Pressure washing
Pressure washing job price and production time
Price a pressure-washing job from measured work area and productivity or directly known person-hours.
Your inputs
Complete the fields for your selected method. Zero means intentionally zero, not unknown. Currency selection labels amounts; it does not convert exchange rates.
How this calculation works
job cost = person-hours × labor + equipment + consumables + travel + other; quote = cost/(1-margin)
Productivity must match the actual surface, condition, access and work scope, or use direct hours. This does not recommend pressure, chemicals, dilution, disposal practices or suitability for a surface. Time excludes travel unless entered in travel cost; do not double count. Use your own records for the same scope and period. Example figures are illustrative, not industry benchmarks. Results exclude income taxes and any cost you have not entered. Check the result before pricing work or committing resources.
What information do I need?
Use records for the same job, equipment or accounting period. Only the fields for your selected entry method are required. An unknown amount is not zero.
Input definitions and where to find them
- How will you enter labor time?: Choose the entry method matching the information you have. Only its active inputs are required.
- Surface area for this job (ft²): Use measured dimensions or quantities and select their actual units. Do not mix dry and wet weight or capacity and actual consumption. Used with: Measured area and observed production rate.
- Observed production per person-hour (ft²/person-hour): Use measured dimensions or quantities and select their actual units. Do not mix dry and wet weight or capacity and actual consumption. Used with: Measured area and observed production rate.
- Known total person-hours (person-hours): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero. Used with: Known total person-hours.
- Loaded cost per person-hour (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Equipment expense allocated to job (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Actual water and consumables cost (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Total travel expense for job (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Other allocated job cost (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Target margin on the quoted price (%): Enter a percentage from your records or an explicitly chosen scenario. No typical or recommended rate is supplied.
Use the Where to find this value controls beside the inputs for available work-it-out helpers. Estimates remain your assumptions; a helper does not verify the source figures.
Worked example
Example amounts use US dollars (USD).
Example answer: Modeled quote before sales tax is $280.00 for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- How will you enter labor time?: Measured area and observed production rate
- Surface area for this job: 1,076.391041670972 ft²
- Observed production per person-hour: 269.097760417743 ft²/person-hour
- Loaded cost per person-hour: $30.00
- Equipment expense allocated to job: $40.00
- Actual water and consumables cost: $20.00
- Total travel expense for job: $20.00
- Other allocated job cost: $10.00
- Target margin on the quoted price: 25.00 %
- Modeled quote before sales tax
- $280.00
- Entered job cost
- $210.00
- Contribution after entered costs
- $70.00
- Modeled work person-hours
- 4.00 person-hours
- The example is illustrative. This is not a market quote. Include all relevant costs; omitted costs are not added automatically.
These illustrative values are not recommended rates or industry averages. Replace every example input with your own figures.
Use the result well
Price a pressure-washing job from measured work area and productivity or directly known person-hours. Inputs come from your own records and stated assumptions; no rates or legal limits are looked up.
Keep inputs on the same scope and time basis. Calculations retain precision internally; displayed values generally round to two decimal places, with extra precision for very small values and whole-unit rounding where required. Economic comparisons describe your supplied assumptions and do not guarantee future results.
This tool provides business arithmetic. It does not approve engineering designs, establish legal or tax treatment, select equipment or certify safe operating conditions.