Project Profitability

Calculate the true profitability of any project by mapping hours worked against revenue and overhead.

Total project revenue $15,000

Your hours on the project 75 hours

Your cost per hour $80

Subcontractor costs $2,500

Direct expenses (tools, travel) $500

Overhead allocation % 18%

Project net profit

After all costs and overhead

Net margin

Your effective hourly

Project P&L breakdown

💡 Profitability insight

Project Profitability Calculator

The Project Profitability Calculator runs a clean P&L on a single freelance project so you know whether it actually paid. You enter total project revenue, your hours, your hourly cost, subcontractor costs, direct expenses, and the overhead allocation percentage. The calculator returns the net profit, the net margin, and your true effective hourly rate after all costs. Use it within a week of project close while the numbers are fresh. Healthy freelance project margins sit between thirty-five and fifty percent net; anything below twenty-five percent means you are subsidizing the business with your time, and a pattern across multiple projects points to a pricing or scoping problem rather than a one-off issue.