Freelance Writer Rate Calculator
Stop guessing your rate. Enter your income goal and the hours you can actually bill — get the hourly, per-word and day rate you should charge. Runs in your browser, nothing saved.
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Day rate (6 billable h)
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See the tools →How to price your freelance writing
Work backward from the life you want: target income + expenses, divided by the hours you can actually bill (admin, pitching and revisions eat the rest), plus a margin so you're building a business, not buying yourself a job. Then translate the hourly rate to per-word using your real writing speed — so a fast 1,500-word post never pays less than a slow one.