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Effective hourly earnings

Find what a project actually earned per hour after included expenses.

Use commas for thousands and a dot for decimals (2,000.50). Your inputs are not submitted.

YOUR RESULT

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Enter your inputs and select Calculate.

How it works

(Revenue − expenses) ÷ all project hours

$5,000 less $1,000 over 80 hours gives $50/hour.

What the result means

Count discovery, revisions and administration as well as delivery. The result is before personal tax and any overhead you have not entered. A negative result means included expenses exceed revenue.

Assumptions & limits

Mathematical estimate using the values entered. Costs or conditions not included in your inputs are excluded. Method reviewed October 18, 2026.

Common questions

Are my inputs saved?

We do not store or submit form inputs. Reloading restores the example values.

Is the result exact?

The display rounds to at most two decimal places; intermediate values retain their precision. Assumptions may differ from your actual situation.

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