The number behind every estimate

What should your landscaping crew-hour rate be?

Turn labor, running costs, overhead, and real crew capacity into a rate you can explain—and build into every job price.

Price from the inside out.

Start with what your crew costs to run, then let your sellable hours and target margin do the math.

See a filled-in example

Calculate your floor

One rate. Seven honest inputs.

The result is only as good as your assumptions, so every input is written in plain English and easy to change before you submit.

Rate worksheet
Start with the costs your crew has to carry.
Seven numbers turn the moving parts of your business into one rate you can use in every estimate.
Crew cost
$/hr

Base hourly pay for the crew labor this rate supports.

%

Payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, and other labor load.

Operating cost

Fuel is labeled per mile, but this quick estimate uses that value directly as an hourly cost because it does not ask for miles per crew-hour.

$/mile

Your average fuel cost figure; used directly in the hourly formula.

$/hr

The hourly share of mowers, trucks, tools, and other equipment.

Capacity and margin
$/mo

Office, insurance, software, admin, and other shared costs.

hrs

Hours you can actually sell after travel, weather, and idle time.

%

What you want left after loaded costs are covered.

Build a rate you can defend.
Fill in the worksheet, then submit when you are ready to see one recommended crew-hour rate.

Loaded labor reflects payroll burden before overhead and profit.

Overhead is spread across the productive hours you can sell.

Zero is okay for burden, fuel, or equipment when it truly applies.

Submit the form to reveal the result and request the detailed breakdown.

Ready to see how this rate fits into the rest of your jobs?

See Mowtally plansRead the pricing guide