Pricing Health Check – Paint Momentum

Free tool for painting businesses

The Pricing Health Check

What’s left after the job is done? Compare your average job price with your labor, materials, and allocated overhead.

Step 1 · Add your costs

Use averages from comparable jobs. The prefilled amounts are examples. All figures are in USD.

Average labor cost per job Include the labor-related costs you allocate to the job. Average material cost per job Average overhead allocated per job Your share of business expenses, without double-counting costs above.

Step 2 · Add your price

Use the amount charged for the same type of job, excluding sales tax.

Average job price

Total entered costs / job

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Amount remaining / job

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Margin after entered costs

What your numbers show

Calculation: (job price − labor − materials − allocated overhead) ÷ job price × 100. This is a margin calculation, not markup. Costs not entered are not included.

Clearer numbers. Better-run operations.

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