Labour percentage calculator
Labour percentage is your staff costs as a share of your sales for the same period. Enter your wages and your sales excluding VAT or GST, and optionally a target, to see where you stand.
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Staff cost for the period (include employer NI and pension if you can).
Net sales for the same period.
Enter your wages and sales to see your labour percentage.
What good looks like
Labour is often quoted as somewhere around 25 to 35 per cent of sales in pubs and restaurants, with food-led venues tending towards the higher end. A very quiet week will look high because a minimum team is needed regardless.
Treat the range as a starting reference only. Your own trend over several weeks, using the same definition of wages each time, tells you far more.