Freelance Benchmarks in United States
Certified Local
How the result is sourced
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, principally May 2025
Official source unit: USD per hour
Direct and approved proxy mappings use published employee-wage percentiles. Model-estimate occupations remain labeled separately.
What the calculator shows
Official employee-wage evidence remains separate from TransparentRate's modeled freelance planning benchmark. The provisional coefficient is applied once. Quote context, fees, and personal costs are shown separately and do not alter the source statistic.
Mapping and availability
Direct and Strong mappings may become Certified Local Primary after review. Weaker published evidence is Local Context Only. Unsupported, suppressed, or unpublished records are Local Unavailable.
Cross-country caution
Hourly, weekly, monthly, and annual statistics are not treated as interchangeable. Comparisons are directional because occupation scope, employee population, statistic, and source vintage differ.