Free tool
Video editor rate calculator
Work out what you need to charge, then price a project with the revision rounds and admin time most calculators pretend do not exist. Nothing is uploaded, it all runs in your browser.
After tax, in your pocket
Software, hardware, drives, insurance
Rough combined rate
52 minus holiday and sick days
Everything, not just editing
Pitching, email, invoicing and exports are not
Charge at least
$0
an hour
Filled in from the other tab, change it if you like
Assembly, cut, sound, grade
What the contract actually says
Including the re-export and the upload
Calls, notes, transfers, invoicing
Weekend or under 48 hours
Quote this project at
$0
0 hours
If the client asks for more
The fastest way to raise your rate is to spend less time per job
Our Premiere Pro plugins cut the repetitive part of the edit, which is the part clients never see and never pay extra for.
Why most rate calculators are wrong
They divide what you want to earn by the hours in your week, which assumes every hour is billable. In practice somewhere between half and two thirds of a freelance week is billable, the rest going to pitching, email, invoicing, file transfers and exports. Price off the wrong number and you work a full year to land short.
Revisions are the hidden discount
A project quoted at twelve hours that takes three rounds of notes is really an eighteen hour project. If the rounds were not priced in, you have quietly cut your rate by a third. Decide how many rounds the price includes, put it in writing, and charge for the rest.
What to do with the number
Treat the hourly figure as a floor rather than a price list. Most client work is better quoted per project, because clients buy an outcome and because you should keep the gains when you get faster. Use the hourly rate to check the project price is worth your time.