Total hours
Work hours + communication hours + revision hours + any buffer hours you choose to include.
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Put in the quote, the hours behind it, your direct costs, and the hourly rate you want to keep. The business answer updates immediately.
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UPDATED AUGUST 27, 2026Added percentage-based fees, other direct costs, and buffer hours for more realistic minimum quotes.
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BUSINESS VERDICT
This price is worth taking.
The project clears your target after the estimated tax and direct costs.
REAL HOURLY INCOME$0.00per hour
RECOMMENDED MINIMUM QUOTE$0.00to reach your target
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Current real rateTarget
- Total project hours
- 0 hours
- Estimated tax reserve
- $0.00
- Income after estimated tax
- $0.00
- Platform and payment fees
- $0.00
- Fixed project costs
- $0.00
- Total fees and costs
- $0.00
- Net project income
- $0.00
- Quote difference
- $0.00
The math behind the answer
Every hidden hour counts.
The calculator follows one transparent pricing model. Change any input and the entire analysis updates.
Net project income
Project price minus the estimated tax reserve, percentage fees, and all fixed project costs.
Real hourly income
Net project income divided by every hour the project requires.
Minimum quote
Your target hourly income × total hours, plus fixed costs, then grossed up for the estimated tax and percentage fees.
HP
I built this for the work around the work.
The deliverable may take 30 hours, but calls, proposals, revisions, and project-only costs can quietly turn a good-looking quote into a weak deal.
Important limits
A pricing estimate, not a tax return.
The tax field is a simple planning percentage supplied by you. For pricing safety, this model reserves estimated tax against the quoted price before subtracting the listed costs. That is intentionally conservative and is not a claim about how every deductible expense will be treated on a tax return.
Percentage fees are also reserved against the quoted price. Actual U.S. taxes and business results depend on income, deductions, credits, business structure, location, contract terms, and other facts. Add overhead, unpaid administration, scope risk, or late-payment risk to the cost and buffer fields when they matter to the deal.
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