Job Economics
Commercial Drone Cleaning Job Sizes: Three Planning Bands
A useful planning model groups commercial opportunities into roughly $7,000 to $10,000, $10,000 to $30,000, and $30,000-plus gross job-value bands. The band is a screening tool, not a quote; cleanable area, access, finish, site control, and the non-drone scope decide the real job.
3 BANDS
$7K-$10K / $10K-$30K / $30K+
Gross job-value planning bands before costs, not Operator pay or a property price.
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The building market spans many scales
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey estimated 5.9 million U.S. commercial buildings and 96.5 billion square feet of floorspace. Its size tables range from buildings under 5,000 square feet to buildings above 500,000 square feet.
Floor area does not equal cleanable exterior area. It simply explains why one average cannot describe every opportunity.
Evidence [1]
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Use bands to prioritize review
The $7,000 to $10,000 band can describe a focused smaller commercial exterior. The $10,000 to $30,000 band often warrants deeper access, crew, and method planning. A $30,000-plus opportunity usually needs tighter evidence, phased scope, stronger site control, and a clear plan for non-drone work.
SkyPSI's public average commercial job value is $13,500, which sits inside the middle band. The buckets organize work around that average; they do not predict any one property's value.
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Show the math and uncertainty
A defensible model starts with confirmed cleanable surface, then applies a stated public-market unit range or a reviewed internal planning rate. It separately lists access, condition, water, chemistry, permits, pedestrian control, detailing, interior work, and other unpriced requirements.
Use the free property estimator to find nearby building evidence. It never turns gross floor area into glass area and it never calls planning math a SkyPSI quote.
Evidence [1]
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