How to Calculate Your Freelance Rate From a Salary Goal
Work backward from the income you want to keep. A worked example covering expenses, tax reserves, billable hours, day rates and project quotes.
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worked through.
Practical guides to the money questions behind your next quote. Clear assumptions, worked examples, and a way to put your own numbers to the test.
How Much Should Freelancers Set Aside for Taxes?
Understand revenue, profit and tax reserves, compare illustrative scenarios, and build a practical planning process using your own US tax estimate.
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Work backward from your take-home goal, business expenses, tax assumption, and billable time.
Try our rate calculator →Our guides are published by Freelance Margin. Examples are illustrative, and tax-related explanations link to relevant IRS resources. The guides explain planning methods; they are not individually tailored professional advice.