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What every productive hour has to carry
Bakkie finance, insurance, admin, phones. Add up a normal month, divide by the hours that actually reach a job, and you have the number most price lists leave out.
Overhead recovery rate calculator
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Productive time
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40 hrs × 52 ÷ 12 ≈ 173.
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Hours that end up on a job.
Overhead recovery rate
R129
Per productive hour, on top of what the labour itself costs
Where the month's fixed costs go
- Rent19%, R9,000
- Vehicle finance and insurance31%, R14,500
- Admin and office wages26%, R12,000
- Business insurance5%, R2,200
- Phones4%, R1,800
- Bookkeeping and accounting5%, R2,500
- Tool replacement and repairs6%, R3,000
- Everything else4%, R2,000
The hours that carry them
Monthly overheadsR47,000
Paid hours available519 hrs
Hours that reach a job363 hrs
Every productive hour you sell carries this before it makes any profit.
How it works
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- 01Add up a normal month of fixed costs. Spread annual items such as insurance over twelve months.
- 02Work out paid hours for the people on the tools.
- 03Multiply by the share of those hours that end up on a job.
- 04Divide overheads by those productive hours.
The calculation
Productive hours= people × paid hours × billable share
Overhead rate= monthly overheads ÷ productive hours