Doula Fee Calculator
Calculating your doula fee is something most doulas spend a lot of time thinking about. It is an important part of your doula business, and it is something you will change, perhaps even frequently. Here is a way to look at the fee you charge as a doula. It takes into account how many clients you see per month, how much you charge per client, and how much you want to earn per month gross.
Enter any two of the three numbers below. The calculator fills in the third one for you, and you can change any number as often as you like while you think it through.
Enter any two of the three numbers. The third one fills itself in. Change any number as often as you like.
This is gross income, not take-home. It does not subtract self-employment tax, mileage, childcare, backup coverage, certification renewals, or the unpaid hours you spend on calls and paperwork.
What to do with that number
The math is the easy part. These are the decisions that actually set your fee, and the places doulas most often get stuck.
- How to price your doula servicesPackage options that work better than one flat fee.
- Why $400 is not enough for your first birthStart here if you are pricing your very first clients.
- The doula pricing trapWhy copying the doula down the road tends to backfire.
- How to know when it is time to raise your rateThe signs it is time, and how to tell clients.
- What to charge repeat clientsA different question from what to charge new ones.
- How much doulas actually makeSee where the number you just worked out sits.
