Freelance Pricing Calculator — What Should I Charge?

Your Numbers

Desired monthly take-home

What you want to actually keep — after taxes, before expenses.

Monthly business expenses

Software, insurance, subscriptions, equipment. Not personal expenses.

Billable hours per week

The hours you actually charge for — not your total work hours.

25 hrs

Weeks off per year

Vacation, sick time, slow weeks. Be honest.

4 wks

Include 25% overhead buffer
Proposals, emails, admin, unpaid revision time. Most freelancers forget this. Gross up for self-employment taxes (~30%)
As your own employer, you owe 15.3% SE tax on top of income tax. Most solopreneurs need to earn about 30% more than their take-home target.

Your Rates

Required Hourly Rate

The minimum you need to charge per billable hour

Day Rate (8 hrs)

One full day of work

Small Project (10 hrs)

Standard deliverable

Monthly Retainer

~80 billable hrs/mo — ongoing client work

Annual Revenue Needed

Billable Hours / Year

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