Job profitability calculator

A job that "felt good" can still lose money once real labor and overhead land. Check any job in 30 seconds.

Job numbers

Job price billed ($)

Total labor hours (all techs)

Fully-loaded labor cost per hour ($) (wage + burden)

Materials & parts cost ($)

Other direct costs ($): permits, subs, disposal

Overhead allocation (% of revenue): office, trucks, admin, software

Net profit on this job

$1,050

Labor cost $420

Materials + other direct costs $450

Overhead share $480

Gross profit (before overhead) $1,530 (63.7%)

Break-even price for this job $1,088

Price needed for a 15% net margin $1,339

Method: net profit = revenue − labor − direct costs − (revenue × overhead %). Break-even = total costs ÷ (1 − overhead %). Estimates only.

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A Forz project's Finance tab adds up labor from time logs and materials from assigned expenses, and shows the net against what the customer has paid. A job costing module is in progress on the Forz roadmap.

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