Abrasive Blasting, Shot Peening & Surface Prep worked example

Blast Quote Margin with quoted job price of 46,300 $: a worked example

What does the result look like when quoted job price reaches 46,300 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. you are checking whether a blast, peening, or surface prep quote has enough gross margin before approval

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quoted job price: 46,300 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 18,500)
  • Estimated blast job cost: 13,200 $ (unchanged)
  • Margin reference price: 18,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross margin dollars = quoted job price - estimated blast job cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 179 % gross margin for gross margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 33,100 $ for margin dollars.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 46,300 $ for quoted price.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13,200 $ for estimated job cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where quoted job price sits at 18,500 $ and the headline result is 28.65 % gross margin, this scenario comes in 525% above the baseline at 179 % gross margin.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when quoted job price is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It uses your estimated job cost as entered — if media reclaim rate, containment, or labor hours are under-scoped, the real margin will land below the figure shown.

Results at a glance

  • Gross margin: 179 % gross margin (headline result)
  • Margin dollars: 33,100 $
  • Quoted price: 46,300 $
  • Estimated job cost: 13,200 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Blast Quote Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.