Found a crazy stat about freelance rates from a decade ago

Blair Owens · 2026-03-22T08:15:07.658206+00:00

Honestly, I was cleaning out my old hard drive last week and found a spreadsheet from 2014. Ngl, I was charging $35 an hour for web design back then. I just looked it up, and the average rate for that now is more than double. It's wild how much things have shifted. Has anyone else dug up old numbers that made you pause?

oliver8556mo ago

Found my 2012 invoices and had the same shock at my old rates.

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grant.anthony6mo ago

Man, that's why I keep old invoices to show new clients how much my work is worth now.

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wader716mo ago

My old rates look like a joke now, but they seemed fine back then.

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patricia786mo ago

It's like looking at old grocery receipts... the price jumps just sneak up on you.

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