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How much should I charge to create an Word or Excel Document for a business?

A Security Company has asked me to create approximately 20 Word and Excel templates that will allow them to track various things like Dispatch S.O.P., Daily Reports, milage logs, call logs, clocking times/locations, incidents, given to each employee and supervisor. After I create a mock up of what the documents should look like. I would need to train about 5 employees on how to use the forms. The training should only take Four and a half at the most. I am struggling with what to charge for the entire project. Most of my fee would be the result of my labor in creating the template. I came up with a flat cost of $1000 for everything becuase I feel my time and expertise is worth at least that. However if i am asked for a breakdown of that cost I don't have an answer. Please help me with a formula that will allow me to justify my rate for this project. The particulars of the project include document creation, printing, development of a job aid and training time. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

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1. There are numerous free templates out there, and several others that are bundled together for a few hundred dollars. Having said that, this company contacted you so they must need something specific. I would bid your job based on the time it will take you + your expenses, then estimate an hourly wage. So, the question is what does a good programmer earn where you live? I'd do something like this-- est. time to complete templates= 20 hour (or whatever) X $80.00/ hour = $1600 + training (100)= 1700 + mileage = $1850. Then I'd discount the hourly rate for the more templates you create so you get the payment you were wanting.