JobPencil helps contractors and DIY homeowners build accurate project estimates in minutes. Price labor by effort level or by rate and hours, pull materials from a catalog with real price history, add your margins, and download a professional estimate as a PDF, Word document, or spreadsheet.

For contractors, JobPencil keeps your numbers consistent: your hourly rates, effort presets, and default margins carry across every estimate, and margins you choose to keep private are folded into the prices your client sees — while your totals stay exact.

For homeowners planning a project, it's a fast way to answer the question every project starts with: what is this actually going to cost?

JobPencil is free to use. You can build an estimate without an account and create one when you're ready to save your work.

JobPencil is built and maintained by a small team with a background in technical documentation and process design for the construction and ERP industries. The cost guidance on this site draws on published industry pricing data and is reviewed for accuracy; it's intended for planning purposes; always confirm current prices and get contractor quotes for your specific project.