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Freelance & Consulting Calculators
Price your client engagements for long-term sustainability and profitability. Calculate required minimum hourly rates, evaluate day rate equivalents, track billable utilization, and account for self-employment tax reserves.
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Freelance Pricing & Utilization Calculators
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The Mathematics of Freelance Pricing
The Three Pillars of Freelance Rates
Your gross target revenue must satisfy three components: your desired personal net salary, total annual operating expenses (software, subscriptions, hardware, office, legal), and a 25%–30% tax reserve for self-employment and income tax.
Effective Realization Rate
Effective realization measures your real income earned across all hours worked. For example, billing 20 hours at $100/hr yields $2,000. If you spent 40 total hours that week on client work and proposals, your effective realization rate is $50/hour.
Freelance Rate FAQs
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