Add Labor Cost to Estimate

going to add up those three numbers 25 cents per square foot for the material cost of the mulch 15 cents per square foot to have it delivered and 10 cents per square foot for fabric underneath that comes out to be 25 15 40 10 50 cents per square foot so your mulch cost when you want to go to a job site you know that it's going to cost you as the owner of the company 50 cents per square foot to buy the materials to lay down mulch at 3 inches deep but we got to get deeper into that this is where you can add in your labor cost right now on average a good price to get for mulch is about a total of $2 per square foot so when you're breaking your proposals down you actually go out you measure how big of an area you're going to put mulch down if you have a 10 by 10 area you have a hundred square feet you're going to charge them two dollars per square foot that gives you the cost to do that area that way when you go to any area on any job site you have a consistent cost across the board and why is that important that consistency is what makes all your customers equal and when a customer feels equal they tend not