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If you pay a guard $20 an hour and charge the client $25, you are not automatically making $5 an hour.
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Your billing rate has to cover the guard's wage, employer payroll costs, workers' compensation, insurance, overhead, staffing problems, and then profit.
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So start with the guard's wage.
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For this example, we'll use $20 an hour.
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That wage still has to meet any minimum wage, prevailing wage, or contract -specific requirements where you're operating.
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The guard costs you more than the hourly wage.
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You may also be paying employer payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, paid leave, and benefits.
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Those costs vary by state, company, insurance history, and benefits, so don't copy somebody else's percentage.
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For this example only, let's say those costs add another $5 per hour.
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Our $20 guard now costs approximately $25 per hour.
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Now add what it costs to actually run the account.
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That can include general liability insurance, uniforms, equipment, training, scheduling, payroll processing,
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supervision, software, licensing, administration, and vehicle costs if the contract requires them.
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For this example, we'll allocate another $3 per guard hour.
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We're now at an estimated cost of $28 per hour.
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Now look at how you're actually going to cover the schedule.
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If the contract requires 56 hours of coverage every week, Don't assume one employee can work all 56 at straight time.
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Under federal law, most covered non -exempt employees must receive time and a half after 40 hours in a work week.
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And some states have additional overtime rules.
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Maybe you split those hours between two guards.
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Maybe you need relief officers.
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Maybe call -outs create occasional overtime.
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Build your pricing around the staffing plan you're actually going to use.
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For this example, let's assume expected overtime and relief coverage add an average of another $2 per billed hour.
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That brings our estimated cost to $30 per hour.
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Now add profit.
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If it costs you $30 an hour to provide the service and you charge the client $30, you're not making anything.
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Let's say you add $6 per hour.
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Your billing rate becomes $36 dollars.
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That $6 is a 20 % markup on your $30 cost, but it is only about a 16 .7 % profit margin on the $36 selling price.
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If you actually want a 20 % margin on a $30 cost, you would need to charge $37 .50.
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Know whether you're calculating markup or margin, they're not the same thing.
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If you're actually trying to land your first security contract, I also put together a security contract prospecting kit to help you organize the process.
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It includes a practical prospecting guide, cold call and email templates, follow -up scripts, an editable outreach document,
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and an Excel lead tracker with a dashboard so you can keep track of who you contacted and what comes next.
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It's a set of tools to help you prospect more professionally and stay organized.
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All links are in the video description.
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Now multiply the billing rate by the number of hours the client needs.
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Say the client wants one guard on post eight hours per night, seven nights per week.
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That's 56 guard hours.
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At $36 per hour, the client would be billed $2 ,016 per week,
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or about $104 ,832 over 52 weeks.
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At our estimated $30 cost, the contract costs approximately $1 ,680 per week to operate.
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That leaves about $336 per week in projected profit, or $17 ,472 over 52 weeks.
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That's why revenue is not profit.
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Don't hear that another security company charges $35 or $40 an hour and automatically copy them.
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Their wages, insurance, workers' comp, benefits, overhead, and staffing costs may be completely different from yours.
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The assignment matters too.
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Armed security, mobile patrol, temporary coverage, emergency work, short shifts, and irregular schedules can all cost more to provide.
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You may also want minimum billable hours for small assignments.
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Government contracts can have required prevailing wages or benefits, so always read the solicitation before pricing those jobs.
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Calculate your own costs first, then compare your rate against the market.
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Find out when the client actually pays you.
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You may have to pay your guards every week or every two weeks while the client pays your invoice 30 days later.
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That means you may have to fund several payrolls before the first payment arrives.
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So before you sign, know your wage cost, payroll burden, overhead, staffing costs,
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profit target, billing rate, and how much cash you'll need to keep the account running until the client pays you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “How to Price a Security Guard Contract in 2026”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: hour, cost, wage, guard, client. Questo video contiene 59 frasi e 742 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:06. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 146 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| payroll sostantivo | /ˈpeɪˌɹəʊl/ | ruolino paga, ruolo paga |
| overhead sostantivo | /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ | costi di gestione |
| overtime sostantivo | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ | straordinario |
| prospect sostantivo | /ˈpɹɑspɛkt/ | prospettiva |
| prevail verbo | /pɹɪˈveɪl/ | prevalere |
| calculate verbo | /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/ | calcolare |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizzare |
| allocate verbo | /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/ | stanziare, assegnare |
| dashboard sostantivo | /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/ | cruscotto |
| invoice sostantivo | /ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/ | fattura |
| multiply verbo | /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ | moltiplicare |
| solicitation sostantivo | /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ | sollecitazione, richiesta |
| outreach sostantivo | /ˈaʊtɹiːtʃ/ | sensibilizzazione |
| irregular aggettivo | /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/ | irregolare |
| template sostantivo | /ˈtɛm.plɪt/ | mascherina, sagoma |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| find out verbo | scoprire |
| put together verbo | assemblare, montare |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 16 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, don't, we'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, solicitation /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: solicitation /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/, supervision /ˌs(j)uːpəˈvɪʒən/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: overhead /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, prospect /ˈpɹɑspɛkt/, markup /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k.ʌp/, calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, allocate /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/, dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come payroll, overhead, overtime.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.