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Every month starts in the red — rent, insurance, vehicle, software all get paid whether you work or not. This shows exactly where you cross into profit.
The Operations Kit ($19) includes the job-tracking and overhead worksheets that keep you above the line you just calculated.
We'll send your break-even figure plus a one-page worksheet for tracking it monthly.
Each job contributes its price minus the cost of doing it. That contribution has to cover your fixed costs and your own wage before a single dollar is profit.
Profit per job = price − variable cost.
Break-even jobs = (fixed costs + your pay) ÷ profit per job.
Whether your prices work at all. If break-even needs more jobs than you can physically do, no amount of hustle fixes it — the price is wrong. Raising price by 10% usually moves break-even more than working 10% harder.
Where your risk sits. High fixed costs mean a quiet month hurts badly. If your break-even is uncomfortably close to a normal month, that's a warning worth acting on before it happens.
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