Weekly hours and the billable share

What “Hours you can give the work each week” means, how it differs from the billable share, and how to choose both.

Before you start

  • Weekly hours are all the time you can give your freelance work in a normal week: client work, but also messages, sales, admin, and revisions. Not all of it gets invoiced; that is what the billable share is for.

Steps

  1. 1

    On /rate, enter your hours in “Hours you can give the work each week”. Use a normal week, not your busiest one.

    The weekly hours field and the Billable share field in the Your numbers card, each with its hint under it.
  2. 2

    Find “Billable share” in “Your numbers”.

  3. 3

    Set “Billable share” to the part of those hours you really invoice. It goes from 40% to 90% in steps of 5; the default is 65%.

  4. 4

    In “How it's calculated”, beside the form, check your billable hours a month and the floor.

Good to know

  • Qufy turns weekly hours into a month: weekly hours × 4.33 = hours on the calendar. The billable share of that is the hours you can invoice, and your take-home plus 15% is spread over those hours.
  • Fewer hours or a lower share means a higher floor. For example, with EGP 30,000 take-home at 65%, 25 hours a week gives a floor of about EGP 490 an hour, and 20 hours a week gives about EGP 615.
  • Changing weekly hours moves the floor, and with it the quote, stretch, day rate, and package. It does not change the market band.
  • “Hours this project needs (optional)” is different: it sizes one job, not your week.
  • Choosing a “Profession” fills in typical weekly hours when the field is empty. Replace them with your own.
  • This number works out your rate and stays in this browser’s draft for 30 days. When you save your rate, it also fills your weekly hours target in Settings if that is empty; it never replaces a target you set. “Your weekly target”, beside the form, shows which applies.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026

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