Freelance and creator rates
Rates for freelancers and creators, worked from the hours and costs behind them: web, photo, video, UGC, books.
- How Much to Charge for Interior Design: Hourly, Flat or Percentage
How much to charge for interior design services, from your own year and project hours. One example designer needs $83.33 a billable hour.
- Freelance Writing Rates Per Word: How Much to Charge, Worked Out
A per-word rate = your hourly floor / words you finish per hour of ALL the work. Worked: $62.50 an hour becomes $0.3125 a word, not $0.125.
- How Much to Charge as a DJ: Wedding, Gig and Hourly Prices
How much to charge as a DJ, worked from every hour a booking takes. One example 5-hour wedding prices at $1,025, a 4-hour party at $800.
- How Much to Charge as a Virtual Assistant: Rates From Your Own Year
Virtual assistant rates worked from your own year: a $48.00 hourly floor, a $988.00 retainer package, and what rollover hours do to it.
- How Much to Charge for a Logo: Logo Design Pricing, Worked Out
Price a logo as phase hours x your floor rate, plus expenses. A worked example: $85 an hour, 25.3 hours, a $2,250 quote, and what revisions do to it.
- How Much to Charge for Bookkeeping: Pricing From Your Own Hours
Bookkeeping pricing from your own numbers: an hourly floor of $83.05, a monthly retainer of $800 from transactions, and a fixed fee for catch-up work.
- How Much to Charge for Tutoring: Tutoring Rates Per Hour, Worked
Set tutoring rates per hour from your own year: income, costs, prep and cancellations. Worked example: a $62.10 floor, and why a 10% package costs you money.
- Quarterly Estimated Tax Calculator: 2026 Self-Employment Tax, Worked
2026 self-employment tax on $85,000 of profit is $12,010.12. Add income tax at your own rate and divide by four. Worked example, with the set-aside.
- Mileage Reimbursement Calculator 2026: IRS Rate vs Your Car's Cost
The 2026 IRS mileage rate changed midyear: 72.5 cents before July 1, 76 cents after. Split your miles at June 30, then check the rate against your car.
- How Much to Charge for UGC: Your Rate and Usage Rights, Worked
Price a UGC video from your own hours and costs, then add usage rights as a multiplier. Worked example: a $445.00 floor, $975.00 with add-ons.
- 1099 vs W-2 Calculator: Convert a W-2 Salary to a 1099 Rate
A 1099 rate that matches a W-2 salary = (salary + benefits + employer tax + costs) / billable hours. Worked: $85,000 becomes $76.60 an hour.
- How Many Words Per Page in a Book? Measure Your Layout, Then Divide
Words per page depends on trim, font, leading and margins. Two measured books ran 206-226. How to measure yours and turn word count into page count.
- How Much to Charge for a Website: Web Design Pricing, Worked Out
Price a website as hours x your floor rate, with revision rounds counted. A $4,000 build at 40 hours drops to $76.92 an hour by round two.
- How Much to Charge for Photography: Price the Job, Not the Shoot
Price only the shooting hours and a 10-hour wedding comes to $946.90. Count editing, travel and admin and it is $4,450.43. The formula, worked.
- How Much to Charge for Video Editing (Per Minute, Per Hour, Per Job)
A per-minute rate set on a 30-minute edit quotes $39.88 for a 2-minute job that costs $162.45. How to price video editing from your hours and the footage.
- KDP Royalty Calculator: Print Cost, Paperback and Ebook Royalty
KDP royalty worked to the cent: a 200-page paperback earns $1.59 at $9.98 and $2.59 at $9.99. Print cost, minimum price, 35% vs 70%.
- Social Media Manager Pricing: How to Price a Retainer by the Hour
Ten posts a month is 14.5 hours as static graphics and 40.5 as reels. How much to charge for social media management, worked from hours.
- Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator: How Much to Charge, Worked Through
Income divided by 2,080 hours gives $28.85 an hour. The rate that actually covers the year is $84.98. The freelance rate formula, worked step by step.