Is this auto glass job actually making you money? Free, no signup.
ADAS: enter 0 if the car needs no calibration or you do it in-house. Mile cost covers fuel plus wear; the IRS rate is a common starting point.
Insurance often pays more per job but slower. This compares profit per job and effective $/hr using the same costs above.
Pick the job preset: chip repair, windshield, side window, or rear glass. Each fills in price, job hours, glass wholesale, urethane kit plus moldings, and ADAS calibration cost, all editable and labeled as starting points. Enter the price you are getting paid, your time on the job in hours, and your target dollars per hour ($75 placeholder). On the cost side enter glass wholesale (0 for chip repair, since resin costs sit in the kit), kit cost, ADAS calibration cost (0 if the car needs none or you do it in-house), round-trip miles at your cost per mile ($0.70 placeholder), and drive time in hours. The breakdown card shows the job price, each cost line, total cost, total time across job plus drive, margin percent, profit as the big number, and your dollars per hour across all committed hours. The verdict reads WORTH IT at or above your target, TIGHT near it, UNDERPRICED below it with the price that would hit your target, or LOSING MONEY when the job costs more than it pays. The cash versus insurance card takes the cash price you would quote and the insurance reimbursement: it compares profit and dollars per hour for each at the same costs, plus the extra days to get paid, since insurance often pays more but slower.
Example only, not typical pricing. Take the windshield preset: $350 price, 1.5 job hours, $120 glass wholesale, $25 kit, no ADAS. Add 20 round-trip miles at $0.70, or $14, and 0.75 hours of drive time. Total cost is $159, profit is $191, margin is $191 over $350, or 54.6 percent. Total time is 2.25 hours, so the effective rate is $191 over 2.25, or $84.89 per hour, against a $75 target: WORTH IT. Now run the cash versus insurance card: a $350 cash quote versus $420 insurance reimbursement at the same $159 cost. Insurance nets $261, or $116 per hour, and the extra-days field keeps the payment-speed side of the trade explicit.
**Why count drive time in the hourly rate?**
Mobile work consumes your whole window, not just the install. A job netting $191 over 1.5 job hours looks like $127 per hour until a 45-minute drive each way makes it $84.89. The rate that includes the drive is the honest one.
**What do I enter for ADAS calibration?**
Your outsourced calibration cost, or 0 if the car needs no calibration or you do it in-house. Entered as a cost, it correctly kills jobs that look profitable until the calibration bill lands.
**How does the cash versus insurance comparison work?**
Both prices run through the same costs, so you see profit and dollars per hour side by side. Insurance usually pays more per job but slower; the extra-days field keeps the speed side of the trade visible.
**What does the TIGHT verdict mean?**
Your rate lands between 75 percent of your target and your target. Fine as filler, not as your rate: work you take to fill a day, not work you build a week around.
**Are the preset prices market rates?**
No. They are editable starting points, and the footer says prices vary by market and supplier. Set them from your own quotes and your own wholesale costs.
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