How to Set Your Freelance Rate (Without Guessing)
The step-by-step way to price your work so it covers your real costs, your time off, and the life you actually want.
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Invoice #001
PaidWeb design — 10h$500
Logo design$300
Tax (0%)$0
Total$800
Tracked today
6h 20m
This month
$4,250
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Hourly Rate Calculator
Work out the hourly rate you must charge to hit your income goal.
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Convert an annual salary to an hourly, daily or weekly rate (and back).
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Build a fair project quote from hours, rate, extras and a safety buffer.
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Find your price from a target margin, or your margin from a price.
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Project your weekly, monthly and yearly income — and your goal gap.
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Estimate tax owed, take-home pay and quarterly set-aside.
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Add or remove VAT / sales tax at any rate, instantly.
Open tool Tax & FeesPayment Fee Calculator
See real fees and what you'll actually receive from PayPal, Wise & more.
Open tool Tax & FeesExpense Splitter
Split shared business costs fairly across people or projects.
Open tool DocumentsInvoice Generator
Create a clean, professional invoice and save it as a PDF.
Open tool DocumentsContract Template Generator
Generate a simple freelance contract you can copy or download.
Open tool TrackingTime Tracker
Track billable hours with a simple timer and see your earnings.
Open tool UtilitiesProposal Word Counter
Count words and characters in proposals, bids and cover letters.
Open tool UtilitiesFreelance Readiness Score
Answer a few questions to score how ready you are to go freelance.
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