Job Costing Software for Construction 

Job costing is the process of tracking all project expenses—labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and overhead—against each individual job. Acumatica Construction Edition makes this process real-time and highly detailed, so you always know exactly where every dollar is going. With live updates and full cost visibility, you can monitor financial performance as the project unfolds—not after it’s too late to adjust.

In construction, job costing includes all the expenses tied to a project:

• Direct costs: Labor hours, materials, tools, equipment, and subcontractor invoices.

• Indirect costs: Overhead like supervision, insurance, and temporary site facilities, automatically allocated based on your setup.

• Other costs: Change orders, returns, adjustments, and anything else that affects your bottom line.

Acumatica captures these costs as they happen in real-time, giving you accurate, up-to-date job cost visibility without manual effort.

Acumatica Construction Edition gives you full visibility and control over material costs:

• Project-tied materials: Every purchase or material issue is assigned to the correct job, phase, and cost code.

• Real-time accuracy: It tracks returns, transfers between jobs, and vendor price changes the moment they happen.

• Built-in inventory management: Know exactly what materials you have, where they are, and what they cost—without needing a separate system.

With everything connected, you eliminate manual tracking and get instant insights into material costs across every project.

Accurate job costing gives your construction business the control and visibility it needs to stay profitable:

• Catch profit leaks early—before they spiral into bigger issues.

• Improve estimates and bids using real job cost data from past projects.

• Respond faster to budget overruns or last-minute client changes.

• Make smarter decisions on pricing, staffing, and project strategy—company-wide.

When you can see exactly where every dollar is going, you’re in a better position to protect margins, win more work, and scale with confidence.

Acumatica updates job costs in real time—so you’re not waiting for month-end reports to know where you stand. Dashboards and alerts give you instant visibility into labor, materials, and project costs. Field teams can enter data from anywhere, and office staff can monitor performance as it happens. Compared to legacy systems that delay insights, Acumatica keeps your entire team in sync and in control—every step of the way.

Yes. Acumatica lets you track actual job costs—labor, materials, subcontractors, overhead—against budgeted or estimated amounts in real time. You can monitor performance by job, phase, or cost code. Built-in dashboards and visual alerts flag overruns immediately, so you can respond fast and stay on budget.

Yes. Acumatica displays committed costs—like purchase orders and subcontracts—as part of job cost reports before those expenses hit the general ledger. This gives you proactive visibility into upcoming spend, so you can track budget impact in real time, manage cash flow, and avoid surprises. It’s especially useful for forecasting and staying ahead of cost overruns.

Yes. Track job progress and cost using units like hours, square feet, yards, or pieces—whatever makes sense for your estimates and reporting.

Yes. You can assign subcontractors to jobs, manage their contracts, and track payments, retention, and commitments—all tied directly to the job. Vendor invoices are also matched to specific projects or cost codes and routed through approval workflows, giving you full control and visibility over third-party costs.

Yes, Acumatica lets you easily export job costing data to Excel from any screen or report, and you can import updates back in using Excel templates—avoiding double entry. Acumatica also connects with Power BI via standard OData connectors, so you can build real-time dashboards and analyze project data directly.

Yes. Acumatica gives you real-time visibility into gross profit and margin for each job, with built-in reports and dashboards that track revenue and costs as work progresses.

Yes. Acumatica allows you to fully customize job costing reports, dashboards, and approval workflows—by job, phase, division, or user role. This flexibility supports the specific needs of general contractors, specialty trades, and multi-entity construction companies.

Yes. Acumatica supports unit-based job costing, allowing you to track progress and costs using hours, square feet, yards, or any other unit that fits your project estimates and reporting structure.

Yes. Acumatica tracks and reports job costs by cost code, phase, task, or sub-job—so you can align with your project structure and see exactly where every dollar is going.