United States · Business & Freelancer

Billable Hourly Rate Calculator

Estimate the hourly billing rate needed to cover annual costs and target profit.

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Enter your values and calculate to see the result.

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How this Billable Hourly Rate Calculator works

This calculator turns the business inputs you provide into a transparent planning estimate. It runs locally in your browser and does not require an account.

Formula and assumptions

The result uses straightforward arithmetic based only on the fields shown above. Review whether your accounting definitions, time period, taxes, fees and overhead match the assumptions before using the result for a business decision.

Use real business data

For useful comparisons, enter figures from the same accounting period and use consistent definitions for revenue, costs, customers and working hours. Tax and legal treatment may differ by entity type and jurisdiction.

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How to use this calculator

  1. Set Annual costs (default 90000).
  2. Set Target annual profit (default 30000).
  3. Set Billable hours per year (default 1400).
  4. Select Calculate to update the result. Reset restores the starting values.

Planning estimate only. Taxes, accounting treatment, payroll obligations, industry practices and business costs can change actual results.

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