Day rate
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Stop guessing what to charge. Enter what you want to earn, how much you can actually bill, your expenses and tax — and get the hourly and day rate that adds up.
A freelance rate has to cover far more than an employee's hourly pay. Here's the logic this calculator uses.
Your target take-home plus your business expenses is the money the year has to produce.
You pay your own tax, so we gross the number up by your set-aside % — what you bill isn't what you keep.
You can't bill 40 hours a week. Dividing by the hours you actually invoice gives a rate that survives admin, sales and time off.
Put your new rate straight onto a professional invoice with a payment link and reminders — free.