# Job Cost Report

The job cost report shows the profit and loss for a single project, broken down by cost category. It tells you exactly where the money is going -- materials, labor, subcontractors, equipment -- and whether each category is over or under budget.

## How It Works

This report takes all the costs charged to a project (from payroll, vendor bills, and other entries) and organizes them by cost code or category. For each category, it shows:

* **Budgeted Amount** -- what you planned to spend (from your project cost code setup).
* **Actual Cost** -- what you have actually spent to date.
* **Committed Cost** -- amounts on approved purchase orders that have not been billed yet.
* **Projected Cost** -- actual plus committed, giving you a realistic total.
* **Variance** -- the difference between budget and projected cost. Negative means over budget.
* **Percent Complete** -- how much of the budget has been used.

This is the report you pull when a project manager asks "how is the job doing?" or when you need to figure out where costs are running high.

## Steps

1. Go to **Reports** and select **Job Cost Report**.
2. Select the **Project** you want to review.
3. Optionally set a **Date Range** to see costs for a specific period.
4. Click **Generate**.
5. Review costs by category:
   * **Materials** -- vendor bills and POs assigned to material cost codes.
   * **Labor** -- payroll hours multiplied by loaded labor rates.
   * **Subcontractors** -- sub invoices and POs.
   * **Equipment** -- rental and owned equipment charges.
   * **Other** -- anything not in the above categories.
6. Look at the **Variance** column to spot cost overruns early.
7. Click **Export** to download as a PDF or spreadsheet.

![job cost report full](/files/A8DJQAwRavSCuW1Rbt7H)

## Related Pages

* [Cost Codes](/project-management/proforge-core/setting-up-a-project/cost-codes.md) -- costs are organized by cost code
* [Work in Progress Report](/project-management/proforge-core/reports/work-in-progress.md) -- see all projects at once
* [Weekly Payroll Entry](/project-management/proforge-core/payroll/weekly-payroll-entry.md) -- labor costs come from payroll
* [Importing Vendor Bills](/project-management/proforge-core/importing-vendor-bills.md) -- material and sub costs come from bills


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