Labor and job cost estimator

Put your own labor rate, sod cost, and delivery cost against the area. You get labor hours, crew days, a cost breakdown, and a suggested price at your margin. It runs in this browser. Soddesk does not see the numbers and does not set prices.

The production rates below are starting assumptions, not measured rates from any source. Adjust them to your crew. The grower's quote sets the sod price and the count.

The job

Area to sod (sq ft)

Use the sod calculator to measure, then “Estimate labor and cost” fills this in.

Waste / overage % (sod ordered only)

Sod format

Pallet coverage (sq ft)

Big roll coverage (sq ft)

Defaults are our partner grower's sizes; sizes vary by grower.

Site conditions

Prep scope

Haul-off

Your crew and your costs

Crew size (people)

Hours per crew day

Your labor rate ($ per labor-hour)

Loaded cost per person-hour.

Your sod cost ($ per sq ft)

From your grower's quote. Soddesk does not publish sod prices.

Delivery cost ($)

Target margin %

Margin is profit as a share of the price. 20% is a placeholder; set your own.

Production assumptions (starting assumptions, adjust to your crew)

No extension service or industry group publishes one crew rate for sod work, so these are round starting numbers, not sourced facts. Time your own crew and replace them.

Laying, pallet sod (sq ft per labor-hour)

Laying, big rolls (sq ft per labor-hour)

Assumes your crew lays big rolls with roll-laying equipment.

Light grading (sq ft per labor-hour)

Full prep with soil amendment (sq ft per labor-hour)

Moderate site: labor multiplier

Tight access or slopes: labor multiplier

Multipliers apply to prep and laying hours, not to haul-off hours you enter.

Estimate

Sod to order: —
Prep labor hours: 0
Laying labor hours: 0
Haul-off labor hours: 0
Total labor hours: 0
Crew days: —

Cost breakdown

Sod: —
Delivery: —
Prep labor: —
Laying labor: —
Haul-off (labor and fees): —
Total cost: —
Suggested price at your margin: —
Profit: —
Price per sq ft laid: —

Plan deliveries Start a job

The quote builder gets one line each for sod, delivery, prep, installation, and haul-off, priced at your margin. It is stored in this browser only. Check every line before you send a quote. Start a job gets the square yards and sod format, never your costs.