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🔧 Trades Rate Calculator

Don't know if you're charging enough? Enter your wages, overheads and time to find the minimum rate you need to charge — and the rate that delivers a real profit.

Time & Leave

hrs
%
Labour Costs
$
$
%
Overhead Costs (enter in one column only)
Item
Yearly ($)
Monthly ($)
Weekly ($)
Total Annual Overheads$0
Profit Margin
%
Minimum charge-out rate
$0
per billable hour — break even
Recommended rate (with profit)
$0
per billable hour
Billable hours / year
—
Total wages + super
—
Overhead per billable hr
—
Based on your spreadsheet logic: billable hours = (52 weeks × 5 days − leave − sick − public holidays) × hours/day × billable %. Cost per billable hour = (total wages + super + overheads) ÷ billable hours. Recommended rate = cost ÷ (1 − margin%).

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