Enter the extra work's direct cost and your markup — price, profit, and achieved margin solve live.
Labor + materials + subs for this change only.
Change orders usually carry higher markup.
Your minimum acceptable margin.
Change order price
$3,250.00
$ PRICE
Bill of materials+0% waste
Change order price
$750.00 profit
Net $2,500.00 × (1 + 30%) · Waste —
Achieved margin
below 25% target — raise markup
Net profit ÷ price · Waste —
Cost projection
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Change order price
$3,250.00
Change order price = direct cost × (1 + markup) — $2,500 × 1.30 = $3,250.
Enter the extra work's direct cost and your markup — price, profit, and achieved margin solve live.
Achieved margin = profit ÷ price — a 30% markup yields a 23.1% margin, not 30%.
Change orders usually carry higher markup than base bids: mobilization, disruption, and paperwork cost real money.
Check the achieved margin against your target before sending — never price extras at cost.
CO price = cost × (1 + markup)
Change order price = direct cost x (1 + markup). Enter the extra work's cost and your markup - the tool solves price, profit, and achieved margin live so extras never get priced at cost.
Markup = (price - cost) / cost, applied as price = cost x (1 + markup). A $2,500 change order at 30% markup prices at $3,250.
30% markup on $2,500 gives a $3,250 price, but the margin is $750 / $3,250 = 23.1%. Markup is measured on cost; margin is measured on price - the tool shows both.
Higher than the base bid - typically 30-50%. Extras disrupt the schedule, need remobilization, and carry extra paperwork, so margin protection matters more on change orders.
Yes. Mobilization, schedule disruption, and admin cost real money on extras. Check the achieved margin against your target before sending - never price extras at cost.
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