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Photographer hourly rate calculator

The shoot is the smaller part of the job if you edit. A rate built only on hours with the camera underprices the gallery. Lower the billable share, or raise the hours, until editing is inside the figure.

Usage of the pictures belongs in the quote notes. This calculator does not write a copyright licence, and the starting numbers are not a rate card.

Example starting point. Change every figure. This is not a rate card, and it does not calculate tax or super.

575 billable hours a year. Costs are $13.91 of each of those hours.

$144.35 an hour

(Income + costs) ÷ billable hours. A day rate is this figure times the hours you call a day.

Billable hours are weeks times hours a week times the share you can charge for. The rate is income plus costs, divided by those hours. Change the blanks before you treat the figure as yours. Not a rate card.

Short answers

Does this include tax or super?

No. It splits the income you type, plus the costs you type, across the hours you can bill. Income tax and super are separate. This is not tax advice and not a rate card.

Why are billable hours less than the hours I work?

Quoting, driving, picking up parts, and admin are often unpaid. The share you can bill is the part a client is actually charged for.

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