Ledger · Margin Check
Two numbers in. The whole stack out.
Enter what the professional receives and what the client pays at the current agency — either, or both. You see what sits in between, in euros and both ways a margin gets quoted. Next to it: the same project through YRproject.
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Your current stackThe current stack
The client pays €125.00 per hour. You receiveThe professional receives €95.00. In between: €30.00 per hour.
on top of your ratethe professional's rate
of what the client pays
- You receiveProfessional receives, 1,200 h€114,000.00
- Everything in between€36,000.00
- Client pays today€150,000.00
With 0 parties between the professional and the client, that €30.00 per hour is shared between them. How it is split, only they know.
The same project through YRproject
Same rate for the professional: €95.00 per hour. Fee by our public scale: 17.08% on top, on average. The client pays €111.23 per hour.
- Professional receives, 1,200 h€114,000.00
- YRproject fee, public scale€19,475.00
- Client pays through YRproject€133,475.00
Two ways to read the difference
Reading 1 · same rate
€16,525.00
You keep your rateThe professional keeps the rate — the client pays less. At €95.00 per hour the client would pay an average of €111.23, which is €13.77 per hour less than today.
Reading 2 · same client price
€106.76
The client pays the same €125.00 per hour — this is the rate you could namethis is the rate the professional could name. Difference over the project: €14,112.00.
The current margin is lower than our fee for this project. Through YRproject the client would pay €16,525.00 more over the project (€13.77 per hour). For the same client price the rate would be €106.76. We would rather show that than hide it. What our fee covers: How we earn.
The current margin and our fee come to the same amount for this project.
You don't know what the client pays. Most professionals don't.The client's price is not filled in.
So this is a range, not an answer. At a margin of 15% to 25% of the client's price, the client pays between — and — per — for yourthe professional's —. Through YRproject the client would pay — (— on top, on average, for — h).
Read the other way — 15% to 25% on top of the rate — the range is lower: — to —. The source does not say which way its percentage is quoted; we show the wider reading in the cards.
You don't know what the client pays you out of.You don't know what the professional receives. Most clients don't.
So this is a range, not an answer. At a margin of 15% to 25% of the client's price, the professional receives between — and — per — out of the — the client pays. Through YRproject, the same client price would carry a rate of — (— on top, on average, for — h).
Low end of the published range15% of the client's price
- Client pays, per ——
- Professional receives—
- In between (— on top of the rate)—
- In between, over — h—
- Through YRproject, same rate: the client pays—
- Through YRproject, same client price: the rate could be—
High end of the published range25% of the client's price
- Client pays, per ——
- Professional receives—
- In between (— on top of the rate)—
- In between, over — h—
- Through YRproject, same rate: the client pays—
- Through YRproject, same client price: the rate could be—
Stacked intermediaries40% of the client's price
- Client pays, per ——
- Professional receives—
- In between (— on top of the rate)—
- In between, over — h—
- Through YRproject, same rate: the client pays—
- Through YRproject, same client price: the rate could be—
Published estimate The percentages are not ours and say nothing about your agency: the director of a Dutch interim marketplace puts intermediary margins at “mostly between 15% and 25% per hour worked”, and up to around 40% when intermediaries stack.1 The only way to know is to ask. You are allowed to ask.
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How to find out what the client pays.
It is an ordinary business question. Three places where the number usually sits.
Ask the client.
The hiring manager approves the invoices or the budget, and usually knows the rate. “What are you paying per hour for me?” is a fair question between two parties working on the same project.
Check the framework agreement.
Larger clients hire through a framework agreement with a rate card or a fixed mark-up. Procurement or the contract owner can tell you which one applies, and whether the percentage is on top of the rate or a share of the price.
Count the parties.
Ask your agency who they invoice. If the answer is another intermediary — a broker, an MSP, a main contractor — there is a second margin on top of the first. Enter the number of parties above.
One margin, two percentages.
A margin can be quoted on top of the rate, or as a share of the client's price. Same euros, different number. When someone quotes you a percentage, ask which one.
On top of the rate
20%
€20.00 in between ÷ €100.00 rate. This is how YRproject always quotes its fee.
As a share of the client's price
16.67%
The same €20.00 ÷ €120.00 client price. The smaller-looking number, for the same money.
Your project. Your rate. Your margin — visible.
- Consultancy.nl, quoting the director of Planet Interim (translated from Dutch). The article does not state whether the percentage is on top of the rate or a share of the client's price: https://www.consultancy.nl/nieuws/52176/wenstarief-van-interimmer-en-zzp-consultant-tot-40-afgesnoept