Freelance Hourly Rate Calculator
Turn your monthly costs, savings, profit and tax into an hourly rate in ฿.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
Updated
Suggested Hourly Rate: ฿171
Suggested Hourly Rate
฿171
Daily Rate
฿1,368
Monthly Expenses
Calculation Settings
Your Rates
Suggested Hourly Rate
฿171
per hour
- Daily Rate
- ฿1,368
- Savings / Month
- ฿2,000
- Monthly Target
- ฿30,105
- Yearly Target
- ฿361,263
Calculation Summary
- Expenses
- ฿20,000
- Savings (10%)
- + ฿2,000
- Profit (30%)
- × 1.30
- Tax (5%)
- ÷ 0.95
- Work Hours / Month
- 176 hrs
What is it?
A freelance rate calculator works out the hourly rate you need to charge to cover your living costs, savings, profit and tax. Enter your monthly expenses, set savings, profit and tax percentages and your working days and hours, and this one returns hourly, daily, monthly and yearly targets in Thai Baht, calculated in your browser.
How to use
- List your Monthly Expenses: edit the six sample items, press Add Item for more, or delete what doesn't apply
- Set Desired Profit, Tax (estimated) and Savings with the sliders
- Enter Work Days / Month and Hours / Day
- Read the Suggested Hourly Rate and the Calculation Summary in the results panel (beside the inputs on desktop, with the hourly rate also shown above them on mobile)
- Press Copy Result to copy the full breakdown as text
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate my freelance hourly rate?
Add up your monthly expenses, add savings as a percentage of them, multiply by (1 + profit %), divide by (1 − tax %) to get the monthly target, then divide by work days × hours per day. The calculator does each step for you and shows them in the Calculation Summary.
What hourly rate do the default numbers give?
฿20,000 of expenses plus 10% savings is ฿22,000; × 1.30 for profit is ฿28,600; ÷ 0.95 for 5% tax is a ฿30,105 monthly target. Over 22 days × 8 hours (176 hours) that is about ฿171 per hour or ฿1,368 per day.
Why is tax divided instead of added?
Dividing by (1 − tax rate) grosses the amount up, so after tax is taken off you still keep your target. Adding 5% on top would leave you slightly short once 5% of the larger total is paid.
Is profit added to my savings too?
Yes. The profit percentage is applied to expenses plus savings, not to expenses alone. With ฿22,000 as the base, 30% profit adds ฿6,600.
Should I count every working hour?
Use billable hours only, the time a client actually pays for. If you work 8 hours but spend 2 on admin and sales, enter 6 hours per day and the hourly rate rises to cover it.
Does the yearly target include holidays?
The yearly target is the monthly target × 12. To allow for time off, lower Work Days / Month so the same monthly income is earned over fewer days.
Is my financial data sent anywhere?
No. Every calculation runs in your browser and the tool makes no network requests with your numbers. Nothing is saved either, so a refresh returns to the defaults.