Work out the hourly and day rate you need to charge to hit your target income as a freelancer.
Freelance Rate Calculator
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Enter the take-home income you want.
Add yearly business expenses and your tax rate.
Enter realistic billable hours per week and working weeks per year.
Gross revenue = take-home ÷ (1 − tax rate) + expenses. Hourly rate = gross revenue ÷ billable hours per year. Freelancers rarely bill 40 hours a week; 20–30 billable hours is typical after admin and sales.
Admin, invoicing, marketing, and learning are unpaid time.