Freelance hourly rate calculator API

Convert a desired salary into a freelance hourly rate covering self-employment tax, vacation/non-billable weeks, expenses and an optional profit margin: rate=(salary+expenses)*(1+margin)/billableHours/(1-taxRate). Answers 'freelance rate for a $90k salary', 'day rate for a contractor', 'hourly rate covering self-employment tax'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/calc/budget-freelance-rate

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/calc/budget-freelance-rate

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "desiredSalary": 90000,
  "billableHoursPerWeek": 30,
  "vacationWeeks": 4,
  "businessExpenses": 6000,
  "taxRatePercent": 30
}

Example response

{
  "desiredSalary": 90000,
  "businessExpenses": 6000,
  "billableHoursPerYear": 1440,
  "workingWeeks": 48,
  "hourlyRate": 95.24,
  "dayRate8h": 761.9,
  "taxRatePercent": 30,
  "profitMarginPercent": 0,
  "breakdown": {
    "salaryAndExpenses": 96000,
    "withMargin": 96000,
    "taxGrossUp": 41142.86
  }
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "desiredSalary",
    "billableHoursPerWeek"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "desiredSalary": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Desired salary-equivalent in dollars",
      "examples": [
        90000
      ]
    },
    "billableHoursPerWeek": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Billable hours per week",
      "examples": [
        30
      ]
    },
    "vacationWeeks": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Non-working weeks per year (default 4)",
      "examples": [
        4
      ]
    },
    "businessExpenses": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Annual business expenses in dollars",
      "examples": [
        6000
      ]
    },
    "taxRatePercent": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Effective tax rate percent (default 30)",
      "examples": [
        30
      ]
    },
    "profitMarginPercent": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Profit margin markup percent"
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}