New
Labor Intro VideoPlease be sure to have a look at our new labor pricing introduction video (to the right). This 2.5 minute video asks the question "Why do other industries charge so much more than HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies do and what can we do about it?"
FREE Labor Cost Worksheet
With the help of James R. Leichter (Mr. HVAC), UMKC's school of business, Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC), Aptora Corporation has developed an accurate and easy to use labor cost worksheet. This worksheet will allow service managers and contracting business owners to calculate the proper retail price of labor in just minutes without advanced accounting knowledge or financial reports. We now include a spreadsheet version (MS Excel required) in addition to the paper worksheet. You may get it here.
New Labor Intro Video
We have completely redone our very popular video called An Introduction to Flat Rate Pricing. This 41 minute video is a comprehensive overview of flat rate pricing. The intended audience is service technicians, service managers, and owners of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies. See for yourself if flat rate pricing is appropriate for you and your contracting/service business.
Thank you for visiting our breakeven webpage. I'm
guessing you saw our full page ad in one of the trade magazines.
We've had people asking why we would spend many thousands of dollars
running full page ads that sell nothing. We're on a mission; a
mission to help HVAC, plumbing, electrical, appliance, and other
contracting companies to break even on labor.
Hello. I'm James Leichter (AKA: Mr. HVAC). I'm the president of Aptora and I'm a service industry expert. I have been in this industry since 1985 and I've seen very few companies price their service labor properly. That means many of you are losing money on every hour of service labor sold . . . usually a lot of money! So, we are now on a mission to help managers calculate the cost of providing an hour of labor (labor rate breakeven).
Service labor is the most stressful thing that you provide. If you're not making money on service labor, then managing your service department can be a demoralizing waste of time. Let us help you.
Our accounting experts created an easy-to-use labor rate breakeven worksheet that anyone can fill out in just minutes. This labor breakeven worksheet was professionally designed to give managers a good idea of what it takes to provide an hour of labor - for any department. We have worked hard to make this worksheet as simple as possible.
We would be happy to email you our simplified labor breakeven price worksheet. This is just like the one you see in our full page ads. We have included a blank sheet, and example page, and complete detailed instructions on every step. All of this is in a PDF format for easy printing. Remember, this is 100% free. There is nothing to buy and there are no strings of any kind. I want the best for you.
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