Construction Job Costing Tracker
Stop guessing where the budget went.
Log costs as you go and see projected vs actual at a glance. Built for contractors in Excel and Google Sheets.
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"Helped me see where we were going over budget early. I like that it’s simple enough to keep up with during a busy week."
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Everything you need to track costs and protect your profit.
Start With A Real Budget Number
Job costing only works when the target is clear. Set your categories, budgets, and markup up front so the “planned” number is real, not a guess. Once that’s set, the tracker can actually tell you if you’re winning or losing.
Track Costs While They Still Matter
Log expenses as they happen and see the budget move in real time. You’ll catch problems early, not at the end when it’s too late to fix. It’s the difference between a small correction and a painful surprise.
Budget vs Actual – So You Always Know If You're Making Money.
Totals hide the story, and "profit" shouldn't be a guess at the end of the job. This view pulls your budgeted costs, logged actuals, and variances together with live profit and margin numbers—so one look tells you if the job is healthy or bleeding.
BUILT FOR CONTRACTORS
Built to keep costs from drifting.
Keep your budget structured
Group costs by phase
Break the job into clear buckets so totals stay readable.
Consistent cost codes
Use clean categories so tracking stays consistent across projects.
Add rows without breaking anything
Expand the log as the job grows, formulas stay intact.
Track actuals in real time
Log costs as they happen
Drop in invoices, materials, and labor without waiting until the end.
Budget vs actual, instantly
See where you’re over, under, or right on target.
Catch overruns early
Spot problem areas before they turn into profit leaks.
Protect your margin
Know what’s left to spend
See remaining budget by category, not just the grand total.
Clean rollups and summaries
Get a clear snapshot without building your own report.
Share the numbers fast
Send a clean cost view to owners or your team without extra formatting.
You don't just bid a job. You bid it, track costs, bill the owner, and keep the schedule straight. These templates cover that whole loop.
Bid the job.
Construction Bid Template
Estimate Templates
Track costs.
Job Costing Tracker
Bill the owner.
Schedule of Values
Invoice Templates
Run the schedule
Project Tracker
Most contractors come in with one problem. Messy bids, or costs they can't see until it's too late. But those problems are connected. When your bid is clean, your job costing has a real number to track against. And when your costs are tracked, pay apps get a lot easier to put together.
That's why this is sold as a library, not individual templates. One purchase, the full set of tools. You pull out whatever you need as the job moves.
What contractors usually spend on the alternatives:
$50 - $150/mon.
Construction software
$500+
Bookkeeper setup
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One missed overrun
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You will unlock access to the Dashboard where you can access and download all files.
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