Method
Adds annual business expenses to desired income, calculates annual billable hours from working time and billability, then divides required revenue by billable hours.
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Free Freelance Rate Calculator
Free freelance rate calculator to estimate an hourly and daily rate based on your income goal, expenses, working time, and billable hours.
Turn an income goal, business expenses, working schedule, and billable share into a transparent planning estimate.
Your inputs stay on your device
Calculate a freelance rate
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Estimated hourly rate
Required revenue divided by annual billable hours.
Daily rate
Hourly rate × working hours per day.
Weekly billable revenue
Required annual revenue
Desired income + annual business expenses.
Annual billable hours
1,920 total working hours before billability.
This calculator provides an estimate based on the information you enter. Your actual freelance rate may vary depending on taxes, market rates, business costs, workload, and other factors. It is not financial advice or a guaranteed market rate.
Context & Reference
How it works
For freelancers turning income goals, expenses, and available working time into a target rate.
calculator guideHow to use it
Use this calculator with your own values, then review the clearly labelled result and copy it when you need it elsewhere.
Understand the result
Review hourly and daily rates, weekly billable revenue, required annual revenue, and annual billable hours.
Example
Estimate a rate from an $80,000 income goal, $12,000 expenses, 48 weeks, 5 days, 8 hours, and 60% billability.
Practical tip
This is a planning estimate; taxes, market rates, workload, and other business factors can change an actual rate.
Notes
This calculator runs locally in this browser. This is a planning estimate; taxes, market rates, workload, and other business factors can change an actual rate.
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