How to enable PartsTech labor estimates?

TB POS · settings · Last updated September 18, 2026 · Version 1

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This article will teach you how to turn on PartsTech Labor Estimates with EstimateXpress or EX Elite, and how those hours land on the POS work order.

PartsTech Labor Estimates (Mitchell 1 / Motor) are a PartsTech plan feature, not a Tire Base setting. Compare plans shows Labor Estimates off on PartsTech Free and on for EstimateXpress and EX Elite. OE Fluid Specifications, OE Maintenance Schedules, and OE Vehicle Specifications are EX Elite only. This is not Tire Base Service Guides — that POS tool is separate and is not what the PartsTech card opens.

![Compare plans: Labor Estimates on EstimateXpress and EX Elite. OE fluids, maintenance, and vehicle specs on Elite only.](/kb/pos-lite-partstech-labor-guides.svg)

Steps

In PartsTech, open Subscription and click Compare plans (or Upgrade on EstimateXpress / EX Elite).
Choose PartsTech EstimateXpress for Labor Estimates, or PartsTech EX Elite if you also need OE fluids, maintenance schedules, and vehicle specs.
Finish PartsTech checkout. Labor Estimates will not appear on Free.
In TB POS, open a work order that has a VIN and tap PartsTech. Inside PartsTech, add the labor operation with the parts.
Click Submit Quote. On the work order, labor appears in the PartsTech group as a service line (How PartsTech lines are sold → Labor = Service line by default).
If hours come back with no dollar amount, POS prices them from the shop labor rate in POS Preferences. If PartsTech sent an amount, that amount is used.

Conclusion & best practices

Do not look for a Labor Estimates switch in Tire Base Integrations — the plan lives in PartsTech Subscription. If labor never returns, confirm the PartsTech plan includes Labor Estimates and that you added labor before Submit Quote. Related: Which PartsTech plan do I need? and How to shop PartsTech from a POS work order?.