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# [Your day rate is a utilisation problem: a worked example](https://bardachtech.hashnode.dev/your-day-rate-is-a-utilisation-problem-a-worked-example?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Take two freelancers who want the same 60,000 a year after tax. One bills 60 % of their working hours, the other 45 %. The first can charge 77.90 an hour; the second needs 103.86 for the same life: a

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