Pressure Washing Pricing Calculator
Work out what to charge for a job — and see the margin you're actually keeping.
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This is an estimating aid, not a quote. It doesn't account for insurance, equipment replacement, taxes, or licensing — build those into your target hourly rate, or your “profit” is really just overhead you haven't counted yet.
How pressure washing pricing actually works
Most jobs get priced one of two ways: per square foot, or by the hour. Per-square-foot is what customers expect to hear, but hourly is what determines whether the job was worth doing. This works backwards from the second to give you the first.
The number most contractors forget
Drive time, setup, and breakdown are real hours. A 45-minute driveway with 30 minutes of driving and 25 minutes of setup isn't a 45-minute job — it's a 100-minute job. Price it at the 45-minute number and you've quietly cut your rate by more than half.
Why condition matters more than size
Square footage sets the floor; condition sets the multiplier. A neglected driveway with years of organic staining can take nearly twice as long as the same slab cleaned annually. Quote both at one rate and your maintenance customers are subsidizing the neglected ones.
What to do with the range
The low end is your walk-away number — below it you're working for less than you decided you're worth. The high end is defensible for difficult access, tight scheduling, or heavy staining. Quote the middle unless there's a reason not to.
Quoting a job with several parts
Most jobs aren't one surface. Price each component, add it to the job, and the quote comes out as separate lines with a combined total. Drive time and setup are counted once for the visit rather than once per line — charging them per component invoices a single trip several times over, which is the fastest way to lose a bid you should have won.
Common questions
Should I charge a minimum?
Most operators do. Once drive time and setup are counted, small jobs frequently price out below what the trip is worth. A minimum isn't a markup — it's the point where the trip stops costing you money.
Do I include a trip fee?
Either fold drive time into the price, as this does, or break it out as a line. Breaking it out makes the price easier to defend on distant jobs and makes a wider service radius viable.
How do I raise prices without losing customers?
Quote the new number to new customers first and leave existing ones alone for a cycle. If it books, you have your answer without risking the relationships you already have.
Are these production rates right for my setup?
Treat them as a starting point. Time two or three real jobs, then set the rates to what you actually hit — that's when this becomes genuinely accurate for your business.