If you are just starting out as a local worker, pricing is usually the thing that keeps you up at night. Quote too high and you worry the job goes to someone else. Quote too low and you work a full Saturday for less than it cost you to show up. Most pricing advice online is either vague (“know your worth”) or based on national contractor surveys that have little to do with what a neighbor will actually pay for a Saturday-morning job.
So instead of advice, start with data. The table below shows what jobs actually go for on GigNGo, computed from 107 real jobs posted on the marketplace across 9 service categories. These are the prices consumers and local workers agreed to, not estimates.
What local jobs go for in 2026
| Service | Median price | Typical range | Jobs measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving help | $150 | $120 – $250 | 26 |
| House cleaning | $200 | $120 – $250 | 21 |
| Handyman | $200 | $88 – $200 | 16 |
| Painting | $225 | $175 – $483 | 10 |
| Lawn mowing | $70 | $40 – $160 | 9 |
| Snow removal | $100 | $60 – $225 | 7 |
| Furniture assembly | $105 | $50 – $150 | 7 |
| Lawn care | $190 | $45 – $265 | 6 |
| TV mounting | $65 | $45 – $135 | 5 |
Source: real jobs posted on GigNGo, updated July 2026. “Typical range” is the middle 50 percent of prices (25th to 75th percentile) — half of all jobs in that category landed inside it. Categories with fewer than 5 measured jobs are excluded. Live, always-current versions of these numbers are at gigngo.org/earnings.
How to use these numbers
When you are starting out, price inside the typical range. The typical range is where consumers expect prices to land, so a quote inside it never disqualifies you on price alone. Without reviews yet, your price and your first message are all a consumer has to judge you by — and a fair, unremarkable price puts the decision on your profile and your words instead. You do not need to be the cheapest. You need to not be the reason they hesitate.
Price above the range when you have earned it — or when the job demands it. There are four honest reasons to quote above the typical range:
- Experience. If you have done this exact job a hundred times, you finish faster and cleaner, and that is worth money.
- Reviews. A profile with strong written reviews removes the consumer's risk, and lower risk fairly commands a higher price.
- Urgency. Same-day and next-day work is worth more. If the consumer needs it now, quoting above median is not gouging — it is what “now” costs.
- Scope. The ranges above cover ordinary versions of each job. A piano on the third floor is not an ordinary moving job. Quote the job in front of you, not the category average.
Flat rate or hourly?
It depends on the trade. For well-defined jobs where you can predict the time — TV mounting, furniture assembly, mowing a standard lawn — quote a flat rate. Consumers strongly prefer knowing the total up front, and once you get fast at a job, a flat rate means your speed becomes your profit instead of a smaller invoice. For open-ended work — general handyman visits, cleanouts, repairs where you cannot see the problem until you open the wall — quote hourly, and tell the consumer your best estimate of the hours so there are no surprises. On GigNGo, locals set an hourly or flat rate per skill on their profile, so you can price TV mounting flat and handyman work hourly if that is how your trades work.
The math nobody shows you: what a $150 job is actually worth
Here is the part most pricing guides skip, because most pricing guides are written for platforms that take a cut. On GigNGo, a $150 job pays you $150. There are no lead fees and no commission. On a lead-fee platform, the same $150 job might cost you a $25 lead fee just to talk to the customer, and on a commission platform a 15 percent cut takes another $22.50 — so the same work, at the same price, leaves you with materially less. And the lead fee is charged whether or not you win the job, which means your real cost per won job is higher still.
This matters for pricing because workers on those platforms have to quote higher just to break even, or accept thinner margins to stay competitive. When none of your revenue leaks to fees, you can quote a fair market price and keep all of it. The full breakdown of how lead fees work is at lead fees explained, and you can run your own numbers with the lead fee calculator.
Beginner pricing mistakes to avoid
- Racing to the bottom. Quoting far below the typical range does not just cost you money — it can read as a warning sign to consumers, who wonder why you are so cheap. The data above shows half of all handyman jobs close at $88 or more; there is no prize for quoting $40.
- Quoting a firm price before seeing the job. Photos hide things. If you must quote sight unseen, quote a range or make the price conditional on the job matching the description, and say so plainly in your message.
- Forgetting travel time. A $70 lawn job 5 minutes away and a $70 lawn job 40 minutes away are not the same job. Price the round trip into your quote, or shrink your service radius until the math works.
- Never raising prices. The right time to move your rates up is when your reviews start doing the selling for you. If you are winning nearly everything you quote, the market is telling you something.
How rates work on GigNGo
Locals set an hourly or flat rate per skill on their profile — so your furniture assembly rate, your handyman rate, and your painting rate can each be priced the way that trade actually works. Those rates show on your public profile, and when you apply to a task you quote a price for that specific job. The consumer pays you directly when the work is done, and you keep 100 percent of it.
For a deeper look at what local workers earn across the marketplace, see what locals earn in 2026 and the live per-service numbers at gigngo.org/earnings.
Common pricing questions
What should I charge for handyman work?
On GigNGo, the median handyman job goes for $200, and the typical range runs from $88 to $200, based on 16 real handyman jobs posted on the marketplace. If you are new, quoting inside that range keeps you competitive while you build reviews; once you have a track record, jobs with urgency, awkward access, or extra scope justify quoting above it. Because GigNGo charges no lead fees and takes no commission, a $200 handyman job pays you the full $200.
Should I charge hourly or a flat rate?
Use a flat rate when the job is well defined and you can predict the time, such as mounting a TV, assembling furniture, or mowing a standard lawn; consumers prefer knowing the total up front, and your speed becomes your profit. Use an hourly rate when scope is uncertain, such as general handyman visits, cleanouts, or repair work where you cannot see the problem until you start. On GigNGo, locals set an hourly or flat rate per skill on their profile, so you can price each service the way that fits it.
How do I know if my price is too high or too low?
Compare your quote to the typical range for your category, which is the middle 50 percent of what real jobs go for; GigNGo publishes these ranges from actual marketplace data at gigngo.org/earnings. If you are consistently winning every job you quote, you are probably priced below the market; if you rarely hear back, look first at your profile and reviews before assuming price is the problem. You can also sanity-check a specific quote against real job data with the fair quote checker at gigngo.org/fair-quote-checker.