# How I Raised My Hourly Rate by 78% in My First Year as a Web Development Freelancer

DevFeed: [How I Raised My Hourly Rate by 78% in My First Year as a Web Development Freelancer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-raised-my-hourly-rate-by-78-in-my-first-year-as-a-web-development-freelancer-35051.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://markushatvan.com/blog/how-i-raised-my-hourly-rate-by-78-percent-in-my-first-year-as-a-web-development-freelancer/>)

Published: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Markus Hatvan](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/markus-hatvan.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [clients](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clients.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [freelance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/freelance.md>), [freelance-career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/freelance-career.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of raising an hourly rate by 78% in one year as a web development freelancer. It advises freelancers to improve their workflow, develop confidence, seek multiple sources of project leads, and continue relationships with recruiters.

## Source excerpt

There are many great ways of how you can begin building your confidence and showing your clients why they should pay you a higher hourly wage.