Answer these questions and find your real profit margin:

  1. What's your fixed cost of doing business?
  2. What's your annual overhead budget?  
  3. How do you determine your markup rate?
  4. What's your actual labor burden rate for each of your employees?
  5. What's your annual cost for every piece of equipment you own?
  6. Which project type do you make the most money on?
  7. Which superintendent or foreman makes you the most money?
  8. Which customer do you make the most money on?
  9. How do you determine your change order markup rate?
  10. How much money did your money make last year?