Freelancer Rate Calculator

What must you charge so your income, tax and unbillable time are all covered?

Add the annual income you want to take home.
Enter working weeks, working hours per week and a billable share greater than 0 to calculate your rate.

Take-home income you want (year)

Business expenses (month)

Tax reserve

Platform or agency fee

Billable hours are calculated only from the numbers you enter here: working weeks x hours per week x billable share. Nothing is assumed for you.

Working weeks per year

52 weeks minus holiday and time off.

Working hours per week

Billable share of hours

The share of your working hours you can actually invoice.

Contingency buffer

Hours for this project

Required hourly rate

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Required annual revenue

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Required monthly revenue

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Billable hours per month

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Billable hours per year

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Suggested project price

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Kept per billable hour after tax and fees

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Tax reserve per year

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Fees per year

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Add your income target and working assumptions to see the rate you need.

Move a variable and see the impact against your current baseline.

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Under this scenario, versus your baseline

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Enter your assumptions to see the exact formulas used.