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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

How many bookingsOf those, rebooks

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

$1,575

Open with

$1,975

Never below

$1,250

Your rate card

Day rate$950 per day
Hourlyfor anything that does not fit a day$125 per hour
Talent search and bookingshortlist, outreach, the deal, the paperwork; the client pays the talent directly$1,575 per booking
Rebook (someone you already placed with them)$1,025 per booking
Monthly retainerup to four bookings a month, roster building, first look, a weekly call$5,050 per month
Each one over the retainer$800 per booking

What to charge for each thing (5)

Shortlist only, no booking$675 per search
Headliner, multi-talent or travel$3,825 from, quoted up front
On-site day (run the talent on the day)$625 per day
Kill fee once outreach starts50% of the booking fee
Retainer+, up to 8 bookings with an on-site day$6,750 per month

US rates for talent booker / talent relationss at your level, adjusted for your market. What you last got wins.

talent search and bookingshortlist, outreach, the deal, the paperwork; the client pays the talent directly$1,575

For talent search and booking, the quote is $1,575.

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.

Talent bookers usually day at $500 to $900. You are above it. That is fine when the work is, and it is the reason to say it plainly and show the work.

Talent search and booking runs $1,000 to $2,500 and takes about 10 hours of your time; at your hourly that is $1,250. 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: up to four bookings a month, roster building, first look, a weekly call. 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.

Terms that hold: the client pays the talent directly, never through you; 50% deposit; kill fee of half once outreach starts; expenses at cost; rates valid 90 days.

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.