For service businesses that use Jobber
Some of your regular clients are costing you money.
Drive time, fuel, labor burden and overhead quietly eat the margin on recurring visits. JobPayoff shows which clients, jobs and services actually pay, and which ones need a price increase.
Built for lawn care, landscaping, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing and handyman teams of 1 to 15.
October report
Last month you made $6,420 profit on $41,300 revenue (15.5%). 9 jobs lost money.
- -0.5% · Loss
Henderson weekly mow
Lawn maintenance
Revenue $220 · Profit -$1
- 29.8% · On target
Oak St. spring cleanup
Cleanup
Revenue $1,450 · Profit $432
- 12.8% · Below target
Patel mulch install
Mulching
Revenue $980 · Profit $125
- 34.2% · On target
Riverside HOA mow
Lawn maintenance
Revenue $2,600 · Profit $890
- 4.7% · Below target
Garcia hedge trim
Trimming
Revenue $340 · Profit $16
- Revenue$220
- Labor + burden−$96
- Materials−$6
- Drive & fuel−$71
- Overhead−$48
- Profit-$1
Why it lost money: drive time is 74% of labor. This client is 22 minutes from your next stop.
Answers, not spreadsheets
- “Which recurring clients cost more to serve than they pay?”
- “Which jobs lost money last month, and why?”
- “Which services should I raise prices on, or stop offering?”
- “Is one crew more profitable per hour than another?”
- “What should I charge to hit a 20% margin?”
What built-in job costing leaves out
Jobber shows labor and materials (on the Grow plan and up). JobPayoff adds the costs that quietly eat your margin, and works on the Connect plan too.
Drive time
Time between stops, split to the visit you drive to.
Fuel and vehicle cost
Miles times your real cost per mile.
Labor burden
Payroll taxes, workers' comp and benefits on top of wages.
Overhead
Rent, insurance, software and office pay, spread fairly across jobs.
QuickBooks costs
Bills and receipts matched to the job they belong to.
Roll-ups
Profit by service, crew, client and month, not only by job.
How it works
- Step 1
Connect
Sign in with your Jobber account (read-only). Add QuickBooks if you use it.
- Step 2
Set your costs
Hourly rates, burden, vehicle cost per mile and monthly overhead. About 10 minutes.
- Step 3
See true profit
Every job, visit, service, crew and client, with the math shown for each number.
Free profit check for early sign-ups
While we build the app, we'll run the numbers for you by hand. You export a few reports from Jobber (and QuickBooks if you use it), and we send back a short report on which clients and services made or lost money last quarter.
- A ranked list of your recurring clients by true profit per visit
- The visits and services that lost money, and what it cost you
- Suggested price increases to reach your target margin
No Jobber login needed. We only use the exports you send and delete them after your report.
Get your free profit check, plus a spreadsheet
Sign up and download our free “true job profit” spreadsheet today. Tick the box if you want the free profit check, and we'll email you how to send your exports.