Tree care and arborists
Tree care crew job budget
Build a tree-care job budget from supplied crew time, equipment, disposal and travel.
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
person-hours = crew × paid elapsed hours; cost = person-hours × loaded cost + equipment + disposal + travel + other
Crew time is a supplied estimate based on a qualified site assessment; it does not predict safe tree work. No tree stability, removal procedure, rigging load, electrical clearance or permit determination. Travel labor belongs in paid crew hours if incurred. 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
- Crew members (people): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Paid elapsed hours per crew member (hours): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Loaded cost per crew 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 allocation 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.
- Actual debris handling and disposal expense (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.
- Non-labor 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 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 $880.00 for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- Crew members: 3 people
- Paid elapsed hours per crew member: 4.00 hours
- Loaded cost per crew person-hour: $30.00
- Equipment allocation for job: $150.00
- Actual debris handling and disposal expense: $100.00
- Non-labor travel expense for job: $30.00
- Other job cost: $20.00
- Target margin on the quoted price: 25.00 %
- Modeled quote before sales tax
- $880.00
- Entered job cost
- $660.00
- Contribution after entered costs
- $220.00
- Crew person-hours
- 12.00 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
Build a tree-care job budget from supplied crew time, equipment, disposal and travel. 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.