Free Freelance Rate Calculator
Five quick questions about your costs, goals, and availability. We’ll show you what to charge, compared against real market benchmarks for 96 roles in 10 regions. 100% free forever, no charge, no sign-up.
How this calculator works
Five quick questions about your costs, income goal, time, and channel turn into the rate you actually need to charge. It runs three tiers in parallel: breakeven covers your costs only, recommended covers costs plus your income (and retirement) goal grossed up for tax, and comfortable adds a slow-month buffer on top. Every result is compared against region-adjusted 2026 benchmarks aggregated from Upwork, Payoneer, MBO Partners, YunoJuno, FreelancerMap, and Arc.dev.
Why most freelancers under-charge
- They forget to gross up for tax. An $80K take-home at 28% effective rate is actually $111K of revenue.
- They use a 40h billable week. Almost no full-time freelancer bills 40h; realistic is 22-30 once admin, sales, breaks are removed.
- They ignore platform + processor fees. Upwork 10% + Stripe 2.9% = 12.6% gross-up needed. Most calculators skip the processor.
- They don’t budget retirement, health insurance, or late payments, all real costs that erode the take-home rate.
Step 1 of 5
Step 1 of 5
Your work
Tell us where you work and what you do. We’ll use this to compare your rate against real market benchmarks for your role and region.
Pro tip
Your role + region pair drives the benchmark band. Junior freelancers usually price 60-80% of the regional median; seniors 110-130%; expert specialists can sit 150%+. Switch role/region to see how the same skill maps across UAE / EU / SEA / NA.
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Pricing scenarios
Engagement scenarios
Six ways to translate your recommended hourly into prices clients actually buy.
Day rate (8h)
Standard day-rate booking
$0.00
Day rate (premium)
+25% for short-notice / single-day bookings
$0.00
Sprint (40h)
1-week intensive engagement
$0.00
Project flat-fee (40h)
+30% buffer for scope creep, revisions
$0.00
3-month retainer
20 hours / month committed
$0.00
6-month retainer
20 hours / month committed
$0.00
The numbers behind it
Cost basis & inflation
What you actually need to cover and how to keep up next year.
- Monthly costs
- $0.00
- Annual costs
- $0.00
- Pre-tax income required
- $0.00
- Annual billable hours
- 1150
Next year, at 4% inflation
Charge at least $0.00/hr to keep your real income flat.
Five-year projection: $0.00/hr
A/B your setup
Scenarios
Save up to 10 named snapshots and switch between them.
No saved scenarios yet. Save your current inputs to compare different rate setups.
Simulators
Stress-test your numbers against real-world scenarios.
Rate increase impact
What happens to your annual revenue if you raise your rates.
New hourly
$0.00
Extra annual revenue
$0.00
Project budget evaluator
Plug in a client’s budget and the hours you’d spend, and see if it’s worth it.
Enter a budget and hours to evaluate.
Utilization reality check
What your billable hours look like against a full-time baseline.
Annual billable hours
1150 / 2000
57% of full-time
Realistic for full-time freelancing.
New expense impact
See what an extra monthly expense does to the rate you must charge.
Annual cost added
$0.00
Hourly increase needed
$0.00
Platform fee adjuster
What you must quote each platform to net the same recommended rate.
Direct
$0.00/hr
5% fee
$0.00/hr
10% fee
$0.00/hr
15% fee
$0.00/hr
20% fee
$0.00/hr
25% fee
$0.00/hr
Methodology & limits
What this tool does and doesn’t do.
- Benchmarks are aggregated 2026 estimates from Upwork, Payoneer Freelancer Income Reports, MBO Partners, YunoJuno, FreelancerMap, and Arc.dev.
- Currency conversions use the platform-wide currency table; not real-time FX.
- Real client rates depend on portfolio and engagement type far more than regional baselines.
Freelance Rate Card
Frontend Developer
North America (US / Canada)
Delivvo
delivvo.io · June 21, 2026
Recommended rates
| Engagement | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|
| Hourly | $0.00 |
| Half-day (4h) | $0.00 |
| Day (8h) | $0.00 |
| Week (25h) | $0.00 |
| Month | $0.00 |
| Annual (46w) | $0.00 |
Cost basis
Monthly costs: $0.00
Annual costs: $0.00
Pre-tax income required: $0.00
Availability
Billable hours / week: 25
Working weeks / year: 46
Effective tax rate: 28%
Market benchmark
Regional median for Frontend Developer in North America (US / Canada): $95.00/hr (low $47.50, high $180.50).