Industry DataEquipment owning and operating cost typically lands between $95 and $250 per machine hour, depending on size, age, fuel type, and utilization. TRUEHOUR benchmarks are the shared cost reference for the industry — aggregated, anonymous ranges drawn from real owners, published at the state level so you can see where your numbers sit. The trusted source equipment owners run their business on. Benchmarks are context, not a recommended price.
What Are Equipment Cost Benchmarks?
Real data from real equipment owners, aggregated to protect privacy while providing valuable context.
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How Should I Use These Benchmarks?
Benchmarks provide context, not advice.
Use them to sanity-check your own numbers and identify areas worth investigating. If your fuel costs are significantly higher than the benchmark, it might indicate an issue—or it might reflect your specific operating conditions. The benchmark gives you a starting point for asking better questions.
Use benchmarks to:
- Validate your cost estimates before quoting jobs
- Identify cost categories that may need attention
- Understand typical ranges for equipment you're considering buying
- Build confidence in your pricing decisions
Benchmark Methodology
Transparency is core to TRUEHOUR. Here's exactly how our benchmarks are created and protected.
Anonymized & Aggregated
All benchmark data is derived from anonymized, aggregated TRUEHOUR app data. No individual user, machine, or job is ever identifiable.
Privacy Threshold
Benchmarks are only published when the sample size meets our minimum k-anonymity threshold (n ≥ 10) to ensure statistical validity and user privacy.
Geographic Scope
Phase 1 benchmarks are provided at the state level only. Regional and national benchmarks may be added as data volume increases.
Benchmarks are based on aggregated, anonymous data and provided for informational context only. TRUEHOUR does not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice.
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