Finance · Business & Commerce

Consulting Fee Calculator

Estimate a break-even hourly fee from target income, overhead, and billable hours.

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Quick guide

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter only the business amounts, rates, counts, or operating assumptions named by the fields.
  2. Keep currencies, reporting periods, quantities, and accounting classifications consistent.
  3. Review the formula and calculator-specific limitations before using the result in a decision.

Calculation method

Calculation method

Hourly fee = (target income + annual overhead) ÷ annual billable hours.

Fixed-decimal arithmetic remains exact through display unless a result is explicitly labelled approximate, such as a square-root inventory quantity.

Worked example

Worked example

Target income 80,000 plus overhead 20,000 over 1,000 billable hours requires 100.00 per hour.

Hourly fee = (target income + annual overhead) ÷ annual billable hours.

Supported inputs

Precision and limits

Visible input limits

Fixed decimals accept up to 30 digits and 12 decimal places and are capped at an absolute value of 1e12 per input. Rates are capped at 1000%; percentage shares and method-specific domains may be narrower.

International scope

No currency, tax jurisdiction, accounting framework, payroll rule, marketplace fee schedule, financing term, or industry benchmark is selected automatically.

Decision boundary

Results are arithmetic scenarios from visitor-entered assumptions, not accounting records, forecasts, valuations, legal interpretations, professional advice, or recommendations.

Calculator-specific assumptions

This is a scenario from visitor-entered values. Keep currencies, periods, accounting classifications, and operating definitions consistent. It is not accounting, tax, legal, investment, or business advice.