SMALL-BUSINESS REVENUE GUIDE
How Much Revenue Does a Contractor Need to Make $100K?
$100,000 of owner compensation requires more than $100,000 of sales. The business must also pay operating expenses, direct job costs and—if you want a durable company—leave room for profit.
Calculate your number instead of guessing
Enter $100,000 as the owner-pay goal in our free checkup, then add your actual expenses, schedule, direct job costs and desired profit target.
A simple example
If the owner wants $100,000, the business has $60,000 of annual overhead and labor, $50,000 of direct job costs, and targets a 15% profit margin, the required gross revenue is roughly $247,000. Your real result can be very different, which is why your own numbers matter.
Revenue is only one half of the problem
The business also needs enough productive capacity to create that revenue without requiring impossible hours. The checkup converts the annual plan into a productive-hour benchmark that can be compared with real jobs.