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The perfect price.

Three numbers: what to open with, what to say, and what to never go under. Creators are priced on views, not followers. Performers on the session plus the usage. Freelancers from the year they want. Companies get the fair offer, so both sides land in the same place.

What you dopick it, or describe it in your own words

The kind of workThe role

Or say it your way

Where you workWhere you are in it

The year you wantthe rate comes from the life you want, then the market checks it

Take-home you wantBillable hours a weekWeeks offCosts a year (gear, software, insurance)Tax rate %

This jobquoted the way this work is sold

Daysor hoursWhat happens to the work

They need it faster than you would like

What did you last charge for a job like this?optional, wins over the formula

Your number

$1,200

Open with

$1,500

Never below

$950

Your rate card

Day rate$1,250 per day
Hourlyfor anything that does not fit a day$150 per hour
An MVP$34,000 per project
Monthly retainertwo to three days a week, the product owned$27,200 per month

What to charge for each thing (4)

MVP$25,000 each
Fractional, two days a week$9,000 per month
Technical due diligence$5,250 each
Architecture review$3,250 each

US rates for full-stack developer / fractional ctos at your level, adjusted for your market. What you last got wins.

8 hours at $150$1,200

For 8 hours at $150, the quote is $1,200.

Quote and invoice with this, free for 14 days

What did they offer?

To take home $85,000 after $9,000 of costs and 30% tax you need to bill $134,286 a year. At 24 billable hours a week for 47 weeks that is $125 an hour, $950 a day. Anything under that is a pay cut you did not agree to.

Full-stack developers at your level day at about $1,250 ($800 to $1,700 in New York and LA). Your income math lands under that, so the market number is the one to quote; the gap is a raise you are owed.

An MVP runs $8,000 to $60,000 and takes about 150 hours of your time; at your hourly that is $22,500. The number is the higher of the two, because the client is buying the outcome, not the hours.

A retainer is the month, not the hours: two to three days a week, the product owned. It is priced about 20% under the same work bought one at a time, in exchange for the certainty; three months minimum, or it is not a retainer.

Starting points, not promises: mid-market US numbers for 2026, adjusted for your niche, market and the brand. What a brand actually paid you beats all of it, which is why there is a box for it. Inside Creator OS and Company OS this math runs on every ask, with your real deals replacing the formula.