Billable hours for contractors

Add up your work sessions, round them to the nearest tenth of an hour if you bill that way, and see an amount at your rate.

Not legal, tax or payroll advice. General information only; results are estimates. Read the full notice.

Settings: name, pay rate, overtime, rounding

Name for the printed card

Hourly rate ($) Optional. Shows pay before taxes.

Overtime Optional. Overtime is counted for each workweek. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 207) sets overtime at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for employees it covers who are not exempt. Source: 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1).

Workweek starts on

Time card covers

Time format

Round each time to Rounds to the nearest mark, never just down.

0:00 0 min · 0.00 hours

Estimate based on what you entered. Not legal or payroll advice; check it against your employer's records.

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Example: five sessions across three days add up to 13 h 55 min (13.92 hours) exactly and 14 h (14.00 hours) with each time rounded to the nearest 6 minutes. At an example rate of $85.00 an hour, the rounded total is about $1,190.00.

Estimate based on what you entered. Not legal or payroll advice; check it against your employer's records.

How to use it

Type the start and end of each work session. Press + Add in and out for more sessions on the same day.
Open Settings, type your Hourly rate ($), and set Round each time to Nearest 6 minutes to bill in tenths of an hour.
Read the total hours and the estimated amount.
Press Download for a spreadsheet file, or Print, to send with your invoice.

For invoices

HoursPad does the arithmetic from the times you enter and the rate you type. It does not know your contract, so how you round and bill is for you and your client to agree. Rounding only goes to the nearest mark; there is no round-down option. Pay shown here is an estimate before taxes.

Questions

How do I round billable time to a tenth of an hour?

A tenth of an hour is 6 minutes. In Settings, set Round each time to Nearest 6 minutes. HoursPad rounds each start and end time to the nearest 6-minute mark. In the example, 13 h 55 min (13.92 hours) of exact time becomes 14 h (14.00 hours).

How do I see an amount for the hours?

Type your Hourly rate ($) in Settings. At an example rate of $85.00 an hour, the rounded example is about $1,190.00. Taxes are not worked out.

Does the card round each session or the total?

It rounds each start and end time before measuring the session. If your agreement rounds the total or each task, confirm the method with your client and compare it with the card.

Can I send the hours to a client?

Press Download for a spreadsheet file with each session and the total, or Print for a one-page card. To print a name on the card, open Settings and type it in Name for the printed card first.