Freelance project profit
Check the real hourly profit of a project after fees, expenses, and revision time.
Hourly profit
Effective hourly profit
$65.00
24 hours
More figures
- Left after fees and expenses
- $1,560.00
- Price for your target
- $2,066.67
Quote $2,066.67 to hit $75.00 an hour, or cap the revision hours.
Estimate from the numbers you enter. Not financial or tax advice.
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A project price can look healthy and pay badly once the platform fee, the expenses, and the revision hours are in it. This calculator turns the project into an hourly profit and shows the price that would hit the hourly rate you want.
Use it before you send the quote. The hourly rate tool sets the rate you need for the year. This one checks whether a single project meets it.
Count the hours you will actually spend
The work hours are the making. The revision hours are the calls, the extra rounds, and the small changes that were never written down. If you leave them at zero, the hourly figure is a best case you will not be paid.
A contract that caps revisions is what makes the second number real. Without a cap, type a cautious estimate rather than the client's first promise.
What to do when the project misses the rate
The result gives the price that would hit your target with the same hours and expenses. You can quote that, cut the included revisions, or decline. Discounting the price and hoping the work goes faster is how the hourly rate disappears.
Frequently asked questions
Should I include unpaid pitching time?
Not in one project, or every quote looks impossible. Pitching belongs in the yearly hourly-rate calculator, where it reduces your billable hours. This page is the job after you have won it.
What expenses belong here?
Costs this project creates: stock assets, ads you place for the client, contractors, postage, or software you would not otherwise buy. Your normal subscriptions belong in the yearly rate, not in every project.
Does the fee include tax?
Only if you type a fee that includes it. Platform and payment fees are the usual entry. Income tax is separate and should be set aside from the money left.
What if the client wants unlimited revisions?
There is no honest hourly result for unlimited work. Put a number of included hours in the quote, and a price for hours after that. Then run those hours through the calculator.