Mobile tire changers: price every job so it actually pays. Free, no signup.
Mobile tire work gets compared to the cheapest shop in town, so quote like a business, not a favor. Pick a preset for the job type: a full set of four, a pair, a single tire, or a seasonal changeover. Each preset fills the tire count and a starting per-tire labor number you can change. Enter your mobile service fee, the number of TPMS service kits, and your round-trip miles. If you supply the tires yourself, check the box and enter your cost per tire plus the markup you want. Drive time counts against your rate, so the tool includes it in the math.
The breakdown shows mount and balance labor, the mobile fee, TPMS kits, and tire profit separately, then subtracts your drive cost at your vehicle cost per mile. The big number is your true hourly rate across every committed minute, site time plus drive time. Compare it to your target rate and see the verdict: priced fairly, underpriced, or losing money, with the exact dollar raise needed to hit your target. The day planner tells you how many jobs like this one it takes to hit a daily take-home goal.
Example only, not typical pricing. Say you mount a set of 4 at $25 per tire with a $50 mobile fee, 4 TPMS kits at $8 each, a 30-mile round trip, and 75 minutes on site. Revenue is $182. Drive time at 60 mph adds 30 minutes, so the job owns 105 minutes of your day. Drive cost is $20.10 at $0.67 per mile. Profit is $161.90, and the true rate is about $92.51 per hour. Against a $75 target that is priced fairly, with room for roughly 4 jobs to clear a $600 day.
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It depends on your market, but many mobile operators land around $20 to $35 per tire for mount and balance plus a separate mobile service fee of $30 to $75. The fee is what separates mobile from the shop down the road. This tool prices labor and the fee as separate lines so you can see which one is doing the work.
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Enter your wholesale cost per tire and a markup percentage. Markups in the 20 to 30 percent range are common starting points, but adjust for your market. Check the box and the tool adds your tire profit to the job while still checking your hourly rate against your target.
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A separate mobile fee is usually better because the drive is the same whether you change one tire or four. Baking the drive into per-tire pricing means you lose money on single-tire jobs and overcharge on full sets. Keep the fee visible.
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Drive time and vehicle cost are the usual leaks. A job that pays $150 for 75 minutes on site actually takes over 100 minutes once the round trip is counted, and the miles cost real money. This calculator includes both, which is why the effective rate can surprise you.
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Solo operators commonly book 4 to 6 jobs a day depending on drive distance and job size. Enter your daily take-home goal in the planner and it tells you how many jobs like the current one you need, so you can check whether the schedule is realistic before the day starts.