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Calculate Labor Cost per Linear Foot

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How to Bid Steel Edging

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Estimate the average linear feet of steel edging that a skilled worker can install in one hour. For this example, assume 30 linear feet per hour. Then, determine your labor rate per hour (e.g., $65 per hour). Divide the hourly labor rate by the linear feet installed per hour to find the labor cost per linear foot ($65 / 30 LF = $2.16 per linear foot).

Goal: Determine the labor cost associated with installing one linear foot of steel edging.

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delivered. We're going to call it $2.25 per linear foot. hour. If our guy can put the same linear feet in, if our guy can put 30 linear feet in in an hour and we want to get $65 an hour for that guy, that cost per linear foot breaks down again to $216. So now we add our material cost of 225 per linear foot plus our labor cost of

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