# Markup calculator: Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark

> The median published figure in the Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark is 25.30 percent across 2 sources' own pages (range 20.70 to 29.90 percent), read 12 October 2026.

Markupbird · https://markupbird.com/datasets/contractor-markup-margin-benchmark/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Median published figure:** 25.3 % (range 20.7 to 29.9 %; 2 sources with a figure; 2 of 15 sources read publish one).

2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 25.30 percent across 2).

## By trade

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| trade remodeling | 29.9 % | 29.9 to 29.9 % | 1 |
| trade home | 20.7 % | 20.7 to 20.7 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [NAHB Eye on Housing: remodeler profit margins 2024](https://eyeonhousing.org/2026/04/remodelers-saw-profit-margin-gains-in-2024/) | 29.9 % | remodeling | 2026-10-12 |
| [NAHB: Cost of Doing Business study (builders)](https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/04/nahbs-new-study-provides-statistics-and-data-on-builder-financial-performance) | 20.7 % | home | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (2)

- [NAHB Eye on Housing: remodeler profit margins 2024](https://eyeonhousing.org/2026/04/remodelers-saw-profit-margin-gains-in-2024/), read 2026-10-12: "The average gross margin in 2024 (29.9%) marked a return to gross profitability levels at par with 2018 (30.1%)."
- [NAHB: Cost of Doing Business study (builders)](https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/04/nahbs-new-study-provides-statistics-and-data-on-builder-financial-performance), read 2026-10-12: "The average gross profit margin increased from 18.2% in 2020 to 20.7% in 2023."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [IRS SOI corporation source book (by NAICS)](https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-corporation-source-book-us-total-and-sectors-listing), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRS SOI historical data tables](https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-historical-data-tables), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Census SUSB (firms by NAICS and size)](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Census Annual Business Survey](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Census construction spending (C30)](https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [BLS OOH: cost estimators](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/cost-estimators.htm), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS industry at a glance: construction](https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag23.htm), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS OES: roofing contractors (NAICS 238160)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_238160.htm), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS OES: plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472152.htm), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [BLS OES: electricians](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472111.htm), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [NAHB: home remodeling profit margin](https://www.nahb.org/blog/2026/04/home-remodeling-profit-margin), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Jobber Home Service Economic Reports](https://www.getjobber.com/home-service-reports/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Jobber Home Service Trends Report](https://www.getjobber.com/home-service-trends-report/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 51 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): markup required to reach a target margin, derived per trade from PUBLISHED industry economics rather than from a rule of thumb: receipts against cost of goods sold by NAICS from the IRS corporation source book and Census SUSB give the implied gross margin of each trade; BLS occupational wages give the labour rate that goes into the cost side; NAHB's cost-of-doing-business studies give the builder and remodeler margins to check it against - and the derivation nobody publishes is the markup-to-margin table BY TRADE, with the gap between the trade's actual reported margin and the 'industry standard' markup contractors are told to use

## Sources

- [IRS SOI corporation source book (by NAICS)](https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-corporation-source-book-us-total-and-sectors-listing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRS SOI historical data tables](https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-historical-data-tables) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Census SUSB (firms by NAICS and size)](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Census Annual Business Survey](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Census construction spending (C30)](https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OOH: cost estimators](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/cost-estimators.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS industry at a glance: construction](https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag23.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OES: roofing contractors (NAICS 238160)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_238160.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OES: plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472152.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [BLS OES: electricians](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes472111.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NAHB: home remodeling profit margin](https://www.nahb.org/blog/2026/04/home-remodeling-profit-margin) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NAHB: Cost of Doing Business study (builders)](https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/04/nahbs-new-study-provides-statistics-and-data-on-builder-financial-performance) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NAHB Eye on Housing: remodeler profit margins 2024](https://eyeonhousing.org/2026/04/remodelers-saw-profit-margin-gains-in-2024/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Jobber Home Service Economic Reports](https://www.getjobber.com/home-service-reports/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Jobber Home Service Trends Report](https://www.getjobber.com/home-service-trends-report/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark is 25.30 percent across 2 sources' own pages (range 20.70 to 29.90 percent), read 12 October 2026.
- 2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark, trade remodeling: median 29.90 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark, trade home: median 20.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 25.30 percent across 2).

Cite as: "Markupbird Contractor Markup Margin Benchmark", updated 2026-10-19, https://markupbird.com/datasets/contractor-markup-margin-benchmark/.

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