3 min guideUpdated August 2026App review required

Configure labour rates

Configure base hourly labour costs so sign-job costing and margin reviews use consistent assumptions.

Best forOwner / Admin
Before you beginUse a representative record and confirm you have the permissions required for this area.

Step by step

  1. Open Settings, then Labour Rates.
  2. Set the Company Default Labour Rate as the fallback Base Hourly Cost Rate.
  3. Create an individual staff rate or a named labour group rate, then enter its Effective From date, optional Effective To date and Notes.
  4. Review Labour Review and resolve any uncovered or conflicting staff, job, task or time-entry rows.
  5. If a Billable Rate is required, maintain it separately on the staff record, then verify a real time entry in the representative job's Financials tab.

Good practice

These settings are cost rates. Nominate one owner for changes and do not treat them as customer sell rates.

If your workspace behaves differently, record the relevant job, client or record number and raise a support ticket so the team can investigate the exact context.