Set up your locksmiths pricing
Three things make a price list work: what you charge per job, your base rates, and the rules around them. Here is a complete example for locksmiths, with real numbers, ready to load and change.
Charge per job
Price the work by the unit you measure it in. When a customer tells you the square footage, the price is already decided — nothing to guess, no second visit.
House lockout
Flat per-job price.
$132.50
$65–$200 · flat
Rekey a lock
Per lock cylinder.
$115
$80–$150 · flat
Lock replacement
Per lock, hardware included.
$150
$50–$250 · flat
A single job can carry more than one price grid. Add a weekend rate at 150%, or good / better / best packages the customer chooses between.
Start here, not from scratch
Every number below is editable. Most people change two or three and leave the rest.
Ranges, not rules
Low to high is the real spread across the market. The middle number is where most sit — not where you have to.
Measure, then quote
Square footage beats a walkthrough estimate. Price from the measurement and the argument never happens.
Base rates
Some work you cannot scope over the phone. Your hourly rate covers those jobs, and anything that falls outside the list above.
Hourly rate
$130
$85–$175 · per hour
Travel beyond your radius
IRS standard mileage rate
$0.76
per mile
Service call
Covers travel and setup, once per job
You set this
flat
Pricing instructions
The rules that are not prices. Write them down once and every quote you send follows them.
- Standard hourly applies to commercial, automotive and after-hours only
- Set a minimum job charge so small jobs stay worth doing
- Weekend and after-hours work at 150%
- Charge travel beyond your normal radius per mile
Sources
Built, not scraped
The hourly rate starts from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage for locksmiths and safe repairers ($24.68/hr), plus employer payroll and benefit costs (×1.44), plus typical overhead and profit. Per-job rates are published market ranges, cross-checked across sources.
What these numbers are not
Calibrated to your city, your equipment or your reputation — and nobody working in locksmith work has reviewed them. Treat every figure here as a starting point to argue with, not a recommendation.
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