Hourly Rate Calculator

[CHRISGEE]

I didn't want this link burried in the other thread.

This is a link to a handy Hourly Rate Calculator (http://www.tortorelladesign.com/calc/index.html), put together by designer Neil Tortorella.

Neil also gives GREAT marketing advice, especially for independent designers, on his blog Inside the Marketing Mind (http://www.tortorelladesign.com/marketing_mind/).

[morea]

I made it sticky. :D

[captain spanky]

anyone got that in GBPounds sterling? ;) :D

[ironhorse23]

wow, this is great

[Emmanize]

Good Grief!

I knew I wouldn't understand the financial part….Ill have to get good old bf to work his magic here I think. He works with millions and gold everyday....might as well make use of his skill lol.

[freelancer111]

Cool calculator. Even cooler links. nice looking site btw

[pazazlm]

This looks like it will be very helpful for our new business!

[Seapony]

Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator (http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/).

Quite handy and easy to navigate—more or less covers your overhead and profit margin.

:D

[teniworks]

This is really helpful Seapony. It has been bookmarked!

[Blak_Phoenix]

Very handy! Thanks Seapony. :)

[icekitty37]

LOL this is funny. i must have done something wrong cuz it says my break even rate is $191!!! UMMM i doubt i will EVER get that much!

[GraphixNPrint]

The one Seapony put up says I should me bringing in almost 6,000.00 per hour... I only WISH! :)

[budafist]

If I quit my job and worked full time I would only have to charge $28 per hour. That's crazy. My break even rate is the same as what I get at my day job.

Then I entered in the hours I spend freelancing currently (I work a full time job so my freelance hours are after work and in the weekends only). On that basis I need to charge $173 per hour ideally and $125 to break even. That sounds crazy, but if I found someone to pay that, I could quit my day job and only work 2 half days a week. Sweet!

[GraphixNPrint]

well buda, thats why mine was so high, because i figured the actual time I spend working. Really it equals out to a couple hours a day and only a couple of days a week. The rest of the time I am here on the computer just messing around.

Granted I own my company and have hundreds of employees that do most of the actual work... so I guess thats why the figure is so skewed compared to what it actually should be.

BTW, I think we should all work on 2 days a week, everyone would be so uch more relaxed and would make for a better world. So go on with your sweet-ness and cut your workload to 2 days a week! :D

[budafist]

Sounds like a plan. I would love to only work 2 days a week! Though I would like to think those other days I might spend 2 of them painting so that could be considered as more work!

[Chicomoralessxm]

Thanks for the link i bookmarked it. His site could use some work though........ this is not the best site around but well not too bad http://www.acutevision.com/ sorry this is a little off topic nice link though

[createdirector]

That is a great tool, thanks for sharing.

[MarsDragon]

Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator (http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/).

Quite handy and easy to navigate—more or less covers your overhead and profit margin.

:D

Hmmmm! Thanks!

[tagoean]

what do you guys come out hourly rate (ideal and brake even?)

[Rosger]

This guy has a great blog, I recommend a read for those just checking out the calculator :)


I didn't want this link burried in the other thread.

This is a link to a handy Hourly Rate Calculator (http://www.tortorelladesign.com/calc/index.html), put together by designer Neil Tortorella.

Neil also gives GREAT marketing advice, especially for independent designers, on his blog Inside the Marketing Mind (http://www.tortorelladesign.com/marketing_mind/).