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Overhead and Profit Markup Calculator

Bid markup from overhead rate and target profit.

Inputs

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Results

Bid Price ($)

$636,174.00

≈ 15 Teslas

Combined Markup (%)

27.23%

Job Overhead ($)$40,000.00
Home Office Overhead ($)$27,000.00
Total Cost ($)$567,000.00
Profit ($)$56,700.00
Bond & Insurance ($)$12,474.00
Gross Margin (%)8.91%
Overhead / Revenue $0.11
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the total direct costs: labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors.
  2. Set the job overhead percentage — typically 5–15% for general conditions, supervision, and site costs.
  3. Set the home office overhead percentage — typically 3–8% for corporate rent, admin, and insurance.
  4. Enter your target profit percentage and bond/insurance percentage.
  5. Read the bid price, combined markup percentage over direct costs, and gross margin percentage of revenue.

How the result changes with Direct Costs ($)

Direct Costs ($)Bid Price ($)Combined Markup (%)
100,000,000$127,234,800.0027.23%
350,000,000$445,321,800.0027.23%
650,000,000$827,026,200.0027.23%
900,000,000$1,145,113,200.0027.23%

What each input means

Direct Costs ($)
Total direct costs: labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors.
Job Overhead (%)
General conditions: supervision, temp facilities, safety, cleanup (typically 5–15%).
Home Office Overhead (%)
Corporate overhead: rent, admin, accounting, insurance (typically 3–8%).
Profit (%)
Target profit margin applied to total cost (typically 5–15%).
Bond & Insurance (%)
Bond premium and builder's risk insurance (typically 1–3%).

What each result means

Job Overhead ($)
General conditions / job-site overhead amount.
Home Office Overhead ($)
Corporate / home office overhead amount.
Total Cost ($)
Direct costs plus all overhead.
Profit ($)
Profit amount based on target percentage.
Bond & Insurance ($)
Bond and insurance cost applied to the bid.
Bid Price ($)
Final bid price including all markups.
Combined Markup (%)
Total markup as a percentage of direct costs.
Gross Margin (%)
Profit as a percentage of bid price (revenue).
Overhead / Revenue $
Overhead cost per dollar of revenue.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Direct Costs ($) = 500000, Job Overhead (%) = 8, Home Office Overhead (%) = 5, Profit (%) = 10 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Bid Price
    Bid Price = subtotalBeforeBond + bondInsurance
    636174 = $636,174
  3. Calculate Combined Markup
    27.23 = 27.23%
  4. Calculate Job Overhead
    Job Overhead = directCosts * (jobOverheadPct / 100)
    40000 = $40,000
  5. Calculate Home Office Overhead
    Home Office Overhead = subtotalWithJobOH * (homeOfficeOverheadPct / 100)
    27000 = $27,000

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