Wedding Officiant Fee Calculator

What do you really earn per wedding? Real hourly pay, yearly net and the fee that hits your target

Enter your fee, how many ceremonies you do a year, the hours each one takes beyond the ceremony, your mileage and yearly costs. You get real hourly pay, net per ceremony, yearly net, the break-even number of ceremonies and the fee that reaches your target pay.

It works from your own figures. It does not know what officiants charge in your area.

Your officiant business

Ceremony fee, dollars

Ceremonies you expect to perform in a year

Hours at the ceremony, including arrival and waiting

Consultation hours with the couple

Script writing and prep hours

Rehearsal hours, when you attend one

Rehearsal fee, dollars

Share of couples who book a rehearsal, percent

Round-trip miles per ceremony

Cost per mile, dollars

Travel fee you charge, dollars

Registration, ordination and filing costs per year, dollars

Insurance per year, dollars

Directory listings and advertising per year, dollars

Supplies per ceremony (printing, unity items), dollars

Hourly pay you want, dollars

Fill in your figures, then click Work out my pay.

Result

What a different fee would do

Fee	Net per ceremony	Hourly pay	Yearly net

What it does, and what it leaves to you

Counts: hours = ceremony + consultation + script + rehearsal share x rehearsal hours; revenue = fee + travel fee + rehearsal share x rehearsal fee; direct costs = round-trip miles x cost per mile + supplies; fixed share = (registration + insurance + listings) / ceremonies a year; net = revenue - direct costs - fixed share; hourly pay = net / hours; break-even ceremonies = fixed yearly costs / (revenue - direct costs), rounded up; target fee = target pay x hours + direct costs + fixed share - extras collected.
Not decided: what you should charge in your market, whether demand supports a higher fee, the tax you owe on the income, self-employment and licensing rules where you officiate, seasonal gaps between weddings, cancellations and refunds, and your time spent on marketing and admin beyond the figures you enter.

Common questions

How much should a wedding officiant charge?

There is no single right fee. It depends on your market, your experience and how much you do per ceremony. Work from the hours: ceremony, consultation, script writing, rehearsal and driving, then add your costs and the hourly pay you want. This page does that arithmetic from your own figures and shows the fee that reaches your target.

What is my real hourly pay as an officiant?

Divide what you keep after mileage, supplies and your share of yearly costs by every hour you spend on the couple, not just the hour at the ceremony. Consultations and writing a personal script often take several times the ceremony itself, which is why a fee that sounds high can pay less per hour than expected.

How many ceremonies do I need to cover my costs?

Yearly costs such as registration, insurance and directory listings are fixed. Divide them by what each ceremony contributes after its own costs to get the break-even count. The page shows it, and how the fixed share per ceremony falls as you book more.

Should I charge a travel fee?

Driving is a real cost and an unpaid hour of your time. The page shows what mileage takes from each fee and what a travel fee would change. Where to set the distance and amount is your call.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent; a test in the code asserts there are no network calls.