FREE FREELANCE CALCULATOR

Freelance Break-Even Calculator

Your break-even revenue is the monthly amount needed to cover your business costs and the pay you plan to take.

Cover your costs

Monthly break-even

Estimate the revenue needed to cover monthly costs and your pay.

Monthly business expensesMonthly owner payVariable costs as % of revenue

Estimated result$6,888.89

Variable costs must be below 100% of revenue.

How it works

Enter your own figures above. The result updates as you change the inputs.

Formula

(monthly business expenses + monthly owner pay) ÷ (1 − variable cost percentage)

Example

With $1,200 in monthly expenses, $5,000 in owner pay, and variable costs equal to 10% of revenue, break-even revenue is about $6,888.89.

Tips for using the result

Use a realistic average for variable costs such as transaction fees or subcontracting.
Check whether your average number of projects can support this revenue.
A variable cost share of 100% or more makes break-even impossible under this formula.

Planning estimates only. This tool does not calculate taxes or provide financial advice. Amounts display in USD; use the same currency for every monetary input.