Markup and margin calculator
A 20% markup is only a 16.7% margin.
Markup is added on top of your costs. Margin is the share of the final price you keep. Mixing them up is the most expensive math mistake in contracting.
Overhead and profit both come out of the price - so your margin has to cover both. Enter yours:
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Markup is profit as a share of your cost: (price − cost) ÷ cost. Margin is profit as a share of the price: (price − cost) ÷ price. For a price with a markup, multiply: cost × (1 + markup). To turn a markup into a margin, divide: markup ÷ (1 + markup), so a 20% markup is a 16.7% margin.
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