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Garment Costing Calculator

Calculate per-unit garment cost including fabric, trim, labor, and overhead, with suggested wholesale and retail pricing.

Inputs

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Results

Total Cost per Unit

$36.60

≈ 7 cups of coffee

Suggested Retail (4x)

$146.40

≈ 10 movie tickets

Fabric Cost$20.00
Labor Cost$7.50
Overhead Cost$6.10
Suggested Wholesale (2x)$73.20
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Fabric Cost per Yard and Yards per Garment for the main fabric.
  2. Add Trim Cost per Unit for buttons, zippers, labels, and packaging.
  3. Set Labor Minutes per Unit and Labor Rate ($/hour) for your manufacturing location.
  4. Enter Overhead as a flat dollar amount or percentage of direct costs.
  5. Review Total Cost per Unit, Suggested Wholesale (2×), and Suggested Retail (4×) to verify margin targets.

How the result changes with Fabric Cost per Yard

Fabric Cost per YardTotal Cost per UnitSuggested Retail (4x)
$50.00$162.60$650.40
$175.00$537.60$2,150.40
$325.00$987.60$3,950.40
$450.00$1,362.60$5,450.40

What each input means

Fabric Cost per Yard
Cost of fabric per yard. Includes any textile finishing costs.
Yards per Garment
Fabric yardage required per garment including waste from cutting.
Trim Cost per Unit
Cost of buttons, zippers, labels, thread, and other trims per garment.
Labor Minutes per Unit
Total sewing and finishing time per garment in minutes.
Labor Rate ($/hour)
Hourly rate for sewing operators including benefits.
Overhead
Overhead percentage covering rent, utilities, equipment depreciation.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Fabric Cost per Yard = 8, Yards per Garment = 2.5, Trim Cost per Unit = 3, Labor Minutes per Unit = 30 = 6 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total Cost per Unit
    Total Cost per Unit
    36.6 = $36.6
  3. Calculate Suggested Retail
    Suggested Retail
    146.4 = $146.4
  4. Calculate Fabric Cost
    Fabric Cost
    20 = $20
  5. Calculate Labor Cost
    Labor Cost
    7.5 = $7.5

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