Architect overhead multiplier calculator - Monograph

Architect overhead multiplier calculator

Calculate your firm's overhead multiplier one person at a time. Start now by entering direct labor costs followed by overhead costs.

1. Direct labor cost

Annual cost of employee compensation that can be billed directly to projects.

Total Direct Labor Cost

0.00

Direct Labor Multiplier
1.00

2. Overhead costs

Overhead labor cost
Annual cost of employee compensation that cannot be billed directly to projects (e.g. admin or marketing staff, etc.)

Overhead expenses
Annual cost of expenses that cannot be reimbursed from projects (rent, utilities, software, etc.)

Total overhead cost
Total of overhead labor cost plus overhead expenses

0.00

Overhead multiplier
Needed to match total overhead cost
1.42

Break-even multiplier
Direct labor multiplier plus overhead multiplier
2.42

Profit target

Percent (%) of Net Revenue Dollars remaining after all (operational and non-operational) expenses.

Net profit multiplier
Needed to cover Target Net Profit
1.09

Net multiplier
Direct labor multiplier plus overhead multiplier plus net profit multiplier
3.50

Project role hourly billing rate

Project role
Typical role in a project such as Project Manager, Project Architect, Designer etc.

Annual salary
Project role annual salary

Salaried rate
Annual Salary divided by 2087 (average work hours in a year). This is the hourly rate that you're paying your employee.

0.00

/ hour

Project role billing rate
Net Multiplier x Hourly Rate. This is the hourly billing rate you should be billing to your client to make a profit.

0.00

/ hour

Monograph customer: you can input this Billing Rate under the Teams tab inside Settings. Learn more here.

Multiplier calculator

Direct labor multiplier
1.00

Overhead multiplier
1.42