What is a Man-Hour? [Explained]

We commonly get the question of, "What is a Man-hour"?  

While most home services companies bill by the hour they forget to tell you that they bill by the man-hour.  Even if they did tell you that, you probably didn't know what they meant when they said it. I am going to fill you in on what a man-hour is and how you can calculate what  your bill is going to be.  It's pretty simple.

Let's say you had 1 technician work at your house for 2 hours.  Assuming the man-hour rate is $75.00/hr then the rate would be calculated like this:

Let's say you had 3 technicians work at your house for 2 hours.  Assuming the man-hour rate is $75.00/hr then the rate would be calculated like this: