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Cuts, color, balayage, extensions — every hair service has a different cost, and guessing leaves money on the table. Enter your real costs and target margin, and this calculator gives you the exact price to charge for any service on your menu.
Your costs per service
Your numbers
$8.00 product · $3.00 supplies · $67.50 labor · $25.00 overhead
Recommended price
$207.00
earns $103.50 profit at a 50% margin
Round up to a clean number — never advertise below this.
That's one service. What about the rest of your menu?
Profit Suite does this for every service you offer — automatically.
Costing one service by hand is easy. Doing it across a full menu, as color prices and rent shift, is where margin quietly disappears — and that's what Profit Suite handles:
The calculator uses cost-based pricing: it adds up what a service actually costs you to deliver, then marks it up to hit the profit margin you choose. The formula is recommended price = true cost ÷ (1 − target margin). Your true cost is the sum of product, supplies, labor (rate × time), and overhead per service.
Enter your current price too, and it tells you whether you're hitting your target, leaving money on the table, or — in the worst case — losing money on every service.
Want the full walkthrough with examples and price ranges? the full hair pricing guide, or how to calculate cost per service.
Add the haircut's product, supplies, your chair time, and overhead, then apply your target margin. Most women's cuts with a blow-dry land between $40 and $100, but your own cost floor should always set the minimum.
Color is product-heavy, so account for every gram — color, developer, lightener, toner, and bond builders — plus labor and overhead. Enter that as your product cost per service and the calculator applies your target margin.
Balayage commonly runs $180–$400+ because it's long and product-intensive. Set your service time to the full appointment length so the price reflects the real chair time, not just the materials.
Independent stylists and booth renters usually target 40–55%, since overhead is lean. Larger salons with staff often run 30–40%. Anything under 25% is a warning sign.