Laser Pricing Lab Price a job

Laser business calculator

Know what your laser work is actually worth.

Price engraving and cutting jobs with material waste, machine time, labor, marketplace fees and the profit margin you intend to keep. No signup, no account and no data sent to a server.

Price my next job Read the pricing method
  • Works without signup
  • Six currencies
  • Copy or print a quote
Cost firstStart from what the job consumes
Margin, not markupDecide what percentage of revenue remains
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Built to quoteCopy or print a clean customer summary

Job pricing calculator

From a pile of costs to a price you can defend.

Enter the numbers for one order. The calculator converts your desired profit margin into a retail price after marketplace fees.

01 Custom laser job

Order and materials

Variable and one-time costs
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Machine and labor

Record time honestly
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Machine cost covers ownership, maintenance and energy. Use the hourly-rate calculator if you do not know yours.

Sales and target profit

Fees apply to the selling price
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This is profit as a share of the sale price, not a percentage markup added to cost.

Use margin, not a blind markup.

A 40% markup is not a 40% profit margin. The calculator starts from the money you want to keep.

See the full method

The rest of the shop math

Price the job. Then understand the machine.

A selling price only works when the hourly rate underneath it is grounded in real ownership costs.

Machine hourly cost

Your laser is not free after you buy it.

Replacement value, expected service life, maintenance, electricity and workspace overhead all contribute to a defensible cost per machine hour. Labor is tracked separately.

Calculate my machine rate

Example breakdown

Depreciation
$0.84/hr
Maintenance reserve
$0.40/hr
Electricity
$0.08/hr
Other overhead
$0.50/hr
$1.82 illustrative machine cost
per operating hour

Built around real decisions

Less guessing. Better questions.

Every guide is written around a calculation a working laser shop can apply, not a made-up universal price list.

01 / PRICE

Set a floor before you quote.

Separate costs, fees, break-even and target profit so a discount does not silently remove your wage.

How much should you charge? →
02 / COST

Know what production consumes.

Machine minutes, setting up, failed pieces and packing are all production costs, even when no invoice records them.

Understand cost per hour →
03 / QUOTE

Turn the math into a clear offer.

A short quote should state scope, quantity, price, timing and what the customer is responsible for.

See the quote checklist →

Start with the right question

Guides for the numbers behind the quote.

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