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Day rate ↔ salary calculator

Compare freelancing to a salary honestly. Convert a day rate to an equivalent salary, or work out the day rate you'd need to match a salary — including the benefits a freelancer self-funds.

Equivalent salary
Gross annual
Per month
Billable days
A guide, not gospel — set the uplift to reflect the benefits you actually self-fund. Contracting now? Invoice your day rate →
Why it's not just rate × days

A fair comparison, both ways.

A day rate and a salary aren't the same thing — an employee gets paid holidays, a pension and employer taxes for free. This adjusts for that.

1

Gross annual first

Your day rate times the days you actually bill gives gross annual revenue — the literal, unadjusted figure.

2

Adjust for benefits

To match an employee salary, we account for the paid leave, pension and employer costs a freelancer covers themselves via the uplift %.

3

Flip it around

Switch modes to go the other way: enter the salary you want and see the day rate that actually delivers it.

Got your day rate? Bill it.

Put your day rate onto a professional invoice with a payment link and reminders — free, no login.