Your Bookkeeper Doesn’t Know Your Job Costs—And It’s Costing You

You finish a $300K job. The books say you made $45K profit.
Your gut says you made way less.
You’re right. But your bookkeeper isn’t lying—they just don’t understand construction.
Most bookkeepers use categories like “Materials” and “Labor.” That’s fine for retail. For contractors, it’s useless.
You need job-costed books that show: Material costs *per job*. Labor costs *per job*. Equipment *per job*.
Without it, you can’t see that Job A killed you (15% margin) while Job B crushed it (28% margin).
So you keep taking jobs like Job A, thinking they’re profitable, until you’re six months in and wondering why you’re broke.
This is the #1 reason contractors scale fast and fail faster.
The fix? Hire a bookkeeper who understands construction—someone who’s coded a GL for job costing, not just expense categories.
Your margin depends on it.
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