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Labour Charge-Out Calculator
An indicative check on what an hour of labour needs to be charged at once on-costs, overheads and non-productive time are covered.
Example inputs are editable. Use your project values. Enter 0 where no optional allowance is intended; blank fields pause the calculation.
Your inputs
Your results
- True employment cost
- $41.9/hr
- Break-even per productive hour
- $61.29/hr
- Target charge-out
- $72.11/hr
- Annual chargeable hours (approx)
- 1,768 hrs
- Annual recoverable revenue at target
- $127,492
These free results do not automatically save or sync to a Fieldlink job.
How it works
- Employment cost = wage × (1 + on-costs %) + allowances + vehicle/tools
- Break-even = employment cost ÷ productive % + overhead
- Charge-out = break-even ÷ (1 − margin %)
- Annual chargeable hours ≈ 2080 × productive %
Worked example
$32 wage + 20 % on-costs + $3.50 extras = $41.90/hr ÷ 85 % productive + $12 overhead = $61.29 break-even ÷ (1 − 15 %) = $72.11/hr target
Assumptions and practical notes
Use your actual costs on a consistent GST basis. On-cost and productive-time defaults are examples, not prescribed employer contributions. Annual figures assume 2,080 paid hours before the productive-time factor; adjust your own annual model where this does not fit.
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Review labour rates alongside the job’s recorded time and costs.