The Ultimate Pricing Calculator
Know the minimum you can charge without losing money.
How Are You Set Up?
This changes how your costs are calculated.
Salon Owner (W-2)
You pay employees commission and cover employer taxes
Independent Stylist
You work for yourself. No employees, no employer tax burden
Your Country
For employer tax calculations on commission payments.
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USA
1.15x
🇨🇦
Canada
1.12x
🇬🇧
UK
1.18x
🇮🇪
Ireland
1.13x
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Australia
1.17x
No employer tax multiplier applied. As an independent stylist, you handle your own taxes. This calculator shows your floor price based on your overhead and desired profit only.
Your Overhead & Schedule
Fixed monthly costs, how many chairs you run, and your weekly hours.
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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Auto-calculated from your schedule (6 days/week x 4.33)
Avg Hours Per Open Day: 9.7 hrs |
Total Chair-Minutes/Month: 69,600
Commission, Profit & Booking Rate
What you pay stylists, what you want to keep, and how booked your chairs are.
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Experience Premium
Your skills, reputation, and demand are worth something. This gets added on top of the floor price.
Junior
+0%
Just starting out. Floor price only.
Stylist
+20%
Solid skills, building a book.
Senior
+35%
Experienced, strong demand.
Master
+50%
Top-tier talent, premium demand.
Service to Price
Time in the chair determines your labor floor.
Impossible Configuration
Very Tight Margins
Your Floor Price
$0.00
The minimum you can charge for this service without losing money.
Recommended Price
$0.00
With your experience premium applied
PROOF: Where Every Dollar Goes
Stylist Commission (69%)
$0.00
Overhead (180 min x $0.18/min)
$0.00
Your Profit (10%)
$0.00
FLOOR PRICE
$0.00
Price Breakdown
Commission: 69%
Overhead: 9%
Profit: 10%
Compare to Your Current Price
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The Formula
Total Chair-Min = Chairs x Avg Hrs/Day x Days/Month x 60
Overhead/Min = Monthly Overhead / Total Chair-Minutes
Chair Cost = Overhead/Min x Service Time
Floor Price = Chair Cost / (1 - Commission% x Tax Mult - Profit%)
Recommended = Floor x (1 + Experience Premium%)