I think it would be better to have hours in one column (which you
might then multiply by an hourly rate) and dollars in another column,
but given what you have you could make use of SUMIF like this:
=SUMIF(A1:A1000,"Qual Hardware ($'s)",B1:B1000) + SUMIF(A1:A1000,"No
Charge Deliverables ($'s)",B1:B1000) + SUMIF(A1:A1000,"DAT Hardware
($'s)",B1:B1000) + SUMIF(A1:A1000,"Outside Lab ($'s)",B1:B1000) +
SUMIF(A1:A1000,"Purchased Items ($'s)",B1:B1000)
Now that I've typed that out I think you could shorten it to:
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A1000<>"")*(RIGHT(A1:A1000,5)="($'s)")*(B1:B1000))
I've assumed 1000 rows of data - adjust as necessary.
Hope this helps.
Pete