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Ok so you've opened your cleaning business, but you have no idea on how to price your cleaning jobs. There are many methods, and techniques that you can use, so we are going to discuss a few of those. If your looking for something that can help you price your jobs more quickly, and professional, take a look at our cleaning software which is available as a part of The Ultimate Cleaning Business Package. 

So the first formula is to price jobs by the hour. I usually only recommend this for  jobs smaller then 10,000 square feet, but if you're having trouble, use this as a last resort. You will need to make sure you calculate your labor costs accurately otherwise you will lose a ton of money. There is nothing worse then calculating a huge office cleaning contract and realizing only after starting the contract that you stand to lose thousands of dollars. So take your time and be accurate.

Remember different jobs, mean you will need to pay the cleaners different wages. I mean you can't pay someone doing scrubbing & buffing of floors all night the same as you would pay someone who just does the regular maintenance like emptying garbage's, cleaning desks, dusting, you know what I mean. The harder the job, the more you should pay. The more responsibility the job requires, the more you should pay. This is why my cleaning software is extremely important because it takes the guessing out of pricing jobs and allows you to be accurate.

The next formula is to price by flat rate. This is one that is rarely used because it is generally reserved for cleaning contracts that are small and only might require 1 or 2 times per week visit. So what you would do here is calculate your labor costs (example: 2 hours per night x 2 days per week x 4.3 weeks per month.) You might be wondering why 4.3 weeks when there are only 4 weeks in a month. Well if you take the 52 week per year average and divide by 12, you end up with 4.3 weeks per month. This is to help off-set the other months that have 5 weeks or close to it. You want to be accurate so this is how to do it. So your total labor for the month is 17.2 hours. Round it off to 18 hours to give you that little extra cushion.

So if the job is just the regular maintenance, you should be paying your staff no less then $10/hour. I always pay more cause I know cheap pay means cheap work. But we'll use 10. So your labor cost for the month is $172.00 round to $180.00. Now add your expenses costs like supplies. An account this small shouldn't cost you more then $50 per month. So your now at $230.00. Then add your profit provided there are no other expenses. So let's say you add 30% profit, you end up at $299. Your profit on this cleaning contract would be $69 per month, about $828 per year. For flat rate pricing simply offer the client a flat rate of $290 per month, reducing your profit to $60 per month.

The final method is to price by the square footage. This is the most technical, and requires you to know the standard square footage pricing in the area you service otherwise you will be way too high, or way to low. If you have purchased the Ultimate Cleaning Business Package, I'm sure you'll remember what I mentioned would be a good price per square footage to be.

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Thanks for your support, and I wish you the best in business and life,

Joe Terceira, Author: The Ultimate Cleaning Business Package Software Developer / Webmaster / Affiliate Marketer Online Marketing Entrepreneur

 

 

 

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