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Nail service price calculator

A nail service should cover its product cost, your time at the hourly pay you want, a share of your monthly overhead, and a profit margin. Enter those numbers once, list your services with their minutes and product cost, and the calculator suggests a price for each one and builds a price list you can print. Everything runs in your browser.

Your numbers

What you want to earn per booked hour, before profit.

Rent, utilities, software, insurance and other costs you pay every month.

Hours you can realistically book, not opening hours.

Share of the final price you keep as profit.

Overhead per hour
$15.00
Cost per booked hour
$40.00

Your services

Example rows. Replace them with your own services, real durations and product cost.

Suggested prices

  • Gel manicure60 min

    Cost: $43.00

    $55

    Profit: $12.00

    Price per hour: $55

  • Gel extensions, full set105 min

    Cost: $76.00

    $95

    Profit: $19.00

    Price per hour: $54

  • Gel polish removal20 min

    Cost: $14.33

    $20

    Profit: $5.67

    Price per hour: $60

  • Pedicure with gel polish75 min

    Cost: $54.00

    $70

    Profit: $16.00

    Price per hour: $56

  • Nail art, per nail5 min

    Cost: $3.83

    $5

    Profit: $1.17

    Price per hour: $60

Overhead per hour = monthly fixed costs ÷ sellable hours. Cost = product cost + (minutes ÷ 60) × (hourly pay + overhead per hour). Price = cost ÷ (1 − margin), rounded up.

Once your prices are set, add each service with its duration and price to CutieCure Salon: your booking link shows clients the same prices and only offers times that fit the service.

Your price list

The printed page shows only the price list.

Price list

  • Gel manicure60 min$55
  • Gel extensions, full set105 min$95
  • Gel polish removal20 min$20
  • Pedicure with gel polish75 min$70
  • Nail art, per nail5 min$5

How to use it

  1. Enter the hourly pay you want per booked hour, your monthly fixed costs and the hours a month you can realistically sell.
  2. Set the profit margin you want to keep as a share of the price, and how you want prices rounded.
  3. List your services with how long each really takes and its product cost. Replace the example rows with your own.
  4. Check the suggested prices against your local market, add your salon name and print the price list or save it as a PDF.

Questions

How does the calculator work out a price?

Overhead per hour = monthly fixed costs ÷ sellable hours. Cost = product cost + (minutes ÷ 60) × (hourly pay + overhead per hour). Suggested price = cost ÷ (1 − margin), rounded up to your rounding step.

What should I count as overhead?

Everything you pay each month whether you have clients or not: rent or chair rent, utilities, software, insurance, laundry, education, accounting and card terminal fees. Product used per client goes in the product cost of each service instead.

What are sellable hours?

The hours a month you can realistically book, not the hours you are open. Gaps, cleaning, admin and quiet days reduce them. If you are not sure, count booked hours over the last four weeks.

Why is the suggested price higher than my current price?

Often because time is underpriced: a service takes longer than planned, or overhead is spread over more hours than you really sell. Check durations and sellable hours first, then decide whether to raise prices, shorten the process or change the menu.

Is my data saved or sent anywhere?

No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent to a server. Print or save the price list as a PDF to keep it.

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