For independent colorists
Know what every color service really costs.
Turn product usage, chair time and business costs into a clear break-even price and minimum price for your target margin.
1Add productsPackage price, size and amount used
2Add business costsTime, pay, overhead and fees
3See your floorBreak-even and target-margin prices
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1Products
2Business costs
3Your price floor
Illustrative sample · Replace these numbers with your own costs. No industry rate is implied.
Step 1 of 3
What goes into this service?
Color products
Use the same unit for package size and amount used in each row.
Step 2 of 3
What must this appointment cover?
Step 3 of 3 ·
Your minimum price for the target margin
Minimum, rounded up to the nearest cent
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Rounded working price: —
Before sales tax/VAT and tips. Based only on the costs you entered; market demand is not included.Product + waste—
Your labor pay—
Supplies + overhead—
Break-even price—
Profit at rounded price—
Actual margin—
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Understand your numbers
How to calculate your hair color service cost
- Start with the product you actually use
- For each product, divide its package price by package size, then multiply by the amount used. Keep both quantities in the same unit: grams, ounces or milliliters. Add a waste buffer only for product not already counted in the amount used.
- Include your time and overhead
- Add disposable supplies, appointment hours multiplied by your hourly pay, and overhead allocated to this appointment. Avoid counting overlapping chair time twice. Include any fixed transaction charge in your per-appointment costs; the fee field covers percentage fees only.
- Margin is not markup
- Break-even price = entered costs ÷ (1 − fee rate). Target price = entered costs ÷ (1 − fee rate − margin rate). For example, $100 in costs, a 3% fee and a 25% target margin require at least $138.89—not $125. This is an illustrative calculation, not a recommended salon rate.
- Use the result as a cost floor
- The result is before sales tax/VAT and tips. “Profit” means the amount remaining after the costs and fees entered, including your labor pay; omitted costs and taxes can reduce it. This calculator does not estimate local demand or guarantee profit.
- Reuse services without an account
- Save up to 12 service templates in this browser and update costs when your prices change. Clearing browser data removes them; they do not sync between devices. Calculator inputs are processed locally, not uploaded. Website hosting may still process ordinary access logs.