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Hourly, day or project rate

General calculation · any country

Work out what to charge per hour, per day or per project to earn what you need, counting the time you cannot bill and your business costs.

What you want to earn
€
What you want to keep each year, after costs and taxes.
€
Equipment, software, office, insurance, training…
%
Percentage of your profit you set aside for taxes and social contributions. Use the figure your adviser gives you: no tax rules are applied here.
Your time
weeks
Leave out holidays, public holidays and possible sick leave.
h
%
Finding clients, quotes, admin, training…
h
h
Hourly rate
—
Day rate
—
Project price
—
Annual revenue needed
—
Billable hours per year
—
For you Costs Taxes and contributions

How it is calculated

  • Revenue needed = take-home income ÷ (1 − tax set-aside) + costs.
  • Billable hours = weeks × weekly hours × (1 − non-billable time).
  • Hourly rate = revenue needed ÷ billable hours. Day rate = hourly rate × hours in a working day.

Assumptions

  • The tax and contributions set-aside is a percentage of profit that you enter; no country's tax rules are applied.
  • Work is spread evenly over the year.
  • Amounts exclude sales taxes (VAT, GST…).