Adding Payroll Overhead Costs to a Job

Overhead is an optional, additional percentage that may be applied to a job based on the Payroll earnings plus any applied burden.

You can establish this percentage in the Jobs screen; different jobs can have different overhead percentages. If labor is not posted to the job during the pay cycle, then no overhead will be applied.
  1. On the Site Map screen, click Job Cost > Maintenance > Job.
  2. In the Job field, enter the job number, or press F4 or double-click on this field to select from a list of available job numbers.
  3. Click the Properties button.
  4. In the Properties window, click the Overhead button.

    Note regarding the Calculation method field

    If the Calculation method field is set to Percent overhead or Amount per hour on the Job Cost Installation > Payroll tab, then all jobs set up subsequent to the installation setting will automatically have this default. If you want to change the default, continue on to step 5; otherwise, click OK until you return to the main menu.

  5. In the Overhead type field, select Percent or Amount / hour.
  6. If you select Percent, complete the Percent, Phase, Cost type, and Batch code fields.
  7. If you select Amount / rate, complete theRate, Phase, Cost type, and Batch code fields; click OK until you return to the Site Map screen.