Hidden Economics
True Hourly Rate Calculator
What your business actually pays you per hour of your life — often a shock next to the job you left.
Inputs
- Monthly owner profit
- Your hours per week
- Benchmark hourly (a job)
How to use this calculator
- Enter your monthly owner profit and the hours you actually work each week.
- Add a benchmark hourly wage for comparison.
- The result is what you truly earn per hour, and it is often a wake-up call about whether the business pays you fairly.
What each term means
- True hourly rate
- Owner profit divided by the hours you actually work.
- Owner profit
- What's left for you after all business expenses, including a market wage.
- Opportunity cost
- What you could earn doing something else with the same hours.
Educational disclaimer: Outputs are simplified educational estimates built from the numbers you enter — they are not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice, and real decisions deserve verified figures and qualified professionals.