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Calculate the minimum hourly rate you need to charge based on your income goal, expenses, and billable hours.
A break-even floor rate, a full pricing ladder, market benchmarks, and the real cost of discounting.
Required annual revenue
$56,000
Billable hours / year
1,008
Four tiers, from break-even to premium pick based on demand, urgency and specialisation.
| Tier | Hourly | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute floor Break-even no room for a slow month or a project that runs long. | $55.56 | $444 | $1,944 | $7,778 | $93,333 |
Minimum sustainable Clears your floor with a little slack, but still thin. | $69.44 | $556 | $2,431 | $9,722 | $116,667 |
Target A healthy, normal rate to aim for on most work. | $83.33 | $667 | $2,917 | $11,667 | $140,000 |
Premium For specialised, high-demand or rush work. | $111.11 | $889 | $3,889 | $15,556 | $186,667 |
Your floor rate at different billable percentages the fewer billable hours, the higher the rate has to be.
General reference ranges only actual rates vary widely by experience, niche and client budget.
If you raise your target rate
+5%: $4,200/yr ยท +10%: $8,400/yr ยท +15%: $12,600/yr
If a client asks for a discount
You'd lose $8,400/yr at current utilization.
Fully-loaded salary value
$68,750
Your required freelance revenue
$56,000
A salaried job also gets paid leave, benefits and no unbillable admin time compare your required freelance revenue against this fully-loaded figure, not just the base salary.
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Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator works backward from your desired annual take-home income, business expenses, working weeks, and realistic billable hours per week to compute the minimum hourly rate you need to charge accounting for the non-billable time (admin, marketing, sick days) that a naive 'income รท total hours' calculation misses.
Enter your desired annual income
What you want to take home after business costs.
Enter business expenses
Software, insurance, taxes set aside, equipment.
Enter working weeks and billable hours per week
Be realistic most freelancers bill far fewer hours than they work.
Read your minimum rate
Hourly, day (8hr) and monthly target revenue.
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Last reviewed on July 17, 2026 by the AiTechWorlds Tools Team. All processing runs locally in your browser.