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What should you actually charge?

Enter your income goal, hours, and expenses. Your hourly rate, day rate, and project price update as you go.

Billable hours per week25h
5h45h
Weeks off per year4w
0w12w
Profit margin20%
0%50%
Based on 1,200 billable hours this year across 48 working weeks
$81/ hour
Hourly rate
$81
Day rate (8h)
$645
Project price (~40h)
$3,227

This assumes 25h/week of billable work, 48 weeks worked, $500/mo in expenses, and a 20% margin on top of your income goal. Raise the margin or cut billable hours and the rate climbs to match.

Landing on the right number is half the job. Finding businesses willing to pay it is the other half. LeadX finds them.

A planning estimate, not tax or legal advice.

Common questions

Most freelancers bill 20 to 30 hours a week even when working full time. The rest goes to admin, sales, revisions, and finding the next client, so an hourly rate built on 40 billable hours is usually too low.

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