Board-by-board costing
List your lumber, hardware, finish, and shop time. Add overhead and tax, and see the price at four profit levels before you send anything.
Built for woodworkers and furniture makers
Know what your work is worth.
Most shops price forward — materials plus a guessed hourly rate — and quietly work for less than minimum wage. Quote It Right prices the way a shop actually runs: real shop rate, materials, overhead, and the hours you can't bill.
No signup for the calculator. Accounts get 14 days of Pro free — no card required.
Your shop rateLive
$50.03/hour
$65,000/yr
45 hrs/wk
$900/mo
Assumes 70% of shop hours are billable and $3,000/yr of tools — both adjustable in the full calculator.
Add taxes and see the full breakdownFrom rough idea to signed quote
Everything a one-person shop needs to price a commission with confidence.
Templates for repeat pieces
The fourth farmhouse table shouldn't take an hour to quote. Save a build as a template and start the next one already priced.
Quotes clients can approve
Send a branded PDF or a one-click approval link with photos — and collect the deposit right there.
Free tool — no signupDon't guess your rate.
Don't guess your rate.
Calculate it.
A $50/hr rate feels honest until you do the math. Take out self-employment tax, shop overhead, and the third of your week that isn't billable, and it can land under $30 of real take-home. The Pay Yourself Calculator works backward from the income you want — then shows you what your current rate is actually paying you.
- 1
Set your goal
The income you want the business to pay you.
- 2
Add reality
Shop overhead, tool replacement, insurance, and taxes.
- 3
Compare what you charge
See the gap per hour — and what it adds up to over a year.
Try the free calculator
Takes about two minutes. Nothing to sign up for.
Example quote
Walnut dining table
- Lumber & hardware
- $890.00
- Shop time (32 hrs @ $85.00)
- $2,720.00
- Finishing & delivery
- $410.00
- Your cost
- $4,020.00
Target price$5,628.00
Pick a price, send the PDF or approval link, get paid.
Simple, transparent pricing
Choose the plan that fits your business stage.
Every new account starts with 14 days of Pro free — no card required.
Start with the number everything else depends on
Two minutes in the calculator tells you what your shop hour has to earn. Then quote every commission against it.