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freelance rate calculator

work out a sustainable hourly and day rate from your real goals and costs

START HERE: a monthly money plan with live formulas

billable hours, required monthly revenue, hourly rate and day rate

PROJECT QUOTE sheet linked to your hourly rate

SCENARIOS sheet comparing three capacity plans

Enter your monthly take-home target, business costs, tax reserve, profit buffer and working time. The workbook estimates your billable hours, the monthly revenue you need, and the hourly and day rate that gets you there.

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who it's for

✦new freelancers setting a first rate
✦freelancers checking whether a rate covers costs, taxes and time off
✦anyone who wants a planning number before quoting a client

what's inside

♥START HERE: a monthly money plan with live formulas
♥billable hours, required monthly revenue, hourly rate and day rate
♥PROJECT QUOTE sheet linked to your hourly rate
♥SCENARIOS sheet comparing three capacity plans
♥GUIDE & NOTES with step-by-step help
♥a blank workbook plus a filled-in example

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how it works

1open the EXAMPLE workbook to see it filled in
2make a copy of the BLANK workbook
3type into the lavender cells on START HERE; green cells calculate automatically
4use PROJECT QUOTE to price one project and SCENARIOS to compare plans

files in the download

Freelance_Rate_Calculator_BLANK.xlsx
Freelance_Rate_Calculator_EXAMPLE.xlsx

compatibility

✦built as .xlsx workbooks for microsoft excel
✦google sheets can import .xlsx files, but formulas, dates and formatting may change. sheets compatibility hasn't been verified, so check results after importing
✦amounts are plain numbers with no currency symbol, so the math works in any currency

good to know before you buy

!a planning estimate, not tax, accounting or financial advice
!the tax reserve is a simple percentage allowance, not a tax calculation for your country
!results are not market-rate benchmarks
!cells aren't locked, so keep an untouched copy of the blank file

license, refunds & support

A one-time purchase of downloadable files, not a hosted app or subscription. Use and adapt the files for your own personal or business work, including client projects; don't resell or share the templates themselves. See the terms and refund policy.

Questions before or after buying: hey@rheaclub.co

try it free, learn the method

Free Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator · the core formula in your browser

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everything is a clean, editable file — no messy formatting, no surprise tabs.

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any questions?

no. you type into the lavender input cells and the green result cells calculate automatically. the sheets aren't locked, so keep a clean copy of the blank file in case you overwrite a formula.

it's built for excel (.xlsx). google sheets can import it, but formulas and formatting may change, and we haven't verified sheets compatibility. check the results after importing.

yes. the amounts are plain numbers without a currency symbol, so enter values in your own currency.

the free calculator uses the same core formula. the workbook adds a project quote sheet, a scenarios comparison and a filled-in example you can keep and edit offline.

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