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# Add manual revenue or a manual labor entry to a job

Use manual revenue and manual labor entries to fold work that didn't go through an Essential invoice, or labor that wasn't clocked, into a job's cost rollup — so the Job Costing card and reports reflect the full picture.

**Before you start:** Job Costing must be turned on for your business and your role needs the job-costing manage permission. See [Turn on Job Costing and set cost rates](/administration/settings/turn-on-job-costing-and-set-cost-rates.md).

## Add or edit manual revenue

Manual revenue is for work invoiced outside Essential — billed by email or paper, for example — that you still want counted toward the job's margin. It's added on top of any linked invoices, not a replacement for them.

1. Open the job and expand the Revenue column on the Job Costing card.
2. Click **+ Add revenue** (or **Edit manual revenue** if an amount is already set).
3. Enter the amount and save. Leaving the field empty clears it back to zero; an invalid amount is rejected with an inline error instead.

## Add a manual labor entry

Manual labor entries cover work a clocked timecard entry won't capture. Expand the Costs column, click **+ Add labor**, and choose one of three entry types:

* **Hours × rate** — pick a technician and enter hours and a dollar rate; costed the same way as clocked time.
* **Flat total** — a label and a single dollar amount, with no hours or rate.
* **Amount + note** — a dollar amount with a free-text note explaining it (for example, "Helper – unexpected").

Save to add the entry. Any manual entry can be removed from the Costs list with its delete icon.

## What happens after

Manual revenue and manual labor entries feed directly into the job's margin on the Job Costing card and into the job costing reports. Labor entries with a technician attached also roll up into that technician's numbers on the Technician profitability report.

> **Where to find it:** Open a job from Scheduling > Jobs; use the Revenue and Costs columns on the Job Costing card.

## Related guides

* [Job Costing on a job: revenue, costs, and margin](/customers-and-work/jobs/job-costing-on-a-job.md)
* [Turn on Job Costing and set cost rates](/administration/settings/turn-on-job-costing-and-set-cost-rates.md)
* [Job costing reports: profitability, cost breakdown, and more](/reporting-and-integrations/reporting/job-costing-reports.md)


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