Salary Replacement Calculator

How many jobs a month would it take to replace your salary?

Type in your numbers. Everything else updates as you go.

Your number

4

jobs a month to replace $115,000

That's about 0.9 jobs per week.

The math

How that number is built.

  • Gross profit per job $2,700

    Average job size x gross margin

  • Gross profit needed per month $10,383

    Your monthly income target plus overhead

  • Exact jobs needed (unrounded) 3.8

    The real number before rounding up

  • Monthly revenue at that job count $24,000

    One good subcontractor crew can produce $20,000 to $40,000 per month

  • Annual revenue $288,000
  • Annual take-home at that job count $120,000

    Before taxes. Higher than your target because jobs round up to whole numbers.

Note: this is gross profit before taxes and before you pay yourself a formal salary. Talk to an accountant about the tax side.

What if your numbers are different?

Jobs per month, at every job size and margin.

Find your realistic job size down the left, your margin across the top. That's your monthly job count. Your salary and overhead stay as you entered them.
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