I may have this wrong but my cost of doing business this year was $104,000. To pay my two guys it cost me close to $60,000. My business net about $250,000. I have tax shelters to protect some of the money. So basically my take was $86,000 which that works against my "other" job which pays me around $135,000. I pay alot of taxes on that job and none on my powerwasher job except for sales tax. So I beat the price down some by putting some money in tax holdings...457k Roth Ira's etc.... Either way I am not making enough money considering I keep my wife home(By her choice since she is the boss)