Contractor Rate Calculator for Software Engineers

Use this calculator to determine the hourly rate you should charge as a contractor based on your years of experience and the technology you work with.

This calculator is very imperfect. It has almost no context or nuance. It assumes United States wages. You should only be using this as an extremely rough estimate of what you should charge based on the loss of healthcare benefits, 401k, stress, taxes, and other factors that come with being a contractor.