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Free Contractor Calculators

Calculators for HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical Owners

Run your own numbers on job cost, loaded labor, and the hours you should hand off. Each one takes a few minutes and uses the same KPI definitions M1COS runs on.

Calculators

Enter your numbers, get a result you can act on.

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Pricing

Job Costing Calculator

See what a job actually costs once labor is loaded for burden and utilization, and what you have to charge to hit your target margin.

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Pricing

Loaded Labor Cost Calculator

Turn a wage into a fully loaded hourly cost: payroll taxes, workers' comp, benefits, and the paid hours you can't bill, plus the minimum rate to hit your margin.

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Growth

Owner Bottleneck Calculator

Put a dollar figure on the hours you spend on work below your pay grade: the payroll to hand it off versus the growth those hours could produce.

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Checks & References

Quick checks and the ranges operators measure against.

2-Minute Check

Margin Leak Check

Six numbers you already know become a conservative estimate of what callbacks, idle capacity, and unbooked leads cost you each year.

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Reference

Home Services Benchmarks

The KPI ranges HVAC, plumbing, and electrical operators measure themselves against, with how each one is calculated.

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Reference

Fractional COO Cost

What a fractional COO costs for home services, what drives the price, and how it compares to a full-time hire.

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