{"id":10339,"date":"2026-11-12T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourceguruapp.com\/blog\/?p=10339"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:57:38","slug":"teams-schedule-billable-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourceguruapp.com\/blog\/resource-management\/teams-schedule-billable-hours","title":{"rendered":"How much of your team\u2019s schedule should be billable hours?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on recent analysis of over 590,000 bookings, Resource Guru\u2019s data shows that about 3 in 4 bookings made in 2026 are billable. The other 1 in 4 bookings relate to work that no client pays for, including admin, winning new business, training, or client work you can\u2019t charge for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the part that\u2019s the real thought provoking element: Teams place that unpaid work on their schedule anyway alongside billable hours. They plan for it, because it still requires people and resources in the same way as billable work.<\/span><\/p>\n

For most project-based teams, billable hours are vital to growth and most advice tells you to squeeze in more of them. However, these recent findings show that if 1 in 4 bookings was never meant to be billed, then 100% billable was never the real goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, the question is: \u201cWhat does the ideal proportion of billable time look like?<\/span><\/p>\n

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