Junk Removal Pricing Calculator
Generate recommended load-tier pricing from ⅛ truck to full truck based on your actual costs and target margin.
Configure
Adjust each field to match your business.
Vehicle
Load
Pricing
Costs
Operations
Includes travel + dump time.
Labor
Results
Based on your inputs, here's what the numbers say.
Single Item / Minimum
1 CY
$230
Cost
$103
Margin
0.6%
Nat'l Median
$99
⅛ Truck (~2 CY)
1.7 CY
$235
Cost
$106
Margin
0.5%
Nat'l Median
$150
¼ Truck (~4 CY)
3.6 CY
$255
Cost
$116
Margin
0.5%
Nat'l Median
$250
½ Truck (~8 CY)
6.8 CY
$300
Cost
$132
Margin
0.6%
Nat'l Median
$375
¾ Truck (~12 CY)
10.8 CY
$380
Cost
$152
Margin
0.6%
Nat'l Median
$475
Full Truck (~16 CY)
14.4 CY
$440
Cost
$170
Margin
0.6%
Nat'l Median
$550
"Single Item / Minimum" price ($230) is 30%+ above national median ($99). Check your costs.
"⅛ Truck (~2 CY)" price ($235) is 30%+ above national median ($150). Check your costs.
Assumptions Used
200 lbs/CY for mixed
9 MPG
55.00000000000001% target margin
Pricing Tiers
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Setting Prices That Actually Protect Your Margin
Most operators set prices by gut feel or by copying competitors. The problem: your costs aren't the same as theirs. Dump fees, labor rates, fuel prices, and drive distances vary by market. This calculator builds your pricing from your actual variable costs, then applies your target margin to ensure every load tier is profitable.
We floor every tier at 80% of the national median — pricing below that signals desperation and trains customers to expect discounts.
The Load Tier Model
The industry standard is 6 tiers from single item / minimum charge through full truck. Each tier represents a fraction of truck capacity. Costs scale with volume (more CY = more dump fees), but fuel and labor are mostly fixed per job regardless of load size — which makes small loads inherently less profitable.
That's why a minimum charge ($99-$149) is essential. It ensures you cover per-job fixed costs even for a single item pickup.
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Built ScaleYourJunk after identifying that junk removal operators were stuck using generic field service tools that didn't match their workflows. Every calculator on this site uses real industry data and operator-validated assumptions.
Junk Removal Pricing Calculator FAQ
National median for a full 16CY truck is $550. Your price should be based on your costs: dump fees + fuel + labor, divided by (1 - target margin). Most operators land between $475-$650.
$99-$149 is industry standard. This covers your per-job fixed costs (drive time, dump trip, labor minimum) on even the smallest pickup.
Price by volume (load fraction) for customers — it's visual and easy to understand. But calculate your costs by weight internally, since dump fees are weight-based.
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