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Rate calculators by profession
Each version starts with defaults that fit the field and explains what moves rates in that line of work. All of them use the same method as the general rate calculator.
Writing and marketing
Copywriter
A copywriting rate calculator with notes on 2026 project fees. How much money a piece is expected to move sets its price, which is why a sales page and a blog post of the same length are quoted nowhere near each other.
Marketing consultant
Set a consulting rate here and see how marketing consultants structure their fees in 2026. You are selling judgment, so the size of the decision you are hired to make sets the fee.
Proofreader and editor
A rate calculator for proofreading and editing, with 2026 pricing set out by service level. What the manuscript needs, a light proofread or a full line edit, decides the rate along with how clean the draft already is.
SEO consultant
Check an SEO rate against your income target, then read how consultants price audits and retainers in 2026. Hourly billing caps you exactly when experience makes you fast.
Social media manager
A rate calculator and 2026 package guidance for social media work. Much of the job is invisible to clients, so the calculator counts the messages and approval rounds that a flat fee usually swallows.
Transcriptionist
A calculator for per-audio-minute rates, with 2026 transcription pricing notes. Audio quality and the number of speakers decide how long a file really takes, so quoting on length alone is where the money goes missing.
Translator
Work out a per-word rate and check it against the income you need, with 2026 fee notes. The same 2,000 words can be a two-hour job or a two-day one depending on the language pair and the subject matter.
Design and creative
Graphic designer
A design rate calculator with notes on what graphic designers charge in 2026. Who ends up using the work, a local shop or a funded startup, changes the number.
Illustrator
An illustration rate calculator, with 2026 guidance on usage and licensing. The same drawing can be worth a few hundred dollars or tens of thousands depending on where the client puts it.
Photographer
Build a day rate that covers the shoot and the editing that follows it, with 2026 licensing notes. Commercial clients are paying for the licence as much as for the pictures.
Podcast editor
A podcast editing calculator with 2026 notes on per-episode and retainer pricing. The state of the raw files sets your rate, long before the runtime of the finished episode comes into it.
UX designer
Set a UX rate here and read how designers price projects in 2026. Clients are buying research and reduced risk, and the notes cover how to charge for that.
Video editor
Turn your income target and project load into a per-video or retainer rate, with 2026 pricing notes. How much raw footage you wade through and how many revision rounds a client expects set the price.
Voice-over artist
A calculator that separates the session fee from the usage rights, with 2026 pricing notes. Where the recording ends up, an internal training module or a national spot, changes the fee even when the booth time is the same.
Development and data
Data analyst
A rate calculator for analysis work, from one-off pulls to dashboards, with 2026 pricing notes. How messy the source data is usually decides the price, along with how much explaining the client needs afterwards.
Web developer
A web development rate calculator with typical 2026 hourly ranges. What the site is worth to the client, a brochure page or a storefront taking orders, sets the rate.
WordPress developer
A WordPress rate calculator with 2026 notes on project and retainer pricing. Plugin conflicts and page-builder cleanup eat the hours that a quick site quote never accounts for.
Business, finance and consulting
Accountant
A rate calculator tuned to accounting work, with 2026 fee notes. The kind of engagement, from monthly books to fractional controller work, sets the rate.
Bookkeeper
Turn your income target and client load into a bookkeeping rate, then read what the field charges in 2026. The scope of a client's books sets the price.
Business coach
Check a coaching fee against the income you want, with 2026 notes on packages and retainers. Your track record with one kind of client is what moves the number.
E-commerce consultant
A calculator and 2026 fee notes for platform migrations and conversion work. Clients hire you for a specific, time-sensitive problem, so the risk sitting on the project is what you price.
Virtual assistant
Set a VA rate here, with 2026 notes on retainer packages. Rates rise with the responsibility you carry, so inbox triage and owning a product launch belong in different brackets.
Not listed here? Use the general freelance rate calculator, then turn the rate into quotes with the quote builder.