How to Calculate Overhead Per Crew in Your Landscaping Business

Описание: Today I talk about a great question we got on YouTube, should you split your overhead per crew or per man hour? If your overhead comes out to $20 an hour, do you divide that between two crew members, or does each get charged the full $20? It’s a critical question for anyone in the landscaping or home services industry trying to price jobs correctly and stay profitable.

In this video, I walk you through how we calculate overhead per man hour in our company, how it connects to billable hours, and why you need to bake in your overhead fully across your team to hit your numbers. I also explain why assumptions like workload and billable hour volume can be dangerous — and how to round to the good when pricing. If you’ve ever struggled with setting profitable hourly rates or wondered how to factor overhead into job costing, this breakdown will give you clarity and confidence.

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⏰ Timecodes ⏰

0:00 Intro: Should You Split Overhead Per Crew?
0:20 What Overhead Per Hour Actually Means
0:49 How We Calculate Overhead in Our Business
1:19 Why It Applies to Every Person on the Crew
2:40 When Numbers Get Risky: Assumptions & Rounding
3:23 Final Thoughts: Use Overhead to Protect Profits

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