Jewellery price tool
Jewellery Making Charge Calculator
Estimate a gold jewellery bill from live gold rate, karat purity, weight, wastage or jarti, making charge, and tax.
The calculator uses the rate you enter; it does not apply a foreign exchange rate by itself.
Why wastage is added: jewellery making can lose tiny amounts of metal during cutting, filing, soldering, polishing, stone setting, and finishing. Shops often call this jarti or wastage. The percentage should be shown clearly on the bill, separate from the craft or making charge.
Wastage and making charge by jewellery type
How this jewellery cost estimate works
The calculator first converts your selected weight unit into tola, then adjusts the entered 24K gold rate by karat purity. For example, 22K is estimated as 22 parts gold out of 24, so its metal value is lower than 24K for the same gross weight.
Wastage or jarti covers expected metal loss during making. Making charge covers labour, design skill, tools, finishing, and shop overhead. A good bill should show metal value, wastage, making charge, tax, and stone value separately.
Frequently asked questions
Most estimates start with gold value, then add wastage or jarti, making charge, and tax if applicable. Gold value is based on rate, weight, and karat purity. Making charge may be a percentage of metal value, a fixed amount per gram or tola, or a design-based quote.
Jarti is the wastage allowance added while making jewellery. It accounts for small metal loss from cutting, melting, soldering, filing, polishing, and setting work. The fair percentage depends on the design and should be agreed before the order is made.
No. Wastage is linked to expected metal loss. Making charge is the labour and craftsmanship fee. Some jewellers combine both in one quote, but separating them makes it easier to compare shops.
Detailed pieces need more joins, soldering, filing, wire work, stone seats, and polishing. Each step can create small unrecovered losses and needs more finishing time, so ornate and bridal jewellery usually carries a higher wastage and making percentage.
22K is common for traditional Nepal gold jewellery because it has high gold content and a rich yellow colour. 18K is often better for stone settings and daily wear because it is harder. 24K is valuable but soft, so it is usually used for coins, bars, and some simple pieces.
Multiply the 24K rate by 22 divided by 24, then multiply by weight. After that, add the agreed wastage, making charge, and tax. This calculator does those steps after converting your selected unit into tola.
916 means the jewellery is about 91.6 percent gold, which is the fineness mark for 22K gold. 750 means 18K, 585 means 14K, and 999 is fine 24K gold.
Usually no. Resale is mostly based on actual gold content, current market rate, purity proof, and shop deduction policy. Making charge and most design premiums are paid when buying, but they are not normally recovered in full when selling.
Stone, bead, enamel, and non-gold parts should be shown separately where possible. If the full item is weighed together, ask how the jeweller deducts non-gold weight before calculating metal value.
Simple bands and low-detail pieces often have lower making charges than chains, stone settings, or bridal sets. Use the simple preset as a starting estimate, then compare it with the jeweller's written quote and the work involved.
Yes. Select the currency and enter the gold rate in that currency. The calculator labels the result in your selected currency, but it does not fetch exchange rates or convert NPR to foreign currency automatically.
A shop quote may include its own rate, rounding, stone value, hallmarking, polishing, repair risk, card fees, tax treatment, or design premium. Use the calculator to check the structure of the bill, then ask the jeweller to explain every line.