A rate is only meaningful against a cost, and the cost is not the salary divided by the hours worked. It is every annual charge divided by the hours a client actually pays for.
True hourly cost calculator
What one billable hour really costs you once unbillable time is removed.
Cost per billable hour
CHF 47.62
Billable hours
1,260 h
Unbillable hours
540 h
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Cómo funciona
- 1Add everything the business pays in a year, your own pay included.
- 2Enter the hours you actually work, not the hours in a year.
- 3Set the share spent on admin, sales and learning.
Para quién es
- •Checking that a rate covers its cost
- •Deciding whether to take a discounted project
- •Comparing in-house work to subcontracting
Consejos de experto
- If your rate is below this number, more work makes the loss bigger, not smaller.
- Thirty percent unbillable is normal for a solo business. Pretending otherwise inflates every other figure.
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