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A quick and dirty baseline is to take your yearly salary and divide by 1000, giving you an hourly rate.

• jon_dahl 18y ago
  This is a good rule of thumb, and probably the most common one. It's basically identical to 2x your hourly rate as an employee. (FT employment is often figured at 2000 hours/year.) So if you want the equivalent of $75,000/year, charge $75/hour.
  • anewaccountname 18y ago
    "2x your hourly rate as an employee" Maybe if you can manage to pretend that your employer doesn't pay half of your social security taxes =)
    • icey 18y ago
      That's part of why you have to figure for a rate so much higher than your salaried rate.