Project quote from hours and contingency
Business / FREE CALCULATOR
Build a project price from labour, contingency and direct expenses.
Your answer starts here.
Enter your values and select Calculate to see the result and any available breakdown.
How to use this calculator
- Enter estimated billable hours. Use the unit shown beside the field.
- Enter hourly rate. Use the unit shown beside the field.
- Enter contingency (%). Use the unit shown beside the field.
- Enter direct project expenses. Use the unit shown beside the field.
- Select Calculate and review the result. Select Reset to restore the example inputs.
How the calculation works
Estimated billable hours*Hourly rate*(1+Contingency (%)/100)+Direct project expenses
Worked example
Estimated billable hours = 20; Hourly rate = 50; Contingency (%) = 10; Direct project expenses = 100. Result: 1200.
Understand your result
Build a project price from labour, contingency and direct expenses. The result is expressed in the same currency or unit as the monetary inputs.
Assumptions and limitations
Excludes tax and contract-specific risk not reflected in your inputs. Results are rounded for display.
Questions about this tool
What does this tool calculate?
Build a project price from labour, contingency and direct expenses.
What should I check before using the answer?
Excludes tax and contract-specific risk not reflected in your inputs.
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