A $300 photoshoot is not $300 of profit.
Price the work you actually deliver. Enter your own crew, editing, travel, delivery and rework costs to see how much a listing-media job contributes before fixed overhead.
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Your scenario · illustrative inputs
- Direct cost per job
- $159.00
- Contribution per job
- $141.00
- Contribution margin
- 47.0%
- Monthly contribution before overhead
- $8,460.00
- After monthly fixed costs*
- $5,460.00
- Jobs required to cover overhead
- 22
*Before taxes, financing costs and any owner salary not already entered. This is a unit-economics scenario, not an industry benchmark, quote or profit forecast. Use one currency consistently.
What is contribution margin for a media job?
Contribution per job is the amount charged minus direct costs required to deliver it. Start with photographer and editor compensation, travel, payment and delivery fees, plus a realistic allowance for revisions. That is money available to cover fixed software, administration, insurance, facilities, taxes and owner compensation. It is not net profit.
A hypothetical $300 job with $90 crew pay, $35 editing, $15 travel, $9 fees and $10 rework leaves $141 contribution before fixed overhead. A higher sales price does not guarantee a better margin if editing or crew time rises just as quickly.
Which costs should you include?
- Photographer or videographer labor, including any subcontractor pay.
- Editing, retouching, delivery processing and photo-storage costs that change with job volume.
- Travel and mileage, plus an allowance for failed visits or revisions.
- Any actual payment processing and transaction charges you incur.
- Monthly overhead, including coordination and owner pay if you want the final monthly figure to include them.
What the calculator deliberately does not assume
Every business has different taxes, employee benefits, financing, cancellation, utilization, seasonality and product mix. This calculator is a planning tool, not financial advice. Use actual booked-and-delivered orders to validate the inputs. If you sell bundled video, floor plans or virtual tours, make separate scenarios rather than averaging unlike jobs.
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