Overhead rate calculator
The number most contractors never calculate.
Your overhead rate is annual overhead divided by annual revenue - the share of every invoice that is spoken for before you earn a cent. Add yours up, honestly:
This whole page runs on one guess: your overhead number. MotionOps tracks your real job costs and expenses through the year, so your overhead rate is a fact you can price with - not a shoebox of receipts you sort in April.
Book a DemoHow do you calculate your overhead rate?
Add up a year of overhead: vehicles, insurance, tools, rent, software, marketing and bookkeeping. Divide it by a year of revenue: overhead rate = annual overhead ÷ annual revenue. Example: $38,400 ÷ $210,000 = 18.3%, so 18.3 cents of every dollar you invoice pays for overhead.
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