I just found this great calculator online that helps you determine what your optimum and minimum hourly rate should be. It's located at: http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

I love freelance switch!! Such a great blog. Thanks Lily - I just did my calculations based on what we'll be paying for everything in the States and thought for sure it would depress me, but actually I was pleasantly surprised

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This is wonderful! Because like it or not, there are a lot of expenses to take in when making our rates!

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OMG. Thanks Lily! This calculator is great.

This is awesome!! Thank you!!!!

Brianna

Thanks Lily! This will be very helpful

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Deb Frawley
Gem's Virtual Office

This is definitely something I'm going to play around with! Thanks!

Wow, the calculator was really cool, and a little of an eye opener too. Apparently I need to either cut down on expenses or take less vacation days! Thank you for the link!

Shannon

Thank you for the link! This was really helpful!

I certainly will check it out. Thanks for sharing.

OMG! I love that calculator!!! Thanks So much it really helps with a budget too!

Wow! Thanks for sharing! I will check it out.

This is fascinating and very eye-opening. Thanks!

This is a great resource to use -thanks!

At 1st glance this looks a great tool. Thanks