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Freelance Rate Calculator

One of the best parts of going independent: you set the price. Enter what your old job paid, and we'll find the rate where freelancing pays you just as well. Everything above it is a raise you gave yourself.

1 · What your old job paid

Your business should pay you at least this well. Count everything the job bundled in. As a freelancer, you keep all of it, you just price it in.

or target income
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what you'd pay
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employer match you'd lose
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as much as you like, it's your call now
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2 · Your working year

This is where freelancing pays off: nobody hands you a 9-to-5 anymore. You design your own year. Want six weeks off? A four-day week? Set it here, and your rate adjusts so your income doesn't. Flexibility isn't a perk you negotiate for; it's built into your price.

all work, billable or not
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you choose how many
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How much of that time will you actually bill?

Part of your week goes to running your business: meeting new clients, sending proposals, building your name. Pick a scenario to see your rate at each stage: most freelancers start around 60% and grow toward 90% as clients start coming to them. Every point of utilization is a raise.

 
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The math behind your potential savings

As a sole proprietor or single-member LLC, self-employment tax (15.3%) applies to every dollar of profit. With an S-Corp, you split your income into two parts, a reasonable salary and owner distributions. Payroll taxes apply only to the salary. The distribution side? Untaxed by self-employment rules.
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Your results are a starting line, not a finish line

The hard part isn't knowing you could save money, it's actually making it happen.
Electing S-Corp status means running payroll, paying yourself a salary, filing additional federal forms, and keeping up with quarterly obligations. It's absolutely worth it. But managing it solo adds a whole new layer to your plate.


Lettuce is built for exactly this. It's a predictive tax management platform for businesses-of-one — handling your S-Corp structure, payroll, and tax obligations automatically, so the savings you just calculated actually end up in your pocket.

All the benefits of an S-Corp. None of the administrative headache.
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