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- Markup vs Margin: How Electrical Contractors Price Jobs
A 25% markup is a 20% margin - always, exactly, and $248 less profit on the same job. The conversion in both directions, why overhead has to be inside break-even, and the multipliers worth memorising.
- How to Estimate Electrical Jobs: Takeoff, Assemblies, and Labor Units
The five stages of an electrical estimate - takeoff, assemblies, labor units, overhead, margin - worked on a real job. Plus the markup-versus-margin error that quietly costs contractors 20% of their profit.
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- 05 Aug, 2026
Markup vs Margin: How Electrical Contractors Price Jobs
A 25% markup is a 20% margin - always, exactly, and $248 less profit on the same job. The conversion in both directions, why overhead has to be inside break-even, and the multipliers worth memorising.
- 04 Aug, 2026
How to Estimate Electrical Jobs: Takeoff, Assemblies, and Labor Units
The five stages of an electrical estimate - takeoff, assemblies, labor units, overhead, margin - worked on a real job. Plus the markup-versus-margin error that quietly costs contractors 20% of their profit.
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