Everhour attaches internal cost rates to Linear work, turning tracked issue hours into project cost visibility.
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You came here to connect a person's internal hourly cost to work tracked on Linear issues. The practical output is a cost view by project, issue, assignee, or cycle: hours logged against the work multiplied by the right cost rate for the person who did it. That gives you labor cost without treating effort points as money.
Linear issues can carry assignees, projects, cycles, labels, priority, and estimates. Those fields define the work context. Cost tracking adds a separate layer: who worked, how many hours they logged, which cost rate applied, and where the cost rolls up. Keep the rate tied to the person first, then override it for a project only when that work uses a different internal cost basis.
A cost rate represents internal labor expense. A billable rate represents what a client is charged. Mixing them breaks margin, capacity, and project review because the same hour can have two different meanings: what the work costs the business and what it earns, if it is client-facing work.
For Linear work, set a default cost rate per person, then use per-project overrides only for exceptions. A contractor at $90 per hour on one project and $110 per hour on another needs project-specific cost rules. A salaried engineer with one standard internal cost rate usually needs the default rate. Date rate changes so older project reports keep their original cost calculations.
Estimates on Linear issues are effort or size values, using scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. They are not clock time, and they do not create a native conversion to hourly cost. Use them as planning signals, then compare them with tracked hours and the cost those hours produce.
The useful review is estimate-vs-actual cost. If a 5-point issue repeatedly absorbs more senior hours than expected, the cost review shows whether the team underestimated complexity, routed work to the wrong person, or let non-billable support work hide inside delivery. Keep billable versus non-billable as a work classification, even when the report is for internal engineering cost rather than client invoicing.
A one-off setup works when you need a quick cost read on a small Linear project, a single cycle, or a few high-value issues. Enter the people, rates, tracked hours, and grouping once, then use the result for a focused review. That is enough for a retrospective or a one-time budget explanation.
A managed workflow fits teams that review engineering spend every cycle. Everhour adds embedded Linear controls through its browser extension, syncs Linear project and issue data, and applies cost rates to tracked time in reports. That turns invisible engineering hours into per-project cost the team can review without rebuilding a spreadsheet after each cycle.
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Attach the cost rate to the person doing the work, then override it at the project level only when the same person has a different internal cost basis for that project. This keeps project cost reports consistent across issues, cycles, and assignees while preserving exceptions for contractors, special engagements, or different staffing agreements.
Effort estimates should not be used as cost rates. Linear estimates are size or effort values on scales such as Fibonacci, Exponential, Linear, or T-Shirt. Cost tracking needs logged hours and a monetary rate. Use estimates to compare expected effort with actual hours and actual cost after the work is done.
Both should stay visible in engineering cost reports. Billable status classifies whether work is charged to a client, but non-billable work still consumes team capacity and labor cost. Marking internal support, rework, meetings, and maintenance separately helps you see total project cost without confusing it with invoiceable revenue.
Date a cost rate change so historical reports keep the rate that was valid when the work happened. If a person's internal cost moves from $85 to $95 per hour on July 1, prior June work should not be recalculated at the July rate. Dated history protects cycle reviews, project margins, and long-running budget comparisons.
The common mistake is converting effort points straight into dollars. Points describe relative size, not hours worked or labor cost. A reliable cost report starts with tracked time on Linear issues, applies the correct person's cost rate, then groups the result by project, cycle, issue, or assignee for review.
Everhour separates internal cost rates from client-facing billable rates, with default per-person rates, per-project overrides, and dated rate history. For Linear-connected work, tracked issue time can flow into reports that calculate labor cost, revenue, and profit without treating one rate as both expense and price.
Everhour reporting can group logged time, budgets, costs, and project data by fields such as project, task, member, date range, and other metadata. Saved reports can be exported as CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF, giving managers a review artifact for cycle cost, per-issue cost, and project cost.
Set cost rates once, track work inside Linear through Everhour, and review project cost by issue, person, or cycle without rebuilding spreadsheets after each engineering review.
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