Your year

A year, after tax.

A year: software, gear, insurance.

Income plus self-employment tax.

Holidays, sick days, quiet spells.

25 hours

Only hours you can charge for, not admin or pitching.

What the year looks like

Where $86,000 of billing goes.

  • Take-home pay$60,000
  • Tax at 25%$20,000
  • Business costs$6,000
  • 46 working weeks, 1,150 billable hours230 days

Your rate

Hourly rate

$74.78

To bring in $86,000 over 1,150 billable hours

Day rate (8 hours)
$598
20-hour project
$1,496
Revenue a week
$1,870
Revenue a month
$7,167

A realistic number of billable hours, with time left for admin and finding work.

Revenue needed = take-home ÷ (1 − tax rate) + business costs. Hourly rate = revenue ÷ ((52 − weeks off) × billable hours). Tax rates depend on where you live; use your own or ask an accountant.

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