Freelance resume writers: price the package from the real hours, not a guess. Free, no signup.
Everything below is measured against this rate. Set it to what an hour of your time is worth.
Presets fill in hours and starting fees below. They are editable starting points for your market, not industry standards.
Revision rounds are the silent killer. "Unlimited revisions" priced into a flat fee is how a $300 package pays $18/hour.
Set your bar: the minimum dollars per hour you will work for ($75 default). Pick a client tier preset: Early career, Professional, or Executive. Each fills starting fees and hours for the resume rewrite, cover letter, LinkedIn optimization, interview coaching, intake hours, and revision rounds, and the note says these are editable starting points for your market, not industry standards. Toggle each package component on or off: the resume is included in every package, and cover letter, LinkedIn, and a one-session interview coaching add-on are switches. The hidden hours card is the point of the tool: intake call plus notes, admin (drafts, files, invoicing), revision rounds times hours per round, with a note warning that unlimited revisions priced into a flat fee is the classic trap. The rush toggle adds an editable turnaround premium percent (30 default). Results show a line-item breakdown with unbilled hours marked unbilled, total real hours, a recommended package price (real hours at your rate, rounded to the nearest $25), your effective rate, and a verdict with the exact raise needed. The reality check card grades what you would have quoted: the dollars your instinct pays per hour and what it leaves on the table.
Example only, not typical pricing. Professional tier at a $75 bar, cover letter and LinkedIn on, coaching off, no rush: fees of 300 + 75 + 150 = $525, real hours of 6 + 1 + 0.75 + 2 x 1 + 1.5 + 2.5 = 13.75. The effective rate is $38.18 per hour: UNDERPRICED, needing the $1,050 recommended price. A $525 gut quote shows $38 per hour on instinct and leaves $525 on the table.
**Why are revisions the silent killer?** They are the only line that grows without bound. Each round is entered as rounds times hours per round, and the tool marks them unbilled, so you see exactly how a two-round promise eats a flat fee.
**Should I charge for the intake call?** You do not have to line-item it for the client, but this tool adds intake and admin hours to your real hours, so the recommended price prices them in whether or not the client sees them.
**Is unlimited revisions ever a good offer?** The note says it is the classic trap: priced into a flat fee, unlimited revisions turn a $525 package into a $38 per hour job. Cap the rounds or price a per-round fee.
**What does the rush premium apply to?** The quote total gets multiplied by one plus the premium percent, and the recommended price also includes it, since rush work costs you evenings and weekends.
**How do executive packages differ?** The executive preset fills higher fees and more hours per component plus more revision rounds, but the math is identical: real hours at your bar, rounded to the nearest $25.