Architect overhead multiplier calculator

1. Direct labor cost

Annual cost of employee compensation that can be billed directly to projects.

Total Direct Labor Cost

0.00

Direct Labor Multiplier

1.00

2. Overhead costs

Overhead labor cost

Annual cost of employee compensation that cannot be billed directly to projects (e.g. admin or marketing staff, etc.)

Overhead expenses

Annual cost of expenses that cannot be reimbursed from projects (rent, utilities, software, etc.)

Total overhead cost

Total of overhead labor cost plus overhead expenses

0.00

Overhead multiplier

Needed to match total overhead cost

1.42

Profit target

Percent (%) of Net Revenue Dollars remaining after all (operational and non-operational) expenses.

Net profit multiplier

Needed to cover Target Net Profit

1.09

Net multiplier

Direct labor multiplier plus overhead multipler plus net profit multipler

3.50

Project role hourly billing rate

Project role

Typical role in a project such as Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer etc.

Annual salary

Project role annual salary

Salaried rate

Annual Salary divided by 2087 (average work hours in a year.) This is the hourly rate that you're paying your employee.

0.00 / hour

Project role billing rate

Net Multiplier x Hourly Rate. This is the hourly billing rate you should be billing to your client to make a profit.

0.00 / hour

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Architect overhead multiplier calculator

1. Direct labor cost

0.00

2. Overhead costs

0.00

Profit target

Project role hourly billing rate

0.00

/ hour

0.00

/ hour

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