Embroidery Price Calculator

Price each piece from your own numbers: your time, your costs, your overhead and the profit you want. Change any box and the price updates.

Your numbers for one piece

Stitch countstitchesAt about 30,000 stitches an hour: 0.25 hLabor cost per hour$What you pay yourself or your crew, with payroll costsThread and backing$Travel and other job costs$Overhead%Insurance, vehicle, phone, software, adsProfit margin%Share of the price you keep as profit

The numbers filled in are examples. Replace them with yours.

What goes into the price

Time on the job
What your labor costs per hour
Thread and backing
Travel and other job costs
Overhead percentage
Profit margin you want

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Questions

How do I work out what to charge per piece?

Add your labor (hours times what that labor costs you), materials and job costs. Add overhead as a percentage. Then divide by one minus your profit margin to get the price.

What's the difference between markup and margin?

Markup is profit as a percentage of cost; margin is profit as a percentage of the price. A 20% margin is the same as a 25% markup.

What should overhead include?

Costs you pay no matter which job you do: insurance, vehicle, phone, software, advertising, accounting and your own unpaid admin time. Add up a month of them and divide by the hours you bill to check your percentage.