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Show HN: Freelancer Salary, calculator to match full time salaries (freelancersalary.com)

15 points by amalgamated_inc ↗ HN
My #2 in a string of websites I'm trying to make this year.

When evaluating freelancing offers, I found myself writing a little script that did the math on how much more I'd need to charge.

Days off, self employment tax, health insurance.. lots of factors.

This simple web calculator does it for you.

Let me know if you have any feedback or additional factors I've forgotten to add!

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itake
Freelancing have much more unpaid time than fulltime work. As a freelancer, you will have breaks between contracts, unpaid time searching for your next gig, or even more complex tax filings. You will spend unpaid time researching health insurance, 401k providers, and other HR concerns that are typically outsource for full-time work.

As a freelancer, you have to purchase your own equipment.

The typical rule of thumb is you take your day job hourly rate and multiply it by 2.