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What an hour costs
From the money you want to keep to the price of an hour, one card per step.
Start with the money you want to keep and end with the price of an hour.
After tax, and yours to spend.
At a 28% tax share.
That’s $6,000 a year.
About 3.5%, and most of it goes to the card processor.
15 a week for 46 weeks. Count the hours somebody paid for, never the hours you worked.
That’s what it takes to keep $60,000.
Sell 10 hours a week and the same practice needs $201 an hour. Sell 20 and it needs $101.
The calculator is free, and it shows every step of the working.
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What an hour costs
Start with the money you want to keep and end with the price of an hour.
$60,000 — What you want to keep
After tax, and yours to spend.
$83,333 — What you have to earn before tax
At a 28% tax share.
$89,333 — Add software, insurance, a room, an accountant
That’s $6,000 a year.
$92,573 — What clients have to pay you
About 3.5%, and most of it goes to the card processor.
690 — Billed hours in a year
15 a week for 46 weeks. Count the hours somebody paid for, never the hours you worked.
$134 — An hour
That’s what it takes to keep $60,000.
Billed hours move this more than tax does
Sell 10 hours a week and the same practice needs $201 an hour. Sell 20 and it needs $101.
Put your own numbers in
The calculator is free, and it shows every step of the working.
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