Markup & Margin Calculator
Cost, price, markup, and margin — all four sides of the relationship.
Markup and margin are the same absolute profit expressed over different bases — markup divides by cost, margin divides by price. This calculator handles the conversion from any direction.
Part of: Saving & Spending Calculators
- Cost
- 40
- Price
- 60
- Profit
- 20
- Markup
- 50%
- Margin
- 33.33%
- Markup = profit / cost
- 50%
- Margin = profit / price
- 33.33%
How to use
- Pick a mode: cost + price, cost + markup %, or cost + margin %.
- Enter the known values.
- Every other figure — profit, markup %, margin % — is computed instantly.
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Before you trust the result
Check the inputs that matter most: dates, rates, units, costs, and any optional fields you skipped. A calculator can only work with the numbers entered here, so use the result as a decision check rather than a final answer when money, health, tax, legal, or safety consequences are involved.
If the result feels surprising, change one input at a time and watch which number moves. That usually shows the real lever behind the decision.
Cognitive Boost fit
Use this inside Money Clarity
Margin and markup are easy to confuse. Money Clarity turns the calculator result into a pricing assumption check.
- Margin vs. Markup Check: Trains one of the most common pricing mistakes before it becomes a real decision.
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Frequently asked questions
› Why is markup always higher than margin? Troubleshooting
Margin divides profit by the (larger) selling price; markup divides the same profit by the (smaller) cost. Same profit, bigger denominator → smaller percent.
› Can margin reach 100%? Trust & accuracy
No — that would require zero cost. Margin asymptotes to 100% as cost approaches zero.