So, How Much Money Do You Really Make?

• Posted on Allena Tapia
• in For clients, For fellow writers, Freelance world, Scheduling
• on July 9, 2008
• 5 Comments.

I’m so proud of my friends over at Berry Brewer freelance, who met the question of earnings head on with no waffling.

The money I make freelancing is directly and wholly dependent on how many hours I spend working per week. Whereas my husband can leave work early and make the same amount of money week in and week out, I cannot. On the other hand, my career is still the more flexible; give me a Blackberry and we’ll be fine.

The Berry Brewer post reminded me of one thing though- the difference between billable hours and work hours. For example, as I am writing this post, I would consider this a work hour. However, I cannot bill it to anyone, as it’s simply a portion of my marketing efforts- a way for my clients to get to know me, to hear my voice.

So when a freelancer tells you that they make an hourly wage of X, don’t think that they actually bill X- instead they probably bill Y- a much larger number which evens out necessary administrative tasks across the board.