See Profit by Job
Compare project revenue, direct costs, and gross profit.
Financial Insight for Contractors
Job Costing & Reporting
Know which jobs are actually making money. We organize project-level income and costs so you can compare performance, improve estimates, and make better decisions about the work you take on.
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Project Performance
Job Profitability ReportCurrent Month
Project
Revenue
Cost
Margin
Kitchen AdditionResidential remodel
$38,500
$25,420
34.0%
Deck ReplacementExterior project
$16,800
$10,250
39.0%
Shop RenovationCommercial work
$27,400
$22,190
19.0%
Total Revenue$82,7003 active jobs
Total Job Cost$57,860Tracked by project
Gross Profit$24,84030.0% margin
Improve Estimates
Use actual project results to price future work more accurately.
Control Job Costs
Identify labor, material, and subcontractor costs that are running high.
Make Better Decisions
Know which project types and customers produce the strongest results.
Why Job Costing Matters
Revenue Alone Doesn’t Tell You Whether a Job Was Profitable
A busy schedule can still hide underpriced work, cost overruns, and projects that consume more labor or materials than expected. Job costing connects each project's income with the costs required to complete it.
Built around the way contractors operate
Track jobs using information already flowing through QuickBooks, then organize reporting around projects, customers, and the cost categories that matter to your business.
Project Revenue
Connect invoices, payments, and other income to the correct job.
Direct Job Costs
Track materials, labor, subcontractors, equipment, and other project costs.
Estimate Versus Actual
Compare expected performance with the costs and margin actually produced.
Actionable Reporting
Use completed-job results to improve pricing, planning, and project selection.
What’s Included
Reporting Designed Around Your Jobs
The exact setup depends on how you invoice customers, track costs, use QuickBooks, and manage projects. We build a practical reporting structure that fits your existing workflow.
Good reporting starts with consistent inputs
Job costing is most useful when invoices, expenses, payroll, and subcontractor costs are assigned consistently to the correct projects.
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QuickBooks Job-Costing Setup
Organize customers, projects, products, services, and cost categories so activity can be tracked by job.
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Project Profitability Reporting
Review project revenue, direct costs, gross profit, and margin by job.
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Labor, Material, and Subcontractor Tracking
Separate the major cost drivers that determine whether projects perform as expected.
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Estimate or Budget Comparisons
Compare quoted or expected costs with actual project results when the necessary source information is available.
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Management Reporting and Review
Summarize what the numbers show and identify projects or cost categories that deserve a closer look.
Our Process
Turn Project Activity Into Useful Financial Insight
1
Review Your Workflow
We learn how you estimate, invoice, purchase materials, use labor, and track projects today.
2
Build the Structure
We organize QuickBooks and reporting so income and costs can be assigned consistently by job.
3
Produce the Reports
Project profitability and cost reports show how individual jobs are performing.
4
Use the Results
Apply the information to pricing, estimating, cost control, and the types of work you pursue.
Ready to See Which Jobs Are Making You Money?
Let’s review your current workflow and determine what job-costing information can be built from your QuickBooks records.