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How much to charge for moving services?

Estimate stairs, carry distance, and unusual items before confirming crew hours and vehicle needs.

A six-hour move with an owner and a two-person crew. The hourly unit is the job duration, not total worker-hours.

  • Editable example assumptions
  • Cost-based, not a market rate
  • Before tax

Your assumptions

Editable example inputs. Replace them with your own numbers.

Work and time

Loading and unloading hours
Travel and setup hours

Owner delivery time: 6.00 h

Other people

Job costs

Fuel and vehicle consumables
Packing supplies

Goal, fees, and billing

Your quote result

Based on the assumptions you entered, before tax.

Exact minimum target price$821.43
Suggested rounded quote$825
Operating profit at suggested quote$250

Based on your inputs, not a market rate or after-tax take-home pay.

Cost breakdown

Owner labor
$175
Other labor
$240
Direct job costs
$65
Travel, equipment, overhead & other fixed costs
$95
Total fixed cost
$575
Show calculation and assumptions

(6.00 delivery + 1 other hours) × $25/h + $240 other labor + $65 direct costs + $95 other fixed costs = $575. $575 ÷ (1 − 0% fees − 30% margin) = $821.43 after rounding up to the cent.

Cost coverage: $575 ÷ (1 − 0% fees) = $575.

Owner pay is included as labor cost. Quote-based percentage fees are subtracted in the denominator.

Suggested equivalent: $137.50 per hour across 6 hours. Total quote comes first.

Compare your own scenarios

Enter and confirm your low and high total owner hours and material costs. These are planning assumptions, not market ranges.

Low scope

Add both values to compare.

Expected: current inputs

$821.43 exact · $825 suggested

High scope

Add both values to compare.

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Enter a positive quote to see its profit and margin.

How to scope this moving services quote

Start with the actual deliverable and billing unit: 6 hours in the editable example. If the customer’s scope differs, change task quantities, hours per item, and billable unit count before relying on the result.

Costs to check

  • Loading and unloading hours: estimate the quantity and the time each one takes.
  • Travel and setup hours: estimate the quantity and the time each one takes.
  • Fuel and vehicle consumables: enter the amount you expect to pay for this job.
  • Packing supplies: enter the amount you expect to pay for this job.
  • Include your owner pay, travel, equipment use, overhead, and any helper or subcontractor costs that actually apply.

Worked example

Illustrative inputs, not observed local prices.

6.00 delivery hours + 1 other hours at $25/hour = $175 owner labor. $240 other labor. $65 direct job costs, plus $95 other fixed costs, gives $575 fixed cost.

With a 30% target margin and 0% quote-based fees: $575 ÷ 0.70 = $821.43 exact minimum target price.

Where this estimate can change

Damage risk, insurance, permits, and local rules are outside this pricing model; enter your actual costs where relevant.

The result covers only entered costs and the owner pay target. It is a before-tax operating estimate; it does not establish a local market rate or legal requirements.

Before quoting

Confirm the scope

How many crew members, vehicle hours, floors, carry distance, and packing tasks are included?

When work changes

Revise the estimate

Stairs, long carries, or special items can extend both job duration and total crew hours; revise the whole move estimate.

Billing unit

Price the full task first

The example covers 6 hours. Divide the full quote by this count only when it matches what the customer will actually buy.

Source and method

This page uses the QuoteForProfit cost-based formula and explicitly labeled, editable example assumptions. It does not use an external market price table. Method updated 2026-11-06.

Interstate household-goods moves are subject to federal registration; check state rules separately for moves within one state. FMCSA: registered interstate movers.

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