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Freelance Project Profitability Calculator

Quickly evaluate whether a project is worth taking. Estimate your real net profit, effective hourly rate, margin, and compare your pricing against market benchmarks by skill category.

Project Inputs

Enter your fee, workload, costs, tax assumptions, and minimum acceptable rate.

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Software, subcontractors, travel, assets, transaction fees, etc.
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Applied to pre-tax profit after expenses.
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Used for the rate sanity check against typical freelance market ranges.
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Profitability Results

Your project economics update instantly as you type.

Net profit
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After expenses and estimated tax
Effective hourly rate
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Based on net profit ÷ hours
Profit margin
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Net profit as % of project fee
Rate gap vs floor
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Difference from your minimum target
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Enter your project numbers to see whether this opportunity clears your profitability threshold.

Breakdown Amount
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Expenses$0.00
Pre-tax profit$0.00
Estimated tax$0.00
Net profit$0.00

Rate Sanity Check

Compare your effective hourly rate to common market ranges for your category.

Market comparison
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Decision Guide

Use this logic to avoid underpriced work and protect your calendar.

Signal What it means
Go Net hourly exceeds your floor and margin is healthy. The project likely supports sustainable delivery.
Maybe / Renegotiate Close to your target, but not ideal. Adjust scope, timeline, revision limits, or fee before accepting.
No-Go Below your floor or too much risk for the return. Decline or reframe the offer.