Wedding Videographer Profit Calculator

What does a wedding film really pay per hour?

The shoot day is the short part. Enter the package price and every hour you spend: shoot, travel, the highlight film, the full ceremony and speeches edits, and revision rounds. You get your true hourly rate, profit per booking, the minimum package price for a target rate, and how fast the rate falls as edit hours grow.

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1. The package

Package price ($)

Target hourly rate ($)

Processing fee (%)

2. Hours

Shoot hours

Travel hours

Planning and admin hours

Highlight film edit hours

Full ceremony edit hours

Speeches and reception edit hours

3. Revision cap

Revision rounds included

Rounds the client actually used

Hours per revision round

Fee per extra round ($)

4. Costs

Second shooter hours

Second shooter pay per hour ($)

Travel cost, mileage and lodging ($)

Gear, software and insurance per year ($)

Bookings per year

Delivery and storage cost ($)

5. Deliverable ladder

What each tier of deliverables pays per hour with the costs above. Total edit hours for the tier replace the three edit fields. Starting values are not verified illustrations; edit them.

Enter a package price and shoot hours, then click Calculate.

Result

If edit hours change

Edit hours	Hours worked	Profit	True rate / hr	Min price for target

Deliverable ladder

Tier	Price	Hours worked	Profit	True rate / hr

What this does not cover

USD only. No currency conversion, income tax, self-employment tax or sales tax.
No market data. Example presets are unverified approximations, not surveys of what videographers charge.
Overhead beyond gear. Marketing, studio rent, accounting and unpaid inquiry time are not modelled; fold them into gear and insurance per year or into planning hours.

Common questions

How many hours does a wedding video really take?

The shoot is the short part. A highlight film often takes as many edit hours as the whole day took to film, and a full ceremony or speeches edit adds more, so total hours worked are commonly two to four times the shoot hours. Enter your own numbers: this calculator counts shoot, travel, planning, every edit and every revision round.

What hourly rate should a wedding videographer aim for?

That is your decision. Enter a target hourly rate and the calculator shows the minimum package price that reaches it for the hours and costs you entered, and how many edit hours the booking can absorb before it falls to that rate.

How many revision rounds should a package include?

Many videographers cap included revisions at one or two and charge a fee for extra rounds, because each round costs real editing hours. Set your cap, the rounds a client actually used and a fee per extra round to see how much revision creep costs.

Are the example numbers current market rates?

No. They are unverified approximations for illustration only, not survey data. Replace every figure with your own prices, hours and costs before relying on the result.

Is this financial advice?

No. It does arithmetic on the numbers you enter. It is not legal, tax or financial advice, and it does not cover income tax, sales tax or contract terms.