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Job Profit Tracker
Log what you quoted. Log what actually happened. See which jobs really make you money, and whether you are quietly under-quoting every one of them — free, no signup, nothing leaves your browser.
Job Profit Tracker
Log what you quoted. Log what actually happened. See which jobs really make you money — free, no signup, your data never leaves this browser unless you export it.
No jobs logged yet. Log your first quote above — when you mark it complete with the actual hours and materials, this tool starts showing you whether your quoting is on target.
Everything above is stored only in this browser’s local storage. Nothing is sent to a server. Clearing your browser data or switching devices will lose it unless you export first.
How to use the tracker
The tracker works in two steps per job, and the insight builds automatically once you have logged a handful.
Log the quote
When you send a price, log it here too: job type, quoted price, quoted hours, and materials cost. Takes under a minute.
Mark it complete
Once the job is done, come back and enter what actually happened — real hours, real materials, the final price you invoiced.
Read the pattern
After a few completed jobs, the dashboard shows your average quoting accuracy and which job types actually pay, by effective hourly rate.
Why job costing usually stops at a spreadsheet
Most job costing tools, free or paid, calculate one job at a time. Enter an estimate, enter the actuals, see the variance, close the tab. That answers “did I make money on this job” — a genuinely different question from “am I systematically under-quoting every roofing job I take.”
The pattern only shows up once you can see many jobs side by side. Most contractors underestimate labor by 20 to 35 percent, according to industry job-costing benchmarks — not because they are bad at estimating, but because nobody tracks it closely enough, job after job, to notice the pattern and correct for it.
This tool is built to be that record. It stays open across every job you log, in the same browser, until you export it — so the tenth job you complete makes the ninth one make more sense.
What the numbers actually mean
Two numbers matter more than the rest: your hours variance, and your effective hourly rate.
Effective hourly rate is your actual price minus actual materials, divided by actual hours — what you really earned per hour worked, once the job is done. Comparing this across job types is usually the more useful number, because it is what tells you which service you should be saying yes to more often.
Your data, your browser, nothing else
Every job you log is stored only in this browser, using local storage — the same private, on-device storage your browser uses for saved form data. Nothing is sent to a server, and we never see it.
That also means it does not follow you to a new device or a cleared browser automatically. Use the Export data button to download a JSON file of everything you have logged, and Import data to load it back in on any device — your job history stays yours, portable, in a file you control.
Put this tracker on your site (free)
Run a trade blog, an association page, or a supplier site? You are welcome to embed this tool for free. Copy the code below into any page — no signup, no licence.
The only condition is keeping the credit link underneath it. That link is what pays for the tool staying free.
Embed code
<iframe src="https://onetrucktools.com/?ott_embed=jobprofit" width="100%" height="1400" style="border:1px solid #e5e9ee;border-radius:10px;max-width:820px;" title="Job Profit Tracker" loading="lazy"></iframe> <p style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://onetrucktools.com/job-profit-tracker/">Job Profit Tracker</a> by One Truck Tools</p>
Set height to at least 1400px so the whole tool is visible without an inner scrollbar. On narrow layouts allow more height, since the fields stack.
When to stop tracking this by hand
This tool has a natural ceiling, and that is by design. It tells you whether you are under-quoting and which jobs pay — it does not schedule anyone, send invoices, or take payments.
Once you are logging jobs by hand every week and the pattern is clear, that is usually the point where Jobber or Housecall Pro start paying for themselves — both track quoted-vs-actual automatically as you invoice, no export required.
FAQ
What is a job profit tracker?
A job profit tracker logs what you quoted for a job — price, hours, materials — alongside what actually happened once the work was done. Unlike a one-off job costing calculator, it keeps every job in one place so you can see patterns across your whole business, not just a single project.
Is this the same as job costing?
It uses the same underlying idea — comparing estimated costs to actual costs — but most job costing calculators are stateless: one job in, one comparison out. This tool keeps a running history so the pattern across many jobs becomes visible, which single-job calculators cannot show.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. There is no account, no email, and no app to install. Everything runs in your browser and saves to that browser’s local storage automatically as you use it.
What happens to my data if I clear my browser or switch devices?
It is deleted, the same as any other browser-only data. Use the Export data button to download a JSON file of your full job history before clearing your browser or switching devices, then use Import data to load it back in wherever you need it.
How many jobs do I need to log before the insights are useful?
A handful of completed jobs of the same type is enough to see a first pattern, and it gets more reliable as you add more. Most solo operators find the per-job-type breakdown becomes genuinely useful somewhere around 10 to 15 completed jobs.
Why does the tool not calculate my overhead or labor burden?
To keep logging fast enough that you actually do it after every job. It works purely off the price, hours and materials you enter, which is enough to reveal quoting accuracy and relative job-type profitability without a lengthy setup.
Last updated: September 2026.
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