Workshop growth hub
Pricing the work

Set a labour rate that pays for the whole workshop.

Turn rent, equipment, productive hours and profit into a rate you can explain and review.

7-minute guideFor owners who want confident, consistent pricing
The owner’s takeaway

A labour rate must pay for more than the technician’s hour. It must carry the operating system that makes quality work possible.

01

Count the real operating cost

Start with the costs that exist whether the floor is full or quiet.

  • List premises, equipment, software, insurance, administration and training.
  • Separate paid hours from realistically billable hours.
  • Include a deliberate allowance for reinvestment and profit.
02

Protect diagnostic work

Thinking, testing and confirming are skilled work even when no part is fitted.

  • Define a diagnostic starting charge.
  • Explain what the diagnostic process includes.
  • Ask for approval before the investigation expands.
03

Review with evidence

A rate should change because the workshop economics changed, not because a nearby shop guessed differently.

  • Compare sold hours with available productive hours.
  • Review under-recovered time and repeat work.
  • Recalculate after major rent, wage or equipment changes.

Put the habit inside the workshop day.

Baymate keeps the record, hand-off and next action together—without charging for every person who needs to use it.

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