Handoff sets a labor rate from your price location unless you give it one of your own. To use your own rate, add a catalog item with the Labor category, or type the rate in the AI chat for one estimate. Your own rates always take priority over Handoff's location-based rates.
Available on all plans. You need permission to edit AI settings to change catalogs and presets. Works on desktop and in the mobile app.
There is no separate labor rate setting in Presets.
Where Handoff's labor rates come from
Without a rate from you, Handoff uses local labor rates based on the zip code of your price location.
Because of this, set your price location before you generate an estimate. See How location sets pricing in your estimates for how Handoff chooses the location. Locations must be in the United States.
Use your own labor rate in a catalog
Add a catalog rate with the Labor category (or Labor + Material if the rate includes both) and a time Unit, such as hour. It sets the price whenever Handoff matches it to a line. For the steps, see How catalogs work.
Control how labor lines are written in Presets
A saved instruction in Presets controls how labor lines are labeled and which unit or quantity form they use. It does not replace a catalog rate for the price. See How to teach Handoff your estimating preferences (AI instructions).
Set a labor rate for one estimate
Type the rate in the AI chat on the estimate, such as "use $100/hr for labor". Your message outranks catalogs, presets and location-based rates for that estimate.