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Bid worksheet
Residential construction profit margin: keep remodels from eating the year
Residential work is change-order heavy. Enter job cost and a target margin to see the bid you need — or check a bid you already have against cost.
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Bid stack
- Job cost
- $85,000.00
- Target margin
- 18.0%
- Bid needed
- $103,658.54
- Current bid
- $103,659.00
- Current margin
- 18.0%
Markup 22.0% · Margin 18.0%
Current bid clears the target margin.
Common questions
Many aim mid-teens to low twenties gross; markets differ.
Pick a rule and stick to it so margin isn’t fake.
Remodels often need more contingency; margin targets may need to be higher.
No — planning only.