Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator
Enter the net income you want, your yearly business costs, holidays and realistic billable hours. The calculator derives the hourly, daily and monthly rate you must charge.
About this tool
Work Out the Rate You Actually Need
Start from the net income you want and work backwards to an hourly and day rate that also covers taxes, expenses and unbilled time.
Revenue From Your Goal
Target net income, tax and social charges and annual business expenses add up to the gross revenue you need each year.
Realistic Hours
Working weeks, hours per week and the billable share give the hours you can actually invoice — usually far fewer than you work.
Three Answers
Recommended hourly rate, day rate (8 h) and required monthly revenue, all updated as you type.
How to use it
- Enter your target net income per year.
- Set tax & social charges as a percentage and your annual business expenses, such as insurance, software and equipment.
- Enter working weeks per year and hours per week, leaving room for holidays and sick days.
- Set the billable share; 60–70 % is realistic for most freelancers.
- Read the recommended hourly rate, day rate and required monthly revenue, and compare them with what your market pays.
Frequently asked questions
Is my financial data uploaded to any server?
No. Every calculation, PDF and XML file is produced inside your browser tab with JavaScript and WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded, stored or logged — the tool also keeps working offline.
How many billable hours should I plan for?
Most full-time freelancers bill 55–70% of their working hours; the rest goes to acquisition, admin and training. Lower the billable share to see how strongly it drives your rate.
Is the tool really free to use?
Yes. The calculators, the invoice studio and the e-invoice tools are free to use, with no account and no watermark. The free plan has fair-use limits. Optional paid plans add higher limits and features such as customer management, reminders and bookkeeping.
Why is the rate so much higher than an employee's hourly wage?
Because you pay what an employer would cover: social contributions, holidays, sick days, equipment and the hours spent finding work. An employee on 60,000 a year earns about 35 per working hour; a freelancer usually needs well over twice that per billed hour to end up with the same.