Booth rent
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Barber keeps the rest, product too.
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Chair math: free calculator
Rent, commission or hourly?
The same chair, three deals. Type your numbers and see what the shop gets, what the barber gets, and who carries a slow week.
The calculator
Example numbers. Type yours.
A barber does cuts a week at and sells of product.
Commission
Barber keeps % of services, shop keeps % of product.
Barber keeps % of services past a week.
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Hourly
an hour for hours a week.
Shop keeps services and product.
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Every figure is an estimate from the numbers you type, before costs like supplies, card fees, insurance and payroll taxes. Tips always go to the barber and are left out. A month is 52 weeks divided by 12. This is not tax, legal or employment advice: whether a barber is a contractor or an employee depends on more than the deal (who sets prices, who takes payment, who owns the client list), so check with an accountant before changing how your shop works.
How the math works
Who gets what.
Booth rent
The barber pays the shop a set amount and keeps everything they earn, product too. The shop’s money is the same in a slow week and a busy one, so the barber carries the slow week.
Commission
The barber keeps a share of services, and the shop keeps a share of product. Both sides earn more in a busy week and less in a slow one, so both share the slow week.
Hourly
The barber is paid for the hours worked and the shop keeps what the chair brings in. The barber’s pay stays the same in a slow week, so the shop carries it.
Questions
Straight answers.
Does this include tips?
No. Tips go to the barber under every deal, so they are left out of every number here.
Why is booth rent steady for the owner?
Rent is due whether the week is slow or busy. The shop gets the same amount either way, and the barber keeps whatever is left after it.
Can one shop mix deals?
Yes, many do: some chairs rent, some are on commission. Wright & Wire’s barber books will let each barber have their own deal; it is being built now.
Is this tax or legal advice?
No. Whether a barber is a contractor or an employee depends on more than the deal: who sets prices, who takes payment and who owns the client list all matter. Ask an accountant before you change how your shop works.
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