Supply cost per job
Add up a month of receipts, divide by the jobs. Then, if you like, be fairer about it.
The simple version is one division. The better version admits that a move-out clean goes through far more product than a weekly maintenance visit, and weights the cost so each job type carries its share. Both are here; the split is optional.
Your numbers
Jobs this month by type
Relative product use (a standard clean = 1.0)
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Worked example
Filled in above: $180 of supplies in a month with 40 jobs — $4.50 a job on the simple average.
Tick the split and the example becomes 10 light, 25 standard and 5 deep cleans, with a light clean using 0.6 of a standard one's product and a deep clean 1.6 times as much:
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Weighted units: 10×0.6 + 25×1.0 + 5×1.6 | 39 |
| Cost per unit: $180 ÷ 39 | $4.62 |
| Per light clean (×0.6) | $2.77 |
| Per standard clean (×1.0) | $4.62 |
| Per deep clean (×1.6) | $7.38 |
Same $180, but now a deep clean is quoted with $7.38 of product in it instead of $4.50, and the light ones are not quietly subsidising it.
How it's calculated
- Simple average = monthly supply spend ÷ jobs in the month.
- With the split on, each job type gets a weight — how much product it uses relative to a standard clean. The defaults (0.6 / 1.0 / 1.6) are a reasonable starting guess; after a month of paying attention you will know your own.
- Weighted units = light jobs × light weight + standard jobs × standard weight + deep jobs × deep weight.
- Cost per unit = spend ÷ weighted units, and cost per job type = cost per unit × that type's weight.
Count only consumables — product, cloths, bags, gloves. A new vacuum is equipment, and belongs in overhead spread over many months, not in this month's jobs.
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