Divide the amount added to the price by the amount the item costs you to buy to find the markup rate expressed as a decimal. In this example, you would divide $2 by $6 to get 0.3333. Convert the markup rate expressed as a decimal to a markup rate expressed as a percentage by multiplying it by 100.
Answer: Simply take the sales price minus the unit cost, and divide that number by the unit cost. Then, multiply by 100 to determine the markup percentage. For example, if your product costs $50 to make and the selling price is $75, then the markup percentage would be 50%.