$3–8/hr
Typical VA rate (Philippines)
Platform rates often fall below a living wage when you account for benefits and unpaid time.
Free tool for mission-driven founders
Know what fair
actually looks like.
Calculate fair rates for your services, and fair pay for the people you hire. Built on living wage data, not what the market lets you get away with.
The problem
Fair pricing is a guessing game.
Founders underprice themselves, underpay collaborators, and have no reference point for what “fair” actually means.
3–7x
Gap between market and fair
For many roles in the Global South, the market rate is a fraction of what the work is worth.
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That start from fairness
Every rate calculator maximises your rate or minimises your costs. None start from what’s fair.
How it works
Fair rates, not guesswork.
We start from what it costs to live, then layer on experience, location, benefits, and sustainability.
01
Living wage floor
Every calculation starts from the living wage in your location. The minimum needed to meet basic needs. Not the minimum wage. The living wage.
02
Market benchmarks
We layer on BLS occupational wage data, adjusted for your location’s cost of living using a hybrid model: 70% location-adjusted, 30% location-agnostic.
03
The real cost of work
For contractors and freelancers, we add self-employment tax, health insurance, retirement, PTO, and business overhead. The benefits gap is real.
04
The gap, made visible
We show you what platforms actually pay alongside what fair looks like. The gap is the point. Even closing half of it is meaningful progress.
Coverage
Built for the global economy.
45+ cities across 25 countries. Country-specific employer costs, statutory benefits, and local currency conversion via PPP.
20
Service roles
25
Countries
45+
Cities
16
Currencies
United StatesUnited KingdomCanadaAustraliaGermanyNetherlandsFranceSwitzerlandSwedenDenmarkNorwayPortugalSpainItalyIrelandPolandJapanSingaporeSouth KoreaIndiaPhilippinesBrazilMexicoColombiaSouth Africa
Who it's for
Built for founders who give a damn.
If you're building a business that values people over extraction, this tool is for you.
Setting your own rates
You’re a freelancer or consultant who wants to charge fairly. Not too little, not exploitatively. You want to show clients why you charge what you charge.
Hiring internationally
You’re bringing on contractors or employees in other countries and want to pay them fairly. Not whatever the cheapest platform rate is.
B Corp certification
You’re working toward B Corp and need to understand fair wage requirements. This tool maps directly to B Lab’s fair wage standards.
Ready to find out what fair looks like?
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