Free calculator for lawn care owners

Can you afford to hire a new crew member?

A new crew member needs a mower, a trailer slot and training. The revenue follows when you add enough lawns to fill their route.

Cash in the bank today$ Cash the business adds each month now$ Monthly cost of the new crew member, with taxes and benefits$ Months until the new crew member brings in revenuemonths Extra revenue per month after that$ Payroll per run today (for the safe line)$

Lowest cash, next 12 months

Cost before they pay off

wages paid before new revenue starts

Paid back by

month the hire covers its own cost

Month	Without the hire	With the hire

The starting numbers are an example for a lawn care business. Replace them with yours.

The worked example

Here a new crew member costs $3,600 a month and starts bringing in $5,000 a month after 1 month. The business pays $3,600 before the hire covers a dollar of it.

How to make the hire safer in a lawn care business

Sell enough new lawns to fill most of a route before you hire for it.
Hire in early spring, before the first full mowing week.
Pay new hires hourly until the route is full, then review.

See every hire in your forecast

One Page CFO adds the hire to your 13-week forecast and shows the tightest week before you commit.

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