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Freelance calculators
Free calculators for freelance hourly rates, day rates, project fees, retainers, and what you actually earn after unpaid time.
Freelance pricing is a set of related decisions: what to charge per hour, how to package a day or a project, how to price reserved monthly capacity, and whether the week still pays after unpaid work. These calculators share that problem. They do not invent a market rate.
Start with the Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator if you need a living hourly floor. Use the Freelance Day Rate Calculator when clients buy days, or the Freelance Project Rate Calculator when they buy a deliverable. A monthly retainer is reserved capacity, not a project in disguise. If the quoted rate looks healthy and the week does not, compare it with the Effective Hourly Rate Calculator.
Calculators
- Effective Hourly Rate Calculator
Compare your quoted hourly rate with the hours you actually work.
- Freelance Break-Even Rate Calculator
Find the cost-floor hourly rate that covers expenses and unpaid time.
- Freelance Day Rate Calculator
Turn take-home income, expenses, and billable days into a clear day rate.
- Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator
Turn take-home income, expenses, and billable hours into a clear hourly rate.
- Freelance Project Rate Calculator
Turn hourly rate, project hours, and risk into a fixed project price.
- Freelance Retainer Calculator
Turn hourly rate, included hours, and expenses into a monthly retainer fee.
Guides
- Freelance Retainers: How to Set a Monthly Rate
Set a monthly freelance retainer from the hourly rate you need, the hours you can reserve, expenses, and a profit buffer, including unused hours and overage.
- Hourly Rate vs Day Rate for Freelancers
Hourly and day rates sell different units of time. See how they differ, when a day rate fits, and why unpaid time inside a billed day matters.
- How to Calculate Your Freelance Hourly Rate
Work out a freelance hourly rate from take-home income, expenses, unpaid time, and a tax allowance — then run the calculator with your figures.
- How to Price a Freelance Project
Price a freelance project from your hourly rate, delivery hours, meetings, revisions, expenses, and a risk buffer — without treating it as a market quote.
- What Is an Effective Hourly Rate?
Effective hourly rate is what you earn after unpaid revisions, sales, and admin. See how it differs from a quoted rate and from profit.