Free laser-cutter job pricing calculator. Enter sheet cost, run minutes, wattage, electricity rate, labor; outputs material cost, power draw cost, machine-wear overhead, and tiered wholesale / Etsy retail prices.
Use when quoting custom laser-cut work on Etsy or your storefront. Wholesale numbers help when selling to retailers.
Spreadsheet templates require setup. This is one-screen quoting.
Material cost = sheet price × % of sheet used. Power cost = (watts ÷ 1000) × run hours × $/kWh.
Machine wear is a $1.50/hour allowance covering tube life and consumables. Labor uses your hourly rate.
Retail = raw cost × (1 + markup %); wholesale defaults to 60% of retail.
A $1.50/hour allowance covers tube life, cleaning consumables, and amortized maintenance for typical xTool/Glowforge-class machines.
Add it to labor — or charge a one-time setup fee on top of the per-piece retail price.
Calculate your full per-sheet cost including material, power, wear, and labor, then divide by the number of finished parts that fit on the sheet. Pricing per part this way ensures offcuts and waste are still covered.
A common approach is to set retail at roughly double your total cost and wholesale at around 1.5 times cost, leaving the buyer room to apply their own retail markup. Adjust based on your local market and whether the buyer resells in volume.
Input
$12 sheet, 30% used, 25-min run, 60 W, $0.15/kWh, $20/hr labor, 100% markup.
Output
Raw $11.62 → Retail $23.24.
Material $3.60 + power $0.04 + wear $0.63 + labor $8.33 (25 min weighted) → markup. Wear is the often-forgotten cost.
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