Most contractors charge what feels right. But when you add up every field tech, every truck, every insurance policy, and every unbillable hour — the number you need to charge is usually $15–30/hr higher than what you're billing.
Every feature stacked against what you'd pay if you built this yourself from the tools that exist today.
Every screen below is the real product. Real calculations, real data. What you see is what you'll use to set your rate, protect your margin, and stop guessing.
Input your data once. The dashboard shows two numbers that run your business: the Breakeven Floor (the minimum you need to not lose money) and the Final Billable Rate (what you should actually charge). Live. No spreadsheet.
Utilization changes everything. The same overhead spread over 650 billable hours vs 850 creates a $20+ swing in your required rate. See all three scenarios simultaneously before you quote your next job — or set your annual pricing.
Enter every field employee with their actual pay rate, hours, and overhead burden. The engine calculates true loaded cost (payroll taxes, workers' comp, benefits) and converts it to a cost-per-billable-hour automatically.
| Role / Name | # | Hrs/Day | Non-Prod | Days/Wk | Pay Rate | Burden % | Loaded Rate | Eff. Hrs/Mo | Monthly Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| × | Lead Electrician | 2 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 5 | $38.00 | 32% | $50.16 | 156.7 | $15,717 |
| × | Journeyman | 3 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 5 | $28.00 | 32% | $36.96 | 156.7 | $17,369 |
| × | Apprentice | 1 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 5 | $18.00 | 28% | $23.04 | 145.8 | $3,360 |
The overhead breakdown chart shows exactly where your fixed costs concentrate. Vehicles eating 25% of overhead? Insurance at 23%? Now you know where to negotiate. Save multiple named profiles and switch between them in one click.
Before you hire a new tech, add a truck, or take on a bigger territory — model it first. See the exact delta between scenarios in every key metric. Green = your rate goes down (more efficient). Red = more overhead, higher required rate.
No contracts. No setup fees. No BS. If Field Rate Pro doesn't show you a number that changes how you think about your pricing — cancel in one click. We don't make cancellation hard. We make the product good enough that you won't want to.
Start Free for 14 Days →13 expense categories that make up your real overhead. Not one dollar gets missed in your rate calculation.
The math is simple. You just haven't done it yet. Field Rate Pro does it for you — in 15 minutes, for less than the cost of a lunch.