Evidence-based freelance planning

Modeled Freelance Benchmark

Start with reviewed local employee-wage data when it is available for your work. Otherwise, use a clearly labeled U.S.-based international reference as a separate planning point.

Lower, median, and upper are points in the employee-wage data—not freelancer-rate percentiles or career levels.

Choose the work

Search any supported title. We match your job title to the closest occupation in our wage database.

Occupation or service

Searches 98 core occupations and 1,794 active aliases.

Choose your country

Your country determines which wage information we can show and which currency to use. It does not estimate your personal costs.

Where are you based?

Determines whether reviewed local wage data can be shown, how the source is presented, and the display currency. It does not estimate your taxes, expenses, cost of living, or personal minimum.

Your benchmark result

See the official wage source first, then a separate modeled freelance planning estimate.

Local wage result

Local Employee Wage Reference

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Modeled Freelance Planning Benchmark

We multiply the official employee-wage statistic by 1.75 once to create a freelance planning estimate. The coefficient is a disclosed planning assumption, not an official government freelancer-rate statistic.

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Separate comparison · Never labeled local

U.S.-Anchored International Reference

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We will show how this occupation was matched to its wage source. This number is never labeled local wage evidence.

Lower—25th-percentile employee wage × 1.75

Median—Median employee wage × 1.75

Upper—75th-percentile employee wage × 1.75

Modeled Freelance Planning Range

A lower-to-upper planning range based on the employee-wage data. It is not a set of career levels.

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Source and methodology details

Default planning reference: —
Employee-wage source: —
Source treatment: —
Freelance conversion: employee wage × 1.75 provisional planning assumption
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The Modeled Freelance Planning Band is derived from employee-wage percentiles. It is not an observed freelancer-rate distribution, confidence interval, survey range, client budget, or personal minimum.

Why is this different?

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Cross-country differences are directional only. Pay basis, employee population, occupation classification, statistic and source vintage differ; two hourly values are not perfectly comparable.

For cross-border work, treat client market, currency, scope, urgency, fees, and negotiation leverage as quote context. They do not rewrite the official occupation source or the primary benchmark.

Optional Quoting Guidance

Engagement context Optional

These details can help you think about your quote, but they do not change the underlying wage benchmark.

How did this opportunity reach you?

Platform or intermediary fee percentage

Gross-up only. A fee never reduces the benchmark.

Project circumstances

Standard timeline and scope Rush or disruptive deadline Unusually scarce expertise not represented by the occupation Unusually complex or uncertain scope Guaranteed recurring volume or retainer Client has stated a firm budget constraint

Compare with your personal minimum Optional

The occupation benchmark estimates a market reference. This separate calculation uses only the financial assumptions you enter.

Desired annual personal income after taxes

Annual business expenses

Estimated annual tax reserve

Benefits and retirement reserve

Annual contingency reserve

Weeks off per year

Billable hours per working week

What this benchmark does—and does not—tell you

Official employee-wage values and our modeled freelance planning estimates are shown separately.
The 1.75 coefficient is applied once. It is a planning assumption to help translate an employee-wage reference into a freelance planning estimate; it does not predict your individual rate.
Your project scope, urgency, client, fees, and negotiation position can affect a quote, but they do not rewrite the benchmark.
When local data is unavailable or cannot be used reliably, we say so and keep the international reference separate.
Source units stay in their original hourly, weekly, monthly, or annual form. We do not turn them into hourly values just to make a comparison look simpler.

For source quality, mapping notes, country-specific limitations, and release history, see Methodology and the Changelog in the footer.