value of the equipment<br \/>\ndividing it by 480 [<em>the general work days in 2 years<\/em>]<br \/>\nand this will give you a general cost per day which you can convert<br \/>\nto hours by dividing it by eight) So. If you purchased a pressure<br \/>\nwasher for $5000 then it would generally cost you $1.30 per hour<br \/>\nto run not including the power source) ______<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Detergent<\/strong> Costs for this job (or average cost per job) _______<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now how large of an <strong>area<\/strong> are you going <strong>to clean<\/strong>?<br \/>\n(round off square footage, even for vehicles&#8230;) __________<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now, depending on<br \/>\nthe amount of labor you have and the speed of your equipment,<br \/>\nestimate how many <em><strong>hours it will take you to finish<br \/>\nthe job<\/strong><\/em>. (Example, 1 man, just you, using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/Surface-Cleaners-s\/70.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surface<br \/>\ncleaner<\/a> (cleans 12,000 sq. ft. per hour) __________<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now lets use an example&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">You have to clean a concrete sidewalk for a single business. Now the sidewalk has gum on it so you will need a product like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=taginator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taginator<\/a> to apply to it. 1 gallon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=taginator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taginator<\/a> covers 250 sq. ft, so thats all you need for the spots of gum. The sidewalk is 75 ft long and 6 ft wide. Thats 450 sq. ft. You rented a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/Surface-Cleaners-s\/70.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotary surface cleaner<\/a> for $80 for the day. The business location is 100 miles away, up and back. One last thing, lets assume you pay yourself or crew $20 per hour.<strong><em>Lets get to work and calculate our time&#8230; <\/em><\/strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/Surface-Cleaners-s\/70.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surface cleaner<\/a> covers 12,000 sq ft and hour and lets say you covered to side walk twice to clean it. The surface cleaner cleans 12,000 sq ft per hr or 200 sq ft per minute. So take our sidewalk twice,<br \/>\n900 ft divided by 200 = 4.5. So it takes you physically 5 minutes to use the surface cleaner.The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=taginator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taginator<\/a> takes 30 minutes to use and 10 minutes for cleanup so we will use 40 minutes.So the job is going to take you 45 minutes to complete @ $20 per hour (or 33 cents per minute) = $14.85 in labor costs.So we have<br \/>\nthe cost of our <strong>labor<\/strong> &#8211; $14.85 plus the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etscompany.com\/industrial_rental_equipment\/industrial_rental_equipment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rental<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/Surface-Cleaners-s\/70.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surface cleaner<\/a> &#8211; $80.00 plusThe cost of the gallon of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=taginator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taginator<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; $43.00SUBTOTAL =<br \/>\n$137.85<strong><em>plus<\/em><\/strong> your <strong>Travel Expenses<\/strong> &#8211; (ex. average cost per mile nationwide includes gas, insurance &amp; repairs is 42 cents per mile) So take how many miles you have to travel both ways and multiple by <strong>.42<\/strong>. So we know its 100 miles up and back so that equals $42.00.$137.85 plus<br \/>\n$42.00 = <strong>$179.85<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now we look at markup percentages.<br \/>\nThis will determine how much <strong>YOU WILL MAKE<\/strong> on this job. This<br \/>\nis totally up to you depending on the area of the work and how difficult the<br \/>\nwork is. Heres some examples&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div><strong>Markup<br \/>\nPercentage<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Markup<br \/>\nnumber<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">0.001<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">10%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.111<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">20%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.250<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">25%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.333<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">30%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.428<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">35%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.539<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">40%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.666<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">45%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">1.818<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">50%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">2.000<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">So if your costs are $179.85 and you want to make %10 on the job, just multiply $179.85 by 1.111. Thats $199.81.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Now you have a job cost for this particular example. Record every job you complete and the costs involved. Soon you will have your own contractor pricing guide that you can adjust as needed. You are your best job estimator. You know how much labor is involved. This is a general example an<br \/>\neasy way to get started and cover your bases. This is in <em> <strong>no way set in stone<\/strong><\/em>. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/etscompany.com\/wordpress\/contact-ets-co\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/strong> if you have any suggestions or questions. BROWSE our<br \/>\nline of cleaning<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopetsonline.com\/Cleaning-Chemical-s\/37.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> compounds here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Just a note: The problem with using general numbers per square foot when calculating a job cost is you are NOT looking at your particular job or costs involved. Try using this little guide to see what you should charge for a cleaning job. 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