FREELANCE / PRICING FLOOR

Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator

Turn your desired income, business expenses, tax buffer, and actual billable capacity into a minimum sustainable rate.

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Desired annual take-homeThe annual amount you want available to yourself after the selected tax buffer.INRAnnual business expensesSoftware, equipment, insurance, contractors, marketing, and other costs you need revenue to cover.INRTax bufferA planning reserve as a percentage of revenue. Confirm your actual tax position separately.%Billable hours each weekOnly the hours you can invoice, not every hour you work.hoursBillable weeks each yearWeeks you realistically expect to invoice after leave, sales, admin, and holidays.weeks

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The page works backward from the revenue needed to cover income, expenses, and tax buffer, then divides by realistic invoiceable hours.

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Required revenue = (desired take-home + business expenses) / (1 - tax buffer). Hourly rate = required revenue / annual billable hours.

What you provide

Income goal
Business expense estimate
Tax buffer and truly billable capacity

What you receive

Hourly pricing floor
Equivalent eight-hour day rate
Annual revenue target

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This is a pricing floor, not tax advice or a market-rate recommendation. Add scope, risk, seniority, and client-value margin.

Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator

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What you provide

What you receive

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