Moving Cost Calculator: Build a Quote-Based Budget
Build a moving budget from your crew rate, hours, distance charges and fixed extras, with an optional contingency.
Your inputs
Choose the units and assumptions that match your data. Example inputs are illustrative.
Your result
Enter your values, then choose Calculate.
Results are calculated in your browser. Display rounding does not change the underlying calculation.
Calculation breakdown
Method, assumptions and worked example
How it works
Base budget = crew hours × whole-crew hourly rate + distance × rate per matching distance unit + fixed extras. Planned budget = base × (1 + contingency percentage ÷ 100). If the quote bundles mileage or labor, set the already-included extra rate to zero to avoid double counting.
Worked example
Four hours at 120 per crew-hour, 20 distance units at 2 each and 100 fixed extras give 620. A 10% contingency produces 682 in your selected currency.
Using the result
The defaults are a worked example, not typical market prices. Enter actual supplier terms, including minimum hours, travel-time billing, packing, stairs, parking, storage, taxes and valuation charges as applicable. This budget is not a binding carrier estimate or an insurance calculation.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the rates come from?
You supply them. There is no live moving-price database.
Is the hourly rate per mover?
The input is for the whole crew. Multiply a per-person quote by crew size before entering it.
Method review and references
Formula and content reviewed on 10 October 2026. Worked examples are hypothetical. Methods and assumptions are explained on each page. Health estimates are not clinical measurements; symbolic tools are for entertainment.