Raising rates for commercial handyman gigs in north Jersey - just landed a $4k client and still getting pushback

So I'm in north Jersey, where everything costs an arm and a leg, and I finally raised my rates to $75/hr for commercial handyman work like office furniture assembly and light fixture swaps using DeWalt tools. Landed a $4k contract with a local warehouse for monthly maintenance, but the manager's bitching about the increase from $55/hr last year. NGL, with material costs up and traffic hell getting to these spots, I think it's fair, but how do you guys handle the whining without losing the account? Saw a thread on r/handyman about this, mixed advice, and someone in Handyman Nation group swore by adding value like free inspections to justify it. Watched a Tommy Mello video on scaling commercial clients, he said bundle services to make the price sting less. Anyone else in a high-cost area doing this successfully? Feels like a crapshoot.

Man, that pushback sucks, been there with my own commercial gigs, feels like they forget inflation hits us too.