The well
Start from a common job, then replace every figure with your takeoff. Changing type, horsepower, work, or pitless never overwrites a rate you already typed.
Your crew rates
A $42/h tech loaded at 32% is $55.44. Quoting the raw wage on a published $1,495 well-pump special is how a 280-foot seized-pitless pull that looked fine turns into a half-day loss after the first stuck adapter.
Your bid
- Type and horsepower
- Package and extras
- Crew hours
- Loaded labor
- Pump + tank + fittings
- Travel + equipment
- Overhead
- Total cost
- Profit at this price
- Price per foot of well
- Effective hourly rate
- Walk-away price
Where the hours go
Where the cost goes
Transparent arithmetic from your own inputs. Starting hours and material rates are common ballpark figures, not an industry standard, a well-drilling specification, or a water-quality report — replace them with your own takeoff.
Hand the customer a proposal
The price above is for you. This is the page you print or save as a PDF and give to the customer — your details, their details, the scope, the deposit split, and a line for them to sign. Your business details are saved on this device so you only type them once; the customer’s details are never saved.
Everything on the printed page is text you typed or a number this calculator worked out. It contains no warranty, lien, or cancellation wording — those depend on your jurisdiction and your contract, and this tool is not the place to invent them.
Common questions
Why does a 120-foot well only bill 20 feet of extra footage?
Because the base pump price already carries the first 100 feet of setting depth. The default well is 120 ft, so only the 20 ft past the allowance is charged as extra footage. The “included footage” field is there so you can match it to how your own supplier or price book bundles depth — set it to zero and every foot bills separately.
Why is cable measured separately from well depth?
Because the cable run is longer than the well is deep. It has to reach from the pump up past the pitless adapter and across to the pressure tank or control box, so the default is 130 ft of cable for a 120 ft well. With 100 ft included, that is 30 extra feet at $1.85, or $55.50. Under-measuring the cable is a common way a well job goes over: the hole depth is known, the horizontal run to the tank often is not until you are on site.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No account and no network requests — the calculator runs entirely in your browser. Your bid is saved in this browser’s local storage so it is still here next visit, a share link encodes only the inputs you choose into the address bar and is never sent to us, and the optional usage counter records only which features were used and the day, never your well depth, wages, or prices.
Why is the effective hourly rate $408 when I set my wage at $42?
Because most of this job is not labor. The default takes 5.17 hours and prices at $2,109.70, so dividing one by the other gives $408.07 an hour — but $790.50 of that price is material (the pump, tank, cable, and hoist), which is 57.6% of direct cost against labor’s 20.9%. The effective hourly figure is useful for comparing how well your day is being bought, not as a rate to quote.
What is the $75 hoist line for?
Pulling and setting a submersible pump on a 120-foot string is not a hand operation. The hoist line covers the rig or tripod time attributable to this job rather than the crew hours, which are counted separately. If you own the hoist outright and would rather carry it in your overhead rate, set the field to zero — it is a plain pass-through, not a percentage.