Billable Hours Target Calculator

About this calculator

For freelancers and professionals who bill by the hour — lawyers, consultants, accountants, freelance developers — annual income isn't simply hourly rate times a standard work year, because not every hour worked is billable. Time spent on admin, business development, unpaid vacation, and non-client work all reduce the hours actually available to invoice, so hitting an income goal requires working backwards from that goal to the real billable-hour target.

This calculator divides your annual income goal by your hourly rate and working weeks to find the billable hours you need per year and per week. It's a practical planning tool used when setting freelance rates, evaluating whether a rate increase or more clients is needed, and sanity-checking whether an income goal is realistic given the number of weeks actually available to bill in a year.