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Mechanic Shop Margin Calculator

The Mechanic Shop Margin Calculator is a free tool that shows the price a repair job needs to hit your target margin. Enter your real labor, parts and margin. It runs the same formula Nerd in an App uses on every job.

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$217.00

Recommended price

True job cost$130.00
Gross profit$87.00
Gross margin40.1%
Revenue / labor hour$108.50

Price = True Cost ÷ (1 − Target Margin) — Nerd's locked margin formula, never markup-on-cost.

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