Comments on: Our New Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator

By: Ashley Schroeder

Ashley Schroeder — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:12:16 +0000

Bummer! http://www.freelanceswitch.com/rates is no longer working. Do you guys have a new URL for the freelancer calculator?

By: m

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:05:28 +0000

it doesn’t work… the link is broken

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By: Brad Benner

Brad Benner — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:02:59 +0000

Beautiful tool you’ve created. For those interested in understanding some of the financial mechanics involved, you can also check out the tool that I created at http://www.xbarit.com/bradblog/index.php/2007/10/12/billable-rate-calculator/.

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By: sascha/hdrs

sascha/hdrs — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:30:21 +0000

I’ve wrote a tool for the desktop for calculating freelancer hourly rates and project estimates. It can be downloaded here: http://blog.hexagonstar.com/downloads/feat/
I’ve wrote it mainly for my own purpose but I hope it can be useful for others, especially freelancing starters.

By: Max Tutein

Max Tutein — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:05:50 +0000

"The question is, how much above the hourly wage of a salaried employee should a contractor charge to end up at the SAME real compensation." I found a set of calculators here that seem to take into account at factors like employment tax, retirement, and insurance. And it's pretty fast, containing just on interview page that constantly updates.

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Doug’s Tech Blog » Blog Archive » Blogroll Addition — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:16:54 +0000

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By: Zio

Zio — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:31:51 +0000

It’s a nice tool to see what you need given your personal demands, but not a good tool to sell your rates to a client.

Salaries for all sorts of professions are well published, e.g. salary.com and others.

The question is, how much above the hourly wage of a salaried employee should a contractor charge to end up at the SAME real compensation. This needs to take into account benefits (401k, other pension, health care, paid vacations, etc.), taxes (like self-employment tax, business licenses, etc.), contractor owned, rented or hired resources (equipment, office space, office help).

If I can show such an equation, based on real hard costs and real salary market data, then I can justify my rates, but if I say I need $X to pay my mortgage, then all I may hear is get a smaller house…

So the calculator is great, but it covers only half the equation, the one that answers the contractor’s needs, it doesn’t answer the client’s questions as to why he should pay that much.