Apparel Job Pricing

Most shops undercharge because they price off the blank and the transfer and forget their own time. Put the real numbers in and this shows what the job actually costs you, and what to charge to keep the margin you meant to keep.

Per garment

Blank cost ($)

Prints per garment

Gang sheet cost ($)

Prints per sheet

Transfer cost works out to $0.75 per print. Not sure how many fit? The gang sheet builder counts it for you.

Other cost each ($)

Waste / misprint %

Other = tags, poly bags, thread, whatever else rides along per shirt.

Your time

Minutes per garment

Your rate ($/hour)

Setup time (minutes)

Quantity

Setup is art prep, ordering, pressing test pieces — spread across the whole run.

Markup

Target margin (%)

Round price to

Margin is the share of the selling price you keep — a 50% margin means doubling your cost, not adding 50%.

What to charge

$0.00

per garment

Blank—
Transfer—
Other—
Labour (press)—
Setup, spread over the run—
Waste allowance—
Your cost per garment—

The whole job

Quantity—
You invoice—
It costs you—
You keep—
Effective hourly rate—

Price breaks

Qty	Cost each	Price each	Job total	You keep

Setup spreads thinner on bigger runs, so your cost per shirt drops. This is where volume discounts come from — and why tiny runs need to cost more, not less.