Making Charge & Margin Calculator
Work out a jewellery making charge as a fixed amount, per unit weight, or a percentage of metal value, then check the resulting gross margin and markup — or enter a target margin to find the required selling price. Works entirely offline — every figure below is one you enter yourself.
Making Charge & Margin Calculator
Manual inputFigures you enteredWork out a making charge three ways, then check the resulting margin or markup — or enter a target margin to find the selling price that reaches it.
The value of the metal itself — however you arrived at it
Any other cost — packaging, hallmarking, and so on. Leave blank for none.
A price below total cost is a valid input — it shows a loss, not an error
Enter the metal value, the making charge fields for the selected mode, and either a selling price or a target margin to see the breakdown.
How this is calculated
Making charge is added on top of the metal value in one of three ways: a fixed amount you enter directly; weight multiplied by a charge per unit weight; or a percentage of the metal value.
Total cost = metal value + making charge + additional cost.
Gross margin and markup are not the same figure, even though both come from the same profit. Gross margin = profit ÷ selling price × 100. Markup = profit ÷ total cost × 100. Quoting one as if it were the other is a common and costly mix-up.
In target-margin mode, the required selling price is total cost ÷ (1 − target margin ÷ 100) — the exact price that reaches the gross margin you entered.