Freelance Rate Calculator
Free freelance rate calculator: turn your income goal, costs, time off, and billable share into the hourly rate you need to charge.
Enter your targets
Set what you want to earn, what your business costs, and how much of your time is actually billable.
The hourly rate to hit your goal
The rate covers your income goal plus business costs across only the hours you can actually bill.
Billable share is the lever
Only part of a working week is billable. Admin, sales, and unpaid work all lower the share, which raises the rate you need.
Count every business cost
Include software, hardware, insurance, taxes set aside, and any subcontractors in your yearly costs.
Treat it as a minimum
This is a floor, not a ceiling. Charge more when demand, value, or specialization allows it.
How the freelance rate is calculated
Working hours per week times your working weeks, reduced to the billable share, gives the hours you can actually invoice each year. Your income goal plus business costs, divided by those billable hours, is the rate you need to charge.
The number is only as good as your billable-share estimate. Sandtime.io shows the real split between billable and non-billable time, so the next rate you set is based on evidence, not a guess.
Know your real billable share
Sandtime.io records billable and non-billable time as you work, so you can set rates on real utilization and protect your margin. Free for unlimited users, without surveillance.