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Billable Hours Calculator
Turn hours worked, utilization, and your hourly rate into weekly billable hours and revenue — so you see what you actually earn per desk hour.
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Adjust anything — results update instantly.
Weekly billable
16 hrs non-billable each week
Revenue
- This week
- $2,400
- Per month (~4.33 wks)
- $10,392
- Per year
- $115,200
Effective hourly rate: $60 / desk hour
What you earn per hour worked after utilization — not your billed rate.
How this works
- Enter how many hours you work in a week (desk time, not only client time).
- Set your billable percent — the share of those hours you can invoice.
- Add your hourly rate and how many weeks you work in a year.
- We multiply billable hours by your rate for week, month, and year revenue, and show your effective rate per desk hour.
You know what's billable. Now keep the work that fills those hours organized.
WorkFocus helps freelance developers plan today, track client work, and see the week clearly — so billable hours don't slip through the cracks.
FAQ
How do you calculate billable hours?
Billable hours per week equal hours worked times your billable percent. For example, 40 hours at 60% utilization is 24 billable hours. Revenue is billable hours multiplied by your hourly rate.
What is a good billable percent for freelancers?
Most freelancers cannot bill every hour they work. Sales, admin, proposals, and context switching often leave 50–70% billable. Solo developers commonly start around 60%.
What is an effective hourly rate?
Your effective hourly rate is weekly revenue divided by total hours worked. It shows what you earn per desk hour after utilization — usually lower than the rate you quote clients.
Is this billable hours calculator free?
Yes. No signup required. When you want to plan the work that fills those billable hours, you can start free on WorkFocus.
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