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How does Protiv calculate job profitability?

What "profitability" means in Protiv and where to find it.

Purpose

"Job profitability" can mean a lot of things. This article explains how Protiv calculates it and where you can see it.

What Protiv Tracks

Protiv tracks labor profitability specifically. Not material costs, equipment, overhead — just labor.

For each job:

  • Labor budget — What you expected to spend on labor
  • Actual labor cost — What you actually spent (hours × wage)
  • Labor savings — Budget minus actual

That's the labor profitability number. It's what powers ProPay calculations.

Where to Find It

In Insights → Job Budget Chart and Report.

Per-job breakdown showing:

  • Budget
  • Actual
  • Savings (or over)
  • Per-line-item details if available

What Protiv Doesn't Calculate

  • Material profitability (your integration handles this)
  • Total job profit (revenue minus all costs)
  • Markup analysis
  • Fixed cost allocation

For those, you'll need to combine Protiv data with your accounting system.

Customer-Side Profitability

If you want to see profitability the way an owner thinks about it (revenue minus all costs), pull data from:

  • Protiv (for labor performance)
  • Your accounting system (for material + overhead costs)
  • Manually combine

The Insights area gives you the labor side cleanly.

Common Mistakes & How To Fix Them

  • "Protiv says we made money but we lost money on this job" Protiv is showing labor savings. The job may have lost money on materials or overhead.

  • "I want to see total job profit in Protiv" Not currently supported. Combine Protiv labor data with your accounting data manually.

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