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Calculate your hourly rate as a beauty pro

Your hourly rate is the most important number in your business – and the one most often guessed. Yet it’s pure maths.

Add up your fixed costs honestly:

Rent, materials, insurance, software, training, reserves: everything that comes up each month belongs on the list. Only when you know your real costs do you know when you start earning.

Sellable hours, not calendar hours:

Not every working hour is billable. Consultation, cleaning, admin and breaks all eat time. Work with the hours you realistically sell to clients – often far fewer than the calendar suggests.

The number that changes everything:

Fixed costs divided by sellable hours gives your minimum hourly rate. On top goes your profit margin. With the profit tools in BeautyCore you can run this calculation in minutes – profit included.

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