Project Pricing Calculator
Price projects using your time, costs, and a contingency buffer.
Recommended Project Price
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Profit Buffer
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Profit Buffer per Hour
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Fee Impact
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Enter estimated project hours and your hourly rate to see a project price.
Next decision
Hourly Rate CalculatorCheck that the hourly rate you used covers your income goal and expenses.How it works
- Base Labor = Project Hours × Hourly Rate
- Contingency = Base Labor × Buffer %
- Pre-fee Price = Base Labor + Additional Costs + Contingency
- Recommended Price = Pre-fee Price ÷ (1 − Fee %)
- Fee Impact = Recommended Price − Pre-fee Price
- Estimated Profit = Recommended Price − Base Labor − Additional Costs − Fee
- Profit Buffer per Hour = Estimated Profit ÷ Project Hours
Assumptions & scope
- Estimated hours, hourly rate, and additional costs are the values you enter.
- Contingency is a planning buffer, not guaranteed profit. If actual hours or costs increase, the buffer shrinks or disappears.
- Taxes, legal requirements, market benchmarks, scope changes, and client-specific pricing strategy are outside this calculator.
- This is a business-planning calculator, not tax, accounting, legal, or financial advice.