Freelance Graphic Designer Quote Calculator

Getting a quote takes seven quick steps. The calculator builds the price from your time, your costs, your revision policy and any rush fee.

1. Enter the estimated hours for the whole project.
2. Enter your hourly rate in dollars.
3. Enter the project expenses and materials. Enter 0 if there are none.
4. Enter the total revision rounds you expect, then the rounds included in the fixed price.
5. Enter what you charge for each extra revision round.
6. Enter the rush fee as a percentage, or 0 for a standard timeline.
7. Press Calculate, or press Enter. The total appears first and large, with the labor cost, expenses, extra revisions, rush fee, effective hourly rate and step by step math below. Press Reset to start over.

Quote = (Hours × Hourly rate) + Expenses + (Extra revision rounds × Cost per extra round), plus a rush fee percentage on the subtotal. Extra revision rounds = Total rounds minus Included rounds, or 0 when the total is not higher than the included rounds.

Hours is the estimated time for the whole project. Hourly rate is what you charge for one hour of design work. Expenses are the direct costs of this job, such as stock assets, fonts or travel. Extra revision rounds are the rounds beyond the ones your fixed price covers. The rush fee is a percentage added to the subtotal for faster delivery.

The formula follows the cost plus method that pricing guides use, which is labor plus direct costs plus a charge for revisions, with a percentage for rush work. It fits a logo, a brand identity or a brochure with a clear finish line. For open ended work, hourly billing fits better, and you can check the conversion with our hourly to salary calculator.

You quote a small brand identity project at 20 hours and $65 an hour, with $120 of expenses for stock photos and fonts. The client expects 4 revision rounds, you include 2, and each extra round costs $75. The client needs the work in one week, so you add a 25 percent rush fee.

1. Labor = 20 hours × $65.00 = $1,300.00.
2. Extra revision rounds = 4 minus 2 = 2 rounds. Extra revision cost = 2 × $75.00 = $150.00.
3. Subtotal = $1,300.00 + $120.00 + $150.00 = $1,570.00.
4. Rush fee = 25 percent of $1,570.00 = $392.50.
5. Total quote = $1,570.00 + $392.50 = $1,962.50.
6. Effective hourly rate = $1,962.50 divided by 20 hours = $98.13 per hour.

As a check, a simple logo at 8 hours and $50 an hour with a 30 percent rush fee gives $400.00 of labor, a $120.00 rush fee and a $520.00 total. That matches the FreelanceCalc example, where a $500 base plus 30 percent gives $650.

Your hourly rate is the biggest lever in the quote, because every extra hour is billed at that rate. The table below shows the 2026 market ranges that FreelanceCalc publishes by experience level.

Specialists earn more than generalists. UI and UX work, motion graphics and packaging command premiums of about 25 to 45 percent. Use the effective hourly rate as a check. If it is below your usual rate, the quote is too low. To see what an hourly rate means as a yearly income, use our salary to hourly calculator.

Two revision rounds is the standard for most design projects. State the included rounds in writing, define one round as one consolidated list of changes, and set a price for each extra round. Unlimited revisions is how a 20 hour project becomes a 40 hour project at the same price.

Rush fees pay for rescheduling other clients and for compressed working hours. The usual premiums are 15 percent for same week delivery, 30 percent for 72 hour delivery, 50 percent for 48 hour delivery and 100 percent for same day delivery. Always show the rush fee as its own line. In our worked example the 25 percent rush fee adds $392.50.

Counting only the design hours is the most common mistake. A logo that takes 8 hours to draw also needs briefing, feedback calls, revisions and file preparation, and a $500 fee spread over 15 hours of real work earns $33.33 an hour, not $62.50. Estimate every part of the project, and track your actual hours so the next quote is closer.

Forgetting expenses is the second mistake. Stock photos, fonts, printing and travel come out of your fee unless you list them, so add them as their own line at cost or with a small markup. Check the profit with our break-even calculator and the margin with our commission calculator when a platform takes a cut.

Finally, put the scope in writing before you start. State the deliverables, the included rounds, the price of extra rounds, the rush fee and the payment terms, and take a deposit of 30 to 50 percent before work starts.

This calculator gives an estimate for planning and is for informational purposes only, not financial advice. Actual project prices depend on your experience, your market, the scope of the work and the client. See our disclaimer.