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CONTRACTING / SUSTAINABLE RATE

Contractor Day Rate Calculator

Calculate a contractor day-rate floor from target personal income, annual business cost, reserve percentage, working days, and utilization.

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Scenario

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Calculation path

Income and annual business costs are grossed up for the reserve percentage, then divided by expected billable working days.

Calculation path

Day rate = (target income + annual business costs) / (1 - tax and reserve rate) / (working days x utilization).

What you provide

What you provide

  • Target personal income: Annual amount intended for owner compensation before personal tax.
  • Annual business costs: Software, equipment, insurance, accounting, marketing, and overhead.
  • Tax and reserve percentage: Revenue share reserved for tax, risk, downtime, and retained buffer.
  • Available working days: Days remaining after weekends, leave, holidays, training, and administration.
  • Billable utilization: Share of available working days expected to be billable.

What you receive

What you receive

  • Required contractor day rate
  • Annual revenue requirement
  • Billable days and eight-hour hourly equivalent

Use boundary

Choose the maximum decimal places shown. This does not increase source accuracy.

Market pricing, scope risk, collection delay, sales tax, currency, subcontractors, payment failure, and contract terms are excluded.

This is an educational planning estimate, not payroll, employment, legal, tax, benefits, or accounting advice. Confirm eligibility, definitions, contracts, policy, and jurisdictional rules before using a result.

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