It's great to have you in the Community and posting your concern, @tsmoot. I'd be delighted to assist you in creating separate expense accounts in QuickBooks Desktop.

We can add new expense accounts from your Chart of Accounts to separately track employee wages and hourly employee wages in your Profit and Loss report. I'll show you how:

1. From the Lists menu, select Chart of Accounts.
2. Then, from the Account ▼dropdown, select New.
3. Select an account type, then select Continue.
4. Complete the account details and ensure to enter unique account names to easily identify the account.
5. Select Save & Close.

Furthermore, I'd still recommend consulting your accountant for further guidance in setting up these accounts to ensure the accuracy of your books.

For more details about running reports and how to generate them based on your preference, you can check out these articles for guidance:

• Understand reports
• Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop

You might also want to check this guide that can help you in exporting your reports to Excel. This way, you can access your reports anytime outside QuickBooks: Export reports as Excel workbooks in QuickBooks Desktop.

Feel free to visit here again in the Community, and keep me posted on your progress with setting up accounts in QBDT. I'm determined to help you succeed. Keep safe always.