Estimate only — not a licensed bid, appraisal, or tax advice. Numbers stay in your browser.
Bid worksheet
Job costing calculator: did this construction job make money?
Estimating is a guess until actuals land. Enter bid, estimated cost, and actual cost (labor/materials/subs) to see variance and whether margin survived.
Line-item workbenchLive calc
Bid stack
- Bid
- $40,000.00
- Estimate
- $32,000.00
- Actual
- $35,500.00
- Variance
- $3,500.00
- Profit on actual
- $4,500.00
Markup 12.7% · Margin 11.3%
Common questions
Job costing is per project; process costing is continuous production — this page is for jobs.
Sister page focuses on building the direct-cost total; this one emphasizes estimate vs actual.
No for a planning check.
No — estimate only.