What are y’all’s hourly freelance rates? I make 110k/yr but am quite young. Used to do $50/hr freelance but I feel like that’s absurdly low compared to my salary. Thoughts?

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$60/hr. It’s probably too low but I don’t freelance FT, just for one-off favors and interesting projects. Are you in UX or tech?

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Stop charging so little. You indirectly put downward pressure on everyone’s pay by accepting low pay.

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Billing for your time is a race to the bottom. I negotiate what the work is worth and then set terms for the flat rate. Predictable for the client and for me…and if i work fast (with 25 years experience this is often the case) it works in my favor. My rate has been free at times (work i believe in with no budget) or sometimes close to $600/hr for work that was worth that.

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They’re paying for expertise and an end product, after all.

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Lol, fun little update for everyone. Told him $70/hr and got no answer back. Legit not even mad though cause I didn’t want to do it and would never find the motivation for less than that.

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$80/hour for general design, $100+ for motion.

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If you’re a senior designer, you should charge $85/hour freelance, minimum.

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Min 900 per day

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You’re cheating yourself fam.
I’m 2 years in and charging 110/hr for motion & 95 for design (I freelance part time with agencies only)

If your skillset match your rates the sky is the limit. After all, you’re charging them for time that could’ve been spent with loved ones. Make it worthwhile.

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I just raised my rate from $45/hr to $60/hr. I mostly build websites for small businesses. I feel like this is a little low but I keep raising it because I have too much work.

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Raise it again

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$1.6k per day

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I work in advertising. 9 years professional experience. I charge $90/hr. Los Angeles.

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Thank you, will do!

Try out an hourly rate to annual salary conversion tool, like this one: https://www.hourlysalaries.com/

It helps set a better context for what hourly rates translate into. You may need to try some different assumptions for weeks worked per year (the default of 52 weeks is a bit much).

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CD1 I think I love you ✨

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200/hr rarely lower, 5 years of experience.

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164/hr + extra for fast turn around, boring work, or weekend work, unpleasant clients. 5 yrs exp. I also work full time

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Unpleasant clients are the biggest spike in my prices. Haha!

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Interesting divergence of rates in this thread. I would love some context on types of clients, industries they’re in, type of work? It’s good to know what your time is worth, but it’s equally important to know who will pay for it. I think that will help some of the newer folks get a sense of how it all works.

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$105-120 for agencies, $140-150 for my own client work.
- NYC.
- 7 years experience, 5 years in house, 1 year FT freelance, no agency experience prev. I started a bunch of random businesses through the years so I just say 7-8 years exp in general.
- mostly do visual design but touch a bit of everything like photo, social, brand strategy.

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I have about 14 years in the industry doing animation and design… back when I freelanced it was 75/hr. I’m full time now at 150k/yr

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Hourly rates have little to do with skill level or seniority. It depends entirely on location. If you don’t live in the metro areas on the coasts (CA, NY, WA), you won’t be able to match those high numbers.

Yes you can. 😉

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Where do you work that you make $110k/yr? I make $80k/yr as a senior and feel underpaid.

I am an associate product designer and I get 70k. I hope you can find a place that will pay you a fair price!!

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