Price a residential cleaning visit from the hours it takes, your costs and the margin you need.
Labor = cleaner-hours × wage × (1 + burden %).
Cost = labor + supplies + travel + cleaner-hours × overhead per hour.
Price = cost ÷ (1 − margin %).
A three-bedroom home takes two cleaners 2.5 hours each, 5 cleaner-hours. At $20 with 18% burden, labor is $118. Supplies $8, travel $12 and overhead $25 bring cost to $163. At a 20% margin, the price is $203.75, about $40.75 per cleaner-hour.
Use it to set prices for new clients or to check whether a regular client is still profitable. Comparing estimated and actual clocked hours is the fastest way to improve your prices.
The calculator uses your own numbers; it does not assume market prices.
A move-out clean of a four-bedroom house is estimated at 9 cleaner-hours, three cleaners for 3 hours each. At $22 with a 15% burden, labor is $227.70. Degreaser and oven cleaner add $20, travel is $15, and overhead at $6 per labor hour is $54. Total cost is $316.70, so a 25% margin gives a price of $422.27, about $46.92 per cleaner-hour.
Price per cleaner-hour is a reality check: if it is barely above wage plus overhead, the quote has no room for a visit that runs long. The calculator trusts the hours you enter, so a home that takes an extra hour can wipe out much of the margin. It does not add sales tax, which some states charge on cleaning services, or card processing fees.
Many companies quote flat prices built from estimated hours.
Deep first cleans usually take longer; price them separately.
Yes, travel time and vehicle costs are real.
Compare with clocked hours after each visit.
Estimate cleaner-hours from an empty home of the same size, add time for inside the oven, fridge and cabinets, and raise supplies for degreaser and extra trash bags. It is a one-time visit, so it should not get the lower rate you give weekly clients.
Give a range based on cleaner-hours for similar homes and confirm it after the first visit. The clocked time from that first clean is the number to enter here for the recurring price.
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Instead of adding up timesheets before you open the house cleaning price calculator, let EZTime total employee hours. Book a demo to see it with your team.