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?????????????????????????????? where in the world do you come up with a number based solely off of payroll? I assume you have taken equipment, overhead, profit and other expenses into account and that total cost comes out to around 3-4 times your payroll cost??? If so, maybe that ratio works for you but I sure wouldn't blindly lead some other bloke into thinking that the same ratio will work for him...
...unless of course, you'd like to see your competition go bankrupt from assuming other people's business plans rather than develop their own?
Come on guys, there is no QUICK AND EASY answer to the original question of 'how much do I charge for...' Each business owner has to figure that out for himself using his numbers in his geographic area. Period.
Oh yeah, and in my earlier lengthy post, I forgot to include a paragraph about profit. Obviously, you can't just come up with a bid that doesn't include some amount of profit - not unless you want to run junk equipment for the rest of your life and eat ramen noodles 3 times a day. Each business owner has to figure out what level of profit will ideally suit his lifestyle, his expenses, his needs. I can't tell juststumps how much to charge hourly because I don't know how much profit he should include in his hourly rate in order to give him adequate money to live off of annually and, if he has a family, to keep shoes on their feet. (though maybe you southerners do tree work barefoot so you don't need to pay for boots)? :monkey:
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