TechSplit · Payout math for field-service crews
Pay every technician the right amount, every pay period.
Start with the free calculator or the $49 spreadsheet that works out commission, tips and tiered pay. Or send us your job data and get a payroll-ready file back within 24 hours. Built for small field-service crews: mobile grooming, home inspection, lawn care, pool service and mobile detailing.
Template: instant download, refundable within 7 days. Done-for-you payout run: your payouts back within 24 hours. Want to check your numbers first? Try the free calculator. Want to ask first? The consultation is free, no card.
What is TechSplit?
TechSplit helps small field-service businesses work out what each technician is owed. Use the free calculator and guides, buy the $49 payout spreadsheet and do it yourself each pay period, or send us your job data and we'll calculate every technician's commission, tips and splits and return a payroll-ready report within 24 hours.
We prepare the payout numbers. We are not a payroll processor. We don't move money, withhold taxes, or file anything on your behalf.
What you send, and what you get back.
Here's an example of the work, on made-up data. Your export can be this messy.
| Date | Tech | Job | Amount | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/01 | Rivera | Full groom | $95 | $15 |
| 10/1 | J Rivera | Nail trim | 25 | |
| Oct 2 | Chen, M | Bath + brush | $70 | 10 cash |
| 10/03 | Rivera / Chen | Two-dog groom | $180 | $30 |
| 10/04 | M. Chen | Full groom | $110 | $20 |
Plus your pay rules, in plain English: “Rivera gets 40%, Chen 35%, tips go to whoever did the job, shared jobs split evenly.”
| Technician | Jobs | Revenue | Commission | Tips | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Rivera | 3 | $210.00 | $84.00 | $30.00 | $114.00 |
| M. Chen | 3 | $270.00 | $94.50 | $45.00 | $139.50 |
| Total | 5 | $480.00 | $178.50 | $75.00 | $253.50 |
- “Rivera” and “J Rivera” merged into one technician
- Two-dog groom split 50/50, revenue and tip
- Cash tip included and noted for your records
- Can be reshaped for a QuickBooks or Gusto import on request
Download a sample done-for-you file (free)
A made-up shop's complete example: what was sent, the checked payouts, and the checks we ran.
What owners say about the tools they use now.
“Payroll processing is messy — I have to open each invoice individually just to double-check appointments and process tips separately.”
“There's no way to split payouts across multiple technicians without it getting clunky and time-consuming.”
Most owners solve this with a spreadsheet and an evening. Our template is that spreadsheet, already built. If you'd rather skip the evening, we'll do it for you.
Three steps.
No software to learn.
Send your job data
Export from Groomy, Spectora or Jobber, or send the spreadsheet you already keep. Any format is fine.
We do the math
Flat rate, percentage, tiered, tip pooling: we apply your actual pay rules. Tell us once and we remember them.
Get a payroll-ready file
Back within 24 hours as a clean summary, reshaped for a QuickBooks or Gusto import if you tell us which you use. Check it and run payroll.
Pricing
Start small. Do it yourself with the payout spreadsheet, have us run one pay period, or hand it off every month. The payout spreadsheet is refundable within 7 days; monthly plans cancel any time.
$49 one time
The payout spreadsheet. Log your jobs, set each technician's pay rule, and the commission, tips, splits and totals calculate themselves. Yours to reuse every period.
Get the payout spreadsheet, $49Instant download. Refundable within 7 days.
$249 one time
Send us one period's jobs and tips in whatever format you have. Within 24 hours you get back every technician's payout, checked, in a file you can hand to payroll. No subscription. If you sign up for a monthly plan afterwards, the $249 comes off your first month.
Run my next pay period, $249Paid once. No subscription.
Every period, done for you. Flat monthly rate, however often you run payroll.
$349/month
For most small shops and single-crew operations.
Start my payouts, $349/moCancel any time.
$649/month
Multi-crew operations, or shops running weekly payouts.
Start my payouts, $649/moCancel any time.
Let's talk
Larger teams, multiple locations, or unusual pay structures.
Get a free consultationWhich option fits?
| Option | Best for | Price | Refund | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free calculator | A one-off check. Percentage commission and tips only. | Free | Not applicable | Try it |
| Payout spreadsheet | Owners who want to run it themselves every pay period | $49, one time | Within 7 days | Get it |
| Done-for-you payout run | Trying done-for-you once, with no subscription | $249, one time | Not refundable unless we can’t deliver | Run it |
| Monthly plan | Owners who want to hand off payouts every pay period | $349/mo up to 5 technicians, $649/mo up to 15 | Cancel any time | See plans |
Not sure which fits? Start with a free consultation. Tell us about your team and we'll email you what you'd need to get started. Just want to check your numbers? The calculator is free.
What happens after you buy.
No account to create and no software to install. Here's the whole process, and what to do if it isn't what you expected.
Download, open, use
Checkout is on Gumroad. The spreadsheet downloads straight away and works in Excel and Google Sheets. Every formula is visible. The formula cells are guarded against accidental typing, and one click unlocks them.
What we check
After checkout we email you where to send your export. We match each job to a technician (including names spelled differently), apply your pay rules, split shared jobs, reconcile tips, and confirm the totals add up before the file comes back within 24 hours.
7 days on the payout spreadsheet
The $49 payout spreadsheet is refundable within 7 days of purchase. The $249 run is not refundable unless we can't deliver it; monthly plans cancel any time. Questions before or after buying: hello@techsplit.net.
How technician pay actually works
Free guides with worked examples you can check on a calculator. No signup.
How to calculate technician commission
All four pay structures (percentage, flat rate, tiered bands, and flat + percentage), each with a worked example, plus the mistake behind most payday disputes.
Read the guideHow to split pooled tips fairly
The tip-pooling formula, who actually counts as being in the pool for a given period, and the leftover-cent problem when a pool doesn't divide evenly.
Read the guideBy industry: mobile grooming · home inspection · lawn care · pool service · mobile detailing
Frequently asked questions
What exactly do I get back?
A file listing every technician, the jobs they worked in the period, and what they're owed: commission, tips and any splits, totalled. It's a clean summary any bookkeeper can use. If you tell us you use QuickBooks or Gusto, we reshape it for their import so you're not re-typing numbers.
What format does my job data need to be in?
Whatever you already have. A CSV export from Groomy, Spectora, Jobber or similar, or the spreadsheet you keep by hand. If it lists jobs, dates, amounts and who did them, we can work with it, and we'll tell you if something's missing.
How is this different from buying payout software?
With the done-for-you service there's nothing to set up, learn, or maintain. You don't configure commission rules in an interface. You tell us your pay structure once, in plain English, and we apply it every period. For most small shops that's faster than adopting another tool.
Do you handle the actual payroll run?
No. We prepare the numbers; you or your payroll provider run payroll. We don't process payments, withhold tax, or file anything. QuickBooks and Gusto do that, and we give them clean input.
What pay structures can you handle?
Flat rate per job, percentage commission, tiered commission bands, tip pooling across a crew, and percentage commission with tips passed through to whoever did the job. If yours is unusual, just describe it. A person reads it, not a form.
What if a technician misses a day?
Nothing special is needed. Payouts are calculated from the jobs actually completed, so a day off simply means no jobs that day. Tip pools only include the technicians who actually worked the jobs being pooled.
What if I buy and it isn't what I expected?
The $49 payout spreadsheet is refundable within 7 days of purchase. Email hello@techsplit.net and we'll sort it out. The $249 run is not refundable unless we can't deliver it. Monthly plans aren't either, but cancel before your next billing date and you won't be charged again.
Is the consultation really free?
Yes. Tell us about your team and pay structure, and we'll email you back what we'd need from you and what it would cost. You decide from there.
Your next payday, already calculated.
Open the spreadsheet and have this period's payouts worked out in an evening. Or send us the jobs and have them back, checked, within 24 hours.
Template refundable within 7 days. Secure checkout on Gumroad. Want it done every month? See the monthly plans
Get a free consultation by email.
Tell us a little about your team. We'll email back your monthly price and exactly what to send for your first payout run.
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