Rent that never stops
Jobber Core is $29 a month, billed annually, or $49 if you go month to month, billed monthly. Job costing starts on its Grow plan, from $149 a month, billed annually. Slow season, same bill. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
A workbook for handyman, painting and landscaping crews
Own the paperwork.Rent softwarewhen you need it.
One workbook does the quote, the change order, the invoice and the profit check. Excel and Google Sheets. You pay $29 once. You keep the file. Need dispatch, texting or card payments? Rent software then. This is for the paperwork until you do.
$29 through Dec 31, 2026. $39 starting Jan 1, 2027. Plus sales tax where it applies.
- No monthly fee
- No per-user fee
- Formulas you can read and change
QuoteNo. Q-1042
- Labor, 52 hr at $34.16 burdened
- $1,776.32
- Materials
- $410.00
- Drop cloths and disposal
- $45.00
- Direct cost
- $2,231.32
- Overhead, 15%
- $334.70
- Subtotal, 30% markup
- $3,335.83
- Discount
- −$100.00
- Sales tax, materials only
- $49.05
- You quote
- $3,284.88
- Profit after overhead
- $669.81 · 20.7%
Workbook spec
- File
- .xlsx + Google Sheets copy
- Size
- 313 KB blank, 315 KB sample
- Tabs
- 9 (6 you use daily)
- Macros
- None
- Login
- None
- Price
- $29 one-time (see dates)
$29 through Dec 31, 2026. $39 starting Jan 1, 2027.
Right-size it
The meter runs whether you work or not.
Field-service apps bill by the month. Slow season, same bill. Meanwhile the spreadsheet you built yourself does not know what an hour of your labor really costs. Start with a workbook. Rent software when you need dispatch, texting and card payments.
Features you never open
Solo guys and two-truck crews pay for a pile of dispatch, marketing and CRM tools. You wanted to quote, bill and see profit. That is three screens.
Your sheet is lying to you
No burden on labor. No overhead. A 30% markup treated like a 30% margin. It keeps you busy and broke, and you rebuild it every job.
Three years of paperwork software
List price, 1 user, billed annually, times 36 months. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
$2,124 vs $29
The workbook
Buy it once. Run it for years.
One workbook. Excel and Google Sheets.
Google Sheets + Excel
Quote → Invoice → Job Profit Workbook
The one that covers the paperwork for a solo guy or a small crew. Build the quote, print the invoice, check what you actually made.
In the workbookv1.1
- Many jobs, one file. Up to 200 jobs and 2,000 line items.
- Quote, change order, invoice. Pick a job number and print. Only the customer's part prints.
- Rates set once. Burdened labor, overhead and markup. Markup and margin shown side by side.
- Sales tax your way. None, materials only, or the whole invoice. You set the rate.
- Estimate vs actual. Profit and margin per job, money owed, and how late it is.
$29One time. No renewal.
$29 through Dec 31, 2026. $39 starting Jan 1, 2027. Plus sales tax where it applies.
Trade packs with ready line items for painting, lawn care and handyman work are in the works. Buyers of the workbook will hear first.
How it works
Four steps. Start with the sample job.
Set your rates
Wage, burden, overhead, markup, sales tax. Type them in once on the Settings tab. Every job after that uses them.
Add the job
One row on Jobs. Then its lines on Lines: labor, material, sub or other. Leave labor cost blank and the file uses your burdened rate.
Print the quote or invoice
Pick the job number. Print or save as a PDF. Only the customer's part prints. Extra work gets its own change order.
Check the profit
Enter actual hours and costs on Jobs. The Dashboard shows what you made against what you figured, job by job.
What is inside the workbook
Real formulas. No macros. Open the file.
Two more tabs: Start Here is a short guide, and Lists holds the dropdown choices.
B29fx
=B26*(1+B27)*(1+B28)| A | B | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Business name | Cedar Ridge Home Services (sample) |
| 12 | Payment terms (days) | 14 |
| 13 | Deposit % to start work (default) | 30% |
| 18 | Sales tax mode | Materials only |
| 19 | Sales tax rate | 8.25% |
| 24 | Base hourly wage | $28.00 |
| 25 | Burden % (payroll tax, workers comp, insurance on labor) | 22.0% |
| 26 | Burdened labor cost per hour | $34.16 |
| 27 | Overhead % on direct cost | 15.0% |
| 28 | Markup % on cost + overhead | 30.0% |
| 29 | Resulting billable rate per labor hour | $51.07 |
| 30 | Margin you keep (profit / price) | 23.1% |
| 31 | Target margin (jobs below this get flagged red) | 20.0% |
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=IF($A8="","",MAX(0,U8-N(L8)))| A | B | E | H | U | L | W | AE | AF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Job # | Customer | Trade | Status | Total | Payments received $ | Amount due | Profit | Margin % |
| 6 | 1031 | Thompson | Handyman | Paid | $1,311.43 | $1,311.43 | $0.00 | $47.53 | 3.7% |
| 7 | 1033 | Okafor | Landscaping | Paid | $3,362.01 | $3,362.01 | $0.00 | $532.23 | 16.0% |
| 8 | 1035 | Kim Duplex | Painting | Invoiced | $5,350.86 | $1,000.00 | $4,350.86 | $465.85 | 8.9% |
| 9 | 1037 | Brooks | Landscaping | Complete | $1,747.27 | $1,747.27 | -$291.30 | -17.1% | |
| 10 | 1038 | Nguyen | Painting | Paid | $2,777.23 | $2,777.23 | $0.00 | $394.39 | 14.5% |
| 11 | 1040 | Daniels | Handyman | Complete | $683.72 | $683.72 | -$76.56 | -11.4% | |
| 12 | 1042 | Maria Alvarez | Painting | Approved | $3,284.88 | $3,284.88 |
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=IF(H30="","",ROUND(H30*(1+OverheadPct)*(1+MarkupPct),2))| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Job # | CO # | Type | Description | Qty | Unit | Your unit cost | Your cost | Price | Taxable? |
| 30 | 1042 | Labor | Prep: scrape, patch, sand, caulk, prime stains | 14 | hr | $478.24 | $714.97 | No | ||
| 31 | 1042 | Labor | Walls and ceilings, two coats | 26 | hr | $888.16 | $1,327.80 | No | ||
| 32 | 1042 | Labor | Trim and 3 doors, semi-gloss, three coats | 12 | hr | $409.92 | $612.83 | No | ||
| 33 | 1042 | Material | Interior paint, premium eggshell | 6 | gal | $42.00 | $252.00 | $376.74 | Yes | |
| 34 | 1042 | Material | Stain-blocking primer | 2 | gal | $28.00 | $56.00 | $83.72 | Yes | |
| 35 | 1042 | Material | Patch, caulk, tape, plastic sheeting | 1 | ls | $64.00 | $64.00 | $95.68 | Yes | |
| 36 | 1042 | Material | Rollers, brushes, tray liners | 1 | ls | $38.00 | $38.00 | $56.81 | Yes | |
| 37 | 1042 | Other | Drop cloths, disposal, dump fee | 1 | ls | $45.00 | $45.00 | $67.28 | No |
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=IF($C$4="","",F45-F46+F47)| A | B | C | D | E | F | H | I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | QUOTE # | Q-1042 | 1042 | |||||
| 13 | Item | Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Amount | Your numbers (not printed) | |
| 14 | 1 | Prep: scrape, patch, sand, caulk, prime stains | 14 | hr | $51.07 | $714.97 | Labor hours | 52.0 |
| 15 | 2 | Walls and ceilings, two coats | 26 | hr | $51.07 | $1,327.80 | Labor cost (burdened) | $1,776.32 |
| 16 | 3 | Trim and 3 doors, semi-gloss, three coats | 12 | hr | $51.07 | $612.83 | Materials cost | $410.00 |
| 17 | 4 | Interior paint, premium eggshell | 6 | gal | $62.79 | $376.74 | Subcontractor / other cost | $45.00 |
| 18 | 5 | Stain-blocking primer | 2 | gal | $41.86 | $83.72 | Direct cost | $2,231.32 |
| 19 | 6 | Patch, caulk, tape, plastic sheeting | 1 | ls | $95.68 | $95.68 | Overhead recovered | $334.70 |
| 20 | 7 | Rollers, brushes, tray liners | 1 | ls | $56.81 | $56.81 | Profit after overhead | $669.81 |
| 21 | 8 | Drop cloths, disposal, dump fee | 1 | ls | $67.28 | $67.28 | Margin | 20.7% |
| 22 | Margin check | OK | ||||||
| … | · · · | |||||||
| 45 | Subtotal | $3,335.83 | ||||||
| 46 | Discount | $100.00 | ||||||
| 47 | Sales tax (materials) | $49.05 | ||||||
| 48 | TOTAL | $3,284.88 | ||||||
| 49 | Deposit to start | $985.46 | ||||||
| 50 | Balance on completion | $2,299.42 | ||||||
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=IF(OR($C$4="",$C$5=""),"",F29+F30)| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | JOB # | 1035-CO1 | 1035 | |||
| 5 | CO # | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Customer | Kim Duplex | ||||
| 12 | Item | Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Amount |
| 13 | 1 | Add closet interior, labor | 6 | hr | $51.07 | $306.42 |
| 14 | 2 | Interior paint | 1 | gal | $62.79 | $62.79 |
| … | · · · | |||||
| 29 | This change order | $369.21 | ||||
| 30 | Sales tax | $5.18 | ||||
| 31 | CO TOTAL | $374.39 | ||||
| 32 | Original quote total | $4,976.47 | ||||
| 33 | Previous change orders | $0.00 | ||||
| 34 | New contract total | $5,350.86 | ||||
B4fx
=IF($C$4="","","INV-"&$C$4)| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | INVOICE # | INV-1035 | 1035 | |||
| 5 | Invoice date | Aug 7, 2026 | ||||
| 6 | Due date | Aug 21, 2026 | ||||
| 7 | Bill to | Kim Duplex | ||||
| 13 | Item | Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Amount |
| 14 | 1 | Pressure wash, scrape, sand, prime | 24 | hr | $51.07 | $1,225.66 |
| 15 | 2 | Two coats, body and trim | 40 | hr | $51.07 | $2,042.77 |
| 16 | 3 | Exterior paint | 22 | gal | $59.80 | $1,315.60 |
| 17 | 4 | Primer, caulk, tape, supplies | 1 | ls | $179.40 | $179.40 |
| 18 | 5 | Lift rental and disposal | 1 | ls | $89.70 | $89.70 |
| 19 | 6 | CO 1: Add closet interior, labor | 6 | hr | $51.07 | $306.42 |
| 20 | 7 | CO 1: Interior paint | 1 | gal | $62.79 | $62.79 |
| … | · · · | |||||
| 45 | Subtotal | $5,222.34 | ||||
| 47 | Sales tax | $128.52 | ||||
| 48 | Total | $5,350.86 | ||||
| 49 | Payments received | $1,000.00 | ||||
| 50 | AMOUNT DUE | $4,350.86 | ||||
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=IFERROR(SUM(Jobs!$AE$6:$AE$205)/SUMIFS(Jobs!$AD$6:$AD$205,Jobs!$AA$6:$AA$205,">=0"),0)Jobs (not lost)8
Revenue (finished jobs)$14,925.91
Profit$1,072.14
Blended margin7.2%
Open pipeline$7,714.37
Money owed to you$4,350.86
Jobs over budget6
Jobs under target margin6
| A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Trade | Finished jobs | Revenue | Profit | Margin |
| 21 | Handyman | 2 | $1,954.45 | -$29.03 | -1.5% |
| 22 | Painting | 2 | $7,940.37 | $860.24 | 10.8% |
| 23 | Landscaping | 2 | $5,031.09 | $240.93 | 4.8% |
| 25 | All trades | 6 | $14,925.91 | $1,072.14 | 7.2% |
Click a tab. Numbers are from the sample jobs that ship in the file.InputCell shown in the formula barRed: under target margin
Straight answers
Before you buy
What it does, what it does not, and how the file works.
Does it work in Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. Your download email has a 'Make a copy' link that puts your own Google Sheets copy in your Drive. The Excel file works in Excel for Windows and Mac (Microsoft 365 or Excel 2016 and later). Editing on phones works best in the Google Sheets app.
Is this a subscription?
No. You pay once and keep the files. No login, no per-user fee, no renewal. Use it for ten years or ten jobs.
Will the price change?
Yes. It is $29 through Dec 31, 2026 and $39 starting Jan 1, 2027. If you buy now, you keep the file and the v1.x updates.
What do I get?
The workbook (.xlsx, sample and blank copies), a Google Sheets copy link, and a 3-page quickstart PDF. Download link by email right after you pay.
What if it is not for me?
Email us within 14 days of purchase and we refund you. No forms.
How does sales tax work in the file?
Pick None, Materials only, or Whole invoice on the Settings tab and enter your rate. Rules differ by state and by job type. The file does the math; it does not decide what is taxable. In Texas, see Comptroller publications 94-116 and 94-112, or ask a tax pro.
I do not know my burden or overhead. Can I still use it?
Yes. The Settings tab explains each one in a sentence and starts you on typical numbers for a small crew. Burden is what payroll tax, workers comp and insurance add on top of wages. Overhead is the cost of running the business that is not tied to one job. Replace the starter numbers as you learn yours.
Can it make a PDF for the customer?
Yes, through your print dialog. The Quote, Change Order and Invoice tabs are set up to print on one page. Pick the job number, then Print and Save as PDF. The customer sees prices only: your cost columns and margin sit outside the print area.
What will it not do?
It does not take card payments, text customers, dispatch crews or run a customer portal. Field-service apps such as Jobber, Housecall Pro and Joist do those things. If you need them, a field-service app is the right tool. This is for the quote, the change order, the invoice and knowing your profit.
Can my crew use it?
In Google Sheets, share the file the way you share any Sheet. It is one file with one set of rates, not a multi-user app with logins and permissions.
Is it bookkeeping or tax software?
No. It tells you what a job cost and what you made on it. It does not replace your bookkeeping, and it is not tax or financial advice.
Your tailgate. Your numbers.
Quote it. Bill it.
Quote it. Bill it.
Know what you made.
$29 through Dec 31, 2026. $39 starting Jan 1, 2027. Plus sales tax where it applies.
One workbook. Opens in Excel and Google Sheets. Pay once, keep it.