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Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator

Work out the hourly rate you must charge to hit your target take-home income as a freelancer, accounting for billable hours, unpaid vacation weeks, business overhead, and self-employment tax.

Desired Take-Home Income ($/yr)

Annual Business Overhead ($/yr)

Effective Tax Rate (%)

Billable Hours per Week (hrs)

Unpaid Time Off (weeks)

Business

Markup vs Margin Calculator

See the profit your pricing produces and understand the difference between markup and margin: two ways of describing the same gap between cost and selling price, calculated in both directions.

Cost per Unit ($)

Selling Price per Unit ($)

Units Sold (units)

Fixed Costs ($)

Key differences

	Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator	Markup vs Margin Calculator
Category	Business	Business
Inputs required	5	4
Result	Required Hourly Rate ($/hr)	Net Profit ($)
What it does	Work out the hourly rate you must charge to hit your target take-home income as a freelancer, accounting for billable hours, unpaid vacation weeks, business overhead, and self-employment tax.	See the profit your pricing produces and understand the difference between markup and margin: two ways of describing the same gap between cost and selling price, calculated in both directions.