Margin vs Markup

by Matthew on May 13th, 2009

Margin and markup are different.

As a recruiter, if your buying price is 400, and your selling price is 500, that’s a difference of 100.

100 is a 20% margin, and a 25% markup.

100 is 20% of the selling price, and 25% of the buying price.

Clients and candidates are interested in your margin.

Which has the added advantage of being the lower figure.




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