By someone who's seen what happens when you don't know your real margin.
Most cleaning companies — commercial or residential — price off base wage and forget payroll tax, workers' comp, PTO accrual, and turnover cost. What looks like a 30% margin on paper is often closer to 12% when you count everything.
Worse, most owners don't have a way to check. They bid a job, sign the contract, and have no system to see six months later whether they made money or lost it.
CleaningWorkbench starts with free, interactive calculators that give you real answers immediately — no spreadsheet, no guesswork. The paid product turns those one-off answers into a system of record: bid history, estimated vs. actual margin, custom cost structures that auto-populate every bid, and professional proposals you can send directly to clients.
The free tools answer a single question once. The paid product answers it continuously, for every job, with memory and accuracy tuned to your specific business. That's the line: a calculator versus a system of record.
| Facility Type | Sq ft / hr |
|---|---|
| Office | 3,000 |
| Medical / Healthcare | 2,000 |
| School / Education | 2,500 |
| Industrial / Warehouse | 4,000 |
| Retail | 3,500 |
These are the industry production rates built into the Labor Hours Estimator. Your actual rates will depend on layout complexity and scope of work.