Electrical Quote Calculator - Electrical Estimating Spreadsheet for Electricians, Excel and Google Sheets, Instant Digital Download

The rewire passed inspection, the client is happy, and the extra week in the walls came out of your pocket.

Quote electrical work from real hours per opening, materials and inspection time — with the price worked back from the margin you want to keep.

You don't need to be good with Excel. You type into the white cells and everything else is worked out for you. The formulas are locked, so nothing breaks by accident.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
• Dashboard — Quote, margin and cost per unit, with two charts. Read-only.
• Start Here — Five steps from opening the file to a real number on screen.
• Job Quote — Where you build one bid. The main working sheet.
• Client Quote — The printable quote you send the client. Prices only.
• Rate Card — Your trades and their hourly cost. Enter once; used on every bid.
• Settings — Overhead and target profit margin.
• Instructions — What each sheet does, and what to do if a number looks off.
• About — Version, license and support.
• PDF Quick-Start Guide — two pages, first result in five minutes

PERFECT FOR
• Electricians who quote by the opening and hope
• Crews whose inspection day never makes it into the price
• Contractors taking on old plaster homes at drywall rates
• Anyone busy all year with nothing left to show for it

HOW IT WORKS
1. Open Rate Card. Enter your all-in hourly cost per role — wage plus payroll burden, not the rate you bill.
2. Open Settings. Set your overhead percentage and the profit margin you want every job to earn.
3. Open Job Quote. Name the job, enter the scope size, and pick a service tier.

COMPATIBILITY
✓ Google Sheets
✓ Microsoft Excel 365
No macros. No add-ons. Works immediately.

FAQ

Q: Does it cover commercial as well as residential?
A: Yes. Add the roles and materials you use; the labor, materials and margin logic is identical. Only the rate card changes.

Q: How should I price emergency service calls?
A: As a separate job with a small scope and the nights-or-weekend add-on applied. A service call priced off a day-rate quote always loses.

Q: Does this work in Excel and Google Sheets?
A: Both, and it was tested in both. Google Sheets: File > Import, or open and make a copy. Excel 365: open it directly. No macros, no add-ons, nothing to install. One difference worth knowing: Google Sheets draws both charts but leaves the figures off the bars, so the dollar amounts on the charts are an Excel-only touch. Everything you type and every number the workbook calculates is identical in the two.

Q: What is the service tier for?
A: It scales labor hours for work that is harder than routine. Standard is 1.0, Complex 1.15, Premium 1.30. Enter the hours a routine job would take and let the tier do the multiplying.

Q: I'm not confident with spreadsheets. Will I manage?
A: Yes. The white cells are the only ones you touch. The Quick-Start Guide has your first real number on screen in about five minutes, and if you get stuck, message me.