Hourly Rate Calculator (Freelance Curator)

Questions

1) How much money do you need per month to live? (€) 2) What are your monthly professional costs? (€) 3) Which multiplier do you use for social insurance & taxes? (e.g. 1.6 for average income) 4) How many hours per week can you work? 5) What percentage of your working time goes to acquisition & admin (non-billable)? 6) How many weeks per year do you want to take off? 7) How many weeks per year are you sick?

Result

Note: Gross need = net need × multiplier; billable hours = (yearly hours − vacation/sickness) × (1 − acquisition/admin share); minimum rate = (gross need + costs) ÷ monthly billable hours.