How to price residential electrical work
- Cost-based price for this task
- $462.59
- Loaded labor cost per hour
- $47.52
- Overhead per billable hour
- $59.83
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. BreakerDesk publishes no market averages and quotes no survey: the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.
How to price residential electrical work comes down to one number found once and applied everywhere: the loaded hourly cost, the wage plus the taxes, the insurance, the truck, the tools and the office, divided by the billable hours. Service tasks get that rate times a standard time as a flat price; bigger jobs get it through the per-circuit estimate. The electrician cost calculator on this site produces the rate from your figures, free and without an account; BreakerDesk Pro keeps the book it feeds on every truck.
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Find the loaded rate first
The rate under every price is the loaded hourly cost: the wage plus the taxes, the insurance, the truck, the tools and the office, divided by the billable hours rather than the paid hours; the electrician cost calculator on this site produces it from your figures. Most shops that feel busy and broke have never done this division, and the honest result is usually well above the wage.
Flat rates for service work
The rate times the task's standard time plus parts at markup is the flat price, shown with the better option beside it. No hours are discussed at the door.
The estimate for bigger work
Panels, rewires and additions are priced per circuit and per fixture at standard times, with the conditions as multipliers and the assumptions written on the estimate.
Let the jobs correct the prices
Every closed job's margin against its estimate is the test of the book; drift means a time or a price needs correcting. Pro shows it per task. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Tradify lists Lite at $47, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61 per user per month; Jobber lists Core at $49 per month for one user with additional users at $29 each; Housecall Pro lists Basic at $59 per month billed annually or $79 monthly. BreakerDesk Pro is $47 per month for the whole crew.
How to price residential electrical work: common questions
What should an electrician charge per hour?
Your loaded cost plus your margin, not a market figure; the calculator produces the loaded cost from your inputs, free.
Flat rate or time and materials?
Flat rate for service tasks, estimated packages for bigger jobs; time and materials only where scope is genuinely unknowable.
Is the calculator free?
Yes, with no account. Pro keeps the book it feeds on every truck.
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