Small jobs carry almost the same fixed costs as big ones. Here is how hourly, minimum-plus-hourly, and flat-rate pricing each handle that, and which one holds up.
Career and technical programs charge differently than they did a decade ago. Here is how the money and calendar are split now, and which parts of a credential still hold up years later.
Most small operations know the total for the year and nothing about which work produced it. The difference between those two facts is usually an entire category of job.
Retention money usually gets spent on whichever lever is easiest to pull. The options differ enormously in how long the effect lasts and what it actually costs.
A staged treatment plan is priced in one lump but built in layers, and the layers that decide whether it lasts eight years are the easiest ones to shave out of a quote.