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Pressure washing pricing calculator

How much to charge for pressure washing?

Change hours per 100 square feet for surface type and condition; the area is a time-planning input.

A 1,200-square-foot job with two extra heavy-soil sections.

  • 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

Surface area (100 sq ft)
Heavy-soil sections

Owner delivery time: 4.00 h

Job costs

Water and chemicals

Goal, fees, and billing

Your quote result

Based on the assumptions you entered, before tax.

Exact minimum target price$272
Suggested rounded quote$275
Operating profit at suggested quote$71

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

Cost breakdown

Owner labor
$125
Other labor
$0
Direct job costs
$24
Travel, equipment, overhead & other fixed costs
$55
Total fixed cost
$204
Show calculation and assumptions

(4.00 delivery + 1 other hours) × $25/h + $0 other labor + $24 direct costs + $55 other fixed costs = $204. $204 ÷ (1 − 0% fees − 25% margin) = $272 after rounding up to the cent.

Cost coverage: $204 ÷ (1 − 0% fees) = $204.

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

Suggested equivalent: $0.2292 per sq ft across 1200 sq fts. 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

$272 exact · $275 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 pressure washing quote

Start with the actual deliverable and billing unit: 1200 sq fts 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

  • Surface area (100 sq ft): estimate the quantity and the time each one takes.
  • Heavy-soil sections: estimate the quantity and the time each one takes.
  • Water and chemicals: 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.

4.00 delivery hours + 1 other hours at $25/hour = $125 owner labor. $24 direct job costs, plus $55 other fixed costs, gives $204 fixed cost.

With a 25% target margin and 0% quote-based fees: $204 ÷ 0.75 = $272 exact minimum target price.

Where this estimate can change

Water access, runoff, and sensitive surfaces need a site-specific scope and any applicable local checks.

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

What surface area and material, soil condition, water access, and equipment setup are included?

When work changes

Revise the estimate

A different surface or heavy-soil section changes time per area and materials; adjust productivity assumptions rather than using a single area rate.

Billing unit

Price the full task first

The example covers 1200 sq fts. 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.

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