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House Cleaning Pricing Calculator for Business Owners

Price a residential cleaning visit from the total paid time of every cleaner, including travel, plus supplies and allocated overhead. Apply margin to the full cost rather than to wages alone.

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Calculate your result

Make it your business

Start with an example, then replace the assumptions. Results update as you type.

Examples illustrate different workloads. They are not market averages or recommended prices.

Cleaners on the visit (people)

Include you if you clean the property.

On-site hours per cleaner (hours)

Two cleaners for two hours equals four cleaner-hours.

Hourly wage or owner labor allowance ($/hour)

Include a fair cost for your own labor even when you work alone.

Target operating margin (%)

Profit as a share of selling price, after all costs entered. A 25% margin is not a 25% markup.

Cost & schedule assumptions 4 inputs

These example values affect your result. Review each before relying on the worksheet.

Paid travel time per visit (minutes)

Total paid travel allocated to this visit, in minutes per person.

Additional payroll burden (%)

Your employer taxes, workers' comp, benefits and paid-time allowance as a percentage of wages. Avoid double counting separate cost fields.

Supplies per visit ($)

Products, consumables and laundry allocated to this visit.

Overhead per visit ($)

Allocate vehicle, software, insurance and office costs without duplicating travel labor.

Export to keep your work. Refreshing or leaving this page clears your inputs and saved comparison.

YOUR WORKSHEET

Recurring visit price

$233.33

Cost per visit

$175.00

Profit per visit

$58.33

Revenue per cleaner-hour on site

$58.33

See the cost breakdown

Loaded cleaner labor + travel: 150
Supplies: 10
Overhead: 15
Profit: 58.33

Rows use the dollars or hours named in each label.

What if the assumption changes?

Change only on-site hours per cleaner by ±20%. Bounds apply. Everything else stays fixed; this is a scenario, not a forecast.

Recurring visit price
On-site hours per cleaner	Result
1.6 hours -20%	$201.33
2 hours Current	$233.33
2.4 hours +20%	$265.33

Prepare a customer service estimate

Includes your scope and calculated service price. Your costs, margin and internal comparisons are excluded.

Scope and schedule to include

Review the draft before sharing. Taxes and terms need your review.

Add a scope to enable your estimate download.

When your business changes

Work in customers' homes, additional cleaners and customer requests for proof of insurance are relevant coverage discussions.

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Illustrative planning, not an insurance quote. Inputs and results are excluded from tool analytics.

Understand the result

The method,
made clear.

Visit cost = cleaners × (on-site hours + travel minutes ÷ 60) × wage × (1 + burden) + supplies + overhead. Visit price = cost ÷ (1 − margin).

Use measured cleaner-hours from comparable homes. Floor area alone misses condition, clutter, bathrooms and the scope promised to the customer.

How to use this tool

01
Replace the example inputs with your actual costs and work estimates.
02
Compare the result with a real completed job or your current operating budget.
03
Adjust the assumptions, download your worksheet, and review the relevant insurance questions before your business changes.

Worked example

Using the illustrative inputs below produces recurring visit price: $233.33. These are example business assumptions, not market benchmarks.

Cleaners on the visit: 2 people
On-site hours per cleaner: 2 hours
Paid travel time per visit: 30 minutes
Hourly wage or owner labor allowance: 25 $/hour
Additional payroll burden: 20 %
Supplies per visit: 10 $
Overhead per visit: 15 $
Target operating margin: 25 %

Cost per visit: $175.00

Profit per visit: $58.33

Revenue per cleaner-hour on site: $58.33

Before you rely on the numbers

Assumptions
and limitations.

Every prefilled number is an illustrative example, not a market average, recommended price, tax rate, or insurance quote.
Results use only the costs and time you enter. Include owner compensation, insurance and overhead where applicable without counting a cost twice.
Calculations exclude sales tax and financing unless you include them in your inputs. Round your final customer price deliberately.

From planning to protection

Your next
insurance question.

Work in customers' homes, additional cleaners and customer requests for proof of insurance are relevant coverage discussions.

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Worksheet inputs are not submitted to a carrier or added to an insurance application. Confirm the facts in the quote form before you submit.

Questions owners ask

A few useful answers.

Is this a homeowner cleaning-cost estimate?

It is designed for cleaning business owners setting their own prices. It does not claim to predict local homeowner market rates.

How do I count cleaner-hours?

Multiply people by time. Two cleaners spending two hours on site create four cleaner-hours before paid travel.

Should I use the same price for deep cleaning?

Use a separate scope and time estimate. The first-clean calculator helps isolate additional labor and supplies.

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Payroll premium scenarios

Model the payroll-rated component of workers' compensation using your own policy rate and experience modifier.

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Sources and methodology

Prepared by Kinro. Methodology and linked references checked 2026-10-29. Calculation formulas are Kinro planning models. Sources support the concepts stated below; they do not endorse our example values or results.

IRS: Employment taxes (opens in a new tab)
Employer costs extend beyond wages. Enter the payroll burden that applies to your business; the tool does not calculate tax liability.
NAIC: Small business insurance (opens in a new tab)
Different exposures call for different coverage discussions. Eligibility, requirements, exclusions, and policy terms need individual review.

Educational planning only. Confirm coverage, requirements and policy suitability with a licensed insurance professional. No coverage is quoted, bound or changed by using a worksheet.