Commissions can now be paid on what a job actually earns. The new Job Margin commission type — joining Revenue Based, Itemized, Tiered, and Line Items — calculates a person's commission from the work order's net job margin (total income minus total expenses). Configure it as a Fixed Margin cut (say, 10% of the margin) or as Margin Range bands that pay a commission only when the profit lands inside the range — for workers, contractors, sales reps, or any commission role.

Because a margin isn't final until the money is in, there's a new Paid work order status to go with it: it unlocks once the work order is Completed, and it's the moment commissions settle. Until the work order is marked Paid, commission sections stay out of the margin summary; mark it Paid, and the commission calculates on the final margin and appears everywhere — the Expenses tab, the View Calculation breakdown, the margin summary, and the work order list.

What's New

• Job Margin commission type: a new option on Add/Edit Commission, available for all commission roles.
• Fixed Margin or Margin Range: pay a flat percentage or dollar amount of the net margin — or define from/to margin bands (in $ or %) with a commission per band, adding as many bands as you need.
• New Paid status on work orders: disabled until the work order reaches Completed, then selectable — and visible in the Work Orders list for easy tracking.
• Commissions settle at Paid: while a job is merely completed, the Worker, Vehicle, and Contractor commission sections are hidden from the margin summary and not calculated. Marking the work order Paid computes the commission on the final margin and shows it across Expenses and the margin summary.
• Full transparency: the familiar View Calculation popup shows the math — net margin, the commission percentage or amount, and the result.

Who This Is For

• Owners who want compensation aligned with profitability, not just revenue
• Companies paying crews, contractors, or sales reps a share of what the job cleared
• Back office teams who need commissions settled only once a job is genuinely paid
• Managers reading the margin summary — commission costs appear exactly when they become real

⚙️ How to Configure

Create and assign the commission

1) Go to Settings → Commissions, add a commission, and choose Job Margin as the type. Set a Fixed Margin — a percentage or dollar amount of the net margin — and/or Margin Range bands: a from/to range with the commission that applies when the job's margin falls inside it. Our example: 10% fixed, plus a 5% band for margins between $5,000 and $10,000.

Add Commission with Job Margin selected (1), a Fixed Margin (2), and a Margin Range band (3)

2) The commission joins your list like any other — named, role-scoped, and per service type.

Settings (1) → Commissions (2): the Job Margin commission in the list

3) Assign it to the person — for a worker, under Settings → Resources → Workers → Edit, in the Select Commission section for the right service type. The same works for contractors and user roles.

The Job Margin commission assigned on the worker's profile

Run the job

4) Work the job as usual — book the work request, confirm the work order, and assign the worker to the job.

The commissioned worker assigned to the job's team

5) While the job is in progress — even once Completed — the margin summary holds off: worker, vehicle, and contractor commission sections are hidden and not yet calculated, because the margin isn't final.

The margin summary before Paid: income, expenses, and net margin — commission sections not yet included

Mark it Paid — and settle the commission

6) Once the work order is Completed, the new Paid status becomes available in the WO Status dropdown — select it when the job's money is in.

The Paid status, enabled once the work order is Completed

7) The commission now calculates on the final margin. Under Expenses → Worker Commissions, the worker's Job Margin commission appears — and View Calculation shows the math: net margin $1,545.00 × 10% fixed = $154.50.

The Job Margin commission on Expenses, with View Calculation showing net margin × commission

8) The margin summary now includes it: Worker Commissions join the expense side, and the Net Job Margin updates accordingly — here from $1,545.00 to $1,390.50.

The margin summary after Paid, with Worker Commissions in the expenses

The Worker Commissions detail on the margin summary — worker, description, and amount

9) And the Work Orders list shows the Paid status, so settled jobs are visible at a glance.

Paid in the Work Orders list

Good to Know

• Margin = income minus expenses: the commission is computed on the work order's net job margin at the moment it's marked Paid — so every expense logged before then is reflected in the payout.
• Fixed and range can work together: a fixed cut applies to the margin outright; range bands pay their commission only when the margin lands between the from and to values — stack bands for graduated plans.
• Paid is deliberate: the status stays disabled until the work order is Completed, so a job can't settle commissions before the work is done.
• All commission roles: Job Margin is available wherever commissions are — workers, contractors, sales reps, and move coordinators — and pairs with the existing multi-commission and View Calculation features.

Available Now

Job Margin commissions and the Paid work order status are live now. Build the plan under Settings → Commissions, assign it, and the next paid job settles itself — profit first, commission from what's left. Built straight from customer feedback; keep it coming.