What Margin Is an 18 Percent Markup?
Margin, against price
15.3%
Eighteen percent added to a $10,000 cost is an $11,800 price, and $1,800 out of $11,800 is 15.3 percent.
How that number is worked out
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- Your cost for the job10000 $
- I want to setMarkup percent
- That number18 % or $
Price to charge$11,800.00
| Your cost | $10,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Price | $11,800.00 |
| Gross profit | $1,800.00 |
| Markup, against cost | 18% |
| Margin, against price | 15.3%this is the one your accountant means |
| If you want this margin | Mark up cost by | On $10,000 cost, charge |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | 11.1% | $11,111.11 |
| 15% | 17.6% | $11,764.71 |
| 20% | 25% | $12,500.00 |
| 25% | 33.3% | $13,333.33 |
| 30% | 42.9% | $14,285.71 |
| 35% | 53.8% | $15,384.62 |
| 40% | 66.7% | $16,666.67 |
| 50% | 100% | $20,000.00 |
Markup compared
The gap between markup and margin widens as the number grows. Same cost, five markups.
| Markup | Price to charge | Margin, against price |
|---|---|---|
| 10% markup | $11,000.00 | 9.1% |
| 20% markup | $12,000.00 | 16.7% |
| 30% markup | $13,000.00 | 23.1% |
| 40% markup | $14,000.00 | 28.6% |
| 50% markup | $15,000.00 | 33.3% |
What else matters here
Eighteen percent markup is a 15.3 percent margin.
What this calculator assumes
- Markup is measured against your cost. Margin is measured against the price. They are never the same number and confusing them is the most expensive arithmetic mistake in the trades.
- A 50 percent markup is a 33.3 percent margin. To actually keep 50 percent of the price you have to mark up by 100 percent.
Questions people ask
What margin is an 18 percent markup?
15.3 percent. On a $10,000 cost that is an $11,800 price and $1,800 of gross profit.
Different numbers?
The markup vs margin calculator takes any dimensions you like and hands back the same list.
Other common sizes
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25 more sizes are answered on the markup vs margin calculator page