PROJECT PROFITABILITY CALCULATOR
Calculate project profit after contractors, expenses, payment fees and the value of your time. See your effective hourly return, break-even fee and target price.
THE CLEARER PICTURE
Enter your details or try the example to see how it works.
A LITTLE CONTEXT GOES A LONG WAY
Start with the fee for the project in one currency. Add contractors, direct expenses and allocated overhead. Separate percentage payment fees from fixed fees. If an expense is already included in overhead or a contractor’s price, do not enter it twice. Revenue here is the value of the work, not a measure of when cash reaches your bank.
Multiply your project hours by your internal hourly value. The calculator shows the cash surplus before this allowance and project profit after it. With a fee of 5,000, outside costs of 1,700, payment fees of 153 and 40 hours valued at 50, the cash surplus is 3,147 and project profit is 1,147. Your effective hourly return before the time allowance is 78.68.
Project margin divides profit after the time allowance by the project fee. Break-even and target fees include the percentage payment fee and use currency-aware rounding. They assume the entered scope, hours and other costs stay constant. This is a planning calculation before income tax, not a full accounting profit-and-loss statement.
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GOOD TO KNOW
Cash surplus subtracts the entered external costs and payment fees. Project profit also subtracts the value assigned to your own hours. If you already included your pay in another cost field, do not add it again as an hourly allowance.
It is the cash surplus divided by your own project hours, before subtracting the time allowance. It is not a guaranteed wage or take-home amount. With zero hours it is not defined; losses remain visible.
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