Sad but true, most contractors charge less for their labor than it costs them in overhead alone.
Last month I addressed the general issue of overhead. That is, too many people in our industry don't take into account the overhead costs they entail in the course of business. As a result, their selling prices tend to be less than the cost of doing business.
Once you learn how much overhead costs, you need to break it down to a dollar-per-hour basis. This month, let's take a closer look at exactly how that's done.