What should this job cost the customer?

Most quotes in mobile detailing and cleaning are a number that felt right. This one starts from what the job costs you, including the drive and the card fee, then works up to a price that leaves the margin you pick. Change any box and the price moves.

Free, no signup. Last updated 2026-10-13.

The job

Base size job, e.g. a sedan interior and exterior.

What you want to pay yourself or an employee, before profit.

From the last stop or home to the job and back.

Business miles driven for this job.

Fuel, tires, repairs, insurance, depreciation. A work van usually costs more than the IRS rate suggests; use your own number.

Chemicals, pads, towels, water, supplies used on this job.

Overhead, fees and margin

Insurance, software, phone, equipment replacement, anything you pay whether or not you work.

Overhead is spread across this many jobs.

Assumed. Check your own processor's current rate.

Per transaction. Set both fee boxes to 0 for cash.

Share of the final price you keep after every cost above.

Informational. Shows the deposit amount for this price.

The same job at every size

A flat price undercharges the big vehicle and overcharges the small one. Enter how much longer each size takes you; the table prices each with the settings above. Materials are held flat to keep it simple, and drive time does not change with size.

Rigsheet's starter detailing packages ship with these time uplifts for SUV, truck, van and XL (30, 35, 35 and 50 percent), and every number is editable in the app. Source: packages/shared/src/onboarding.ts in the Rigsheet repo. These are starting points, not industry standards.

How the price is built

Labor is hours on site times your rate, plus drive time at the same rate if the box is ticked. Mileage is miles times your cost per mile. Overhead is monthly overhead divided by jobs per month. Add materials and you have your cost before fees.

The card fee is a percentage of the price, so it cannot simply be added. The price solves price = (cost + fixed fee) / (1 - fee% - margin%), which means the fee and your margin are both taken out of the final number, not out of your cost.

Two reference points, both from trade guides rather than from any primary survey, and both checked on 2026-10-13. Jobber's detailing pricing guide (originally published October 2023, last updated 16 April 2026) says "hourly rates generally fall between $50 and $100/hour". InvoiceFly's mobile detailing prices (published 27 May 2025, updated 9 July 2026) says "mobile services typically charge 15-20% more than fixed location detailers due to travel expenses", and elsewhere on the same page puts the premium at 15 to 25 percent. These are two companies selling software to detailers, not a standard anyone is bound by, and there is no primary source for either figure that I could find. Check your own local competitors before you trust any of them, including this page.

If you want this inside the job flow

Rigsheet is a job app for mobile detailers and cleaners. Its pricing engine applies a percent uplift per vehicle or home size to a package's base price and base duration, adds add-ons and tax, and computes a deposit (see pricing.ts in the repo). You do not need the app to use this page.