What do you need to charge to replace your salary?
Once you know what it takes to make it on your own,
you can start exploring which direction to go.
How much do you earn?
The naive sum, salary divided by every weekday in the year, says $0. That is the number that gets people into trouble.
Why it is higher than you expect
Most people divide their salary by the number of weekdays in a year. That number is wrong, and it is the reason a lot of people go independent and quietly run out of money.
Enter your current salary above to get your breakdown
You bill 173 days a year, not 260. That gap is most of the answer.
Tax is not added above, because your salary is already before tax. Expect to set aside roughly $1,200 of what you bill for it.
Not sure what you would freelance in?
The rate is the easy half. The harder question is what you would actually do independently.
Now that you have an idea of what your earnings could look like, the next step is finding the direction to take your independent career.