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Can your next crew cover its cost?
Adjust the example numbers below to see the jobs and capacity your next hire would need. Keep a scenario to discuss with your team.
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Use the average from jobs this crew would actually take.
Materials, subcontractors and job-specific costs as a share of revenue. Do not include the crew cost above twice.
Extra monthly jobs your existing team could complete before you need this crew.
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Decision sheet
The capacity check
New crew break-even
13 jobs
per month to cover the added crew cost
- Contribution per completed job
- $1,116
- All additional bookings needed
- 17 jobs / month
- New crew jobs in your scenario
- 16 jobs / month
- Monthly contribution after crew cost
- $3,856
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Crew hiring scenario
Prepared when opened · Illustrative example inputs
- Fully loaded monthly crew cost
- $14,000
- Average job revenue
- $1,800
- Direct job costs
- 38%
- Current team spare jobs / month
- 4
- New crew capacity jobs / month
- 22
- Projected additional bookings / month
- 20
Result
- Contribution per completed job
- $1,116
- Jobs the new crew needs to cover cost
- 13
- Additional bookings including current spare capacity
- 17
- Projected new crew jobs
- 16
- Monthly contribution after new crew cost
- $3,856
- Capacity check
- Scenario covers crew cost
Method: new crew jobs = lesser of new crew capacity or projected additional bookings after current spare capacity. Monthly contribution after hire = new crew jobs × average job revenue × (1 − direct job cost percentage) − fully loaded crew cost.
Illustrative planning scenario using the entered figures. It is not a demand forecast or hiring recommendation and excludes ramp-up, seasonality, cash timing, lead acquisition, taxes, financing and other overhead.
How to read this scenario
The model subtracts direct job costs from average revenue, then calculates how many new-crew jobs cover the monthly crew cost. It accounts for jobs your current team can still take. This is planning math, not a demand forecast or hiring recommendation; it leaves out ramp-up, seasonality, cash timing, lead acquisition and taxes.