Estimate available work capacity for a task marketplace worker using the parts of the work that actually affect the outcome. Adjust the assumptions to match your schedule, fees, expenses, or reserve rate. The result separates the headline figure from its supporting numbers so you can compare offers, plan cash flow, and avoid treating gross revenue as spendable income.
The annual result is a planning ceiling based on your availability and expected utilization, not a guarantee that demand will fill every hour.
Track paid and unpaid time consistently. Small daily gaps can materially change annual capacity.
With 5 days, 8 hours per day, 1 unpaid hour, 80% utilization, and 48 working weeks, capacity is 28.0 billable hours per week and 1,344.0 hours per year.
Only include waiting time if a client or platform pays for it; otherwise enter it as unpaid time.
Divide revenue-producing hours by usable hours across several representative weeks.
Only if you include those weeks. Reduce working weeks to exclude vacation and other planned time off.
No. The calculator limits utilization to 100% and subtracts unpaid time first.
Zero days, zero usable hours, zero utilization, or zero working weeks will produce no annual billable capacity.
| Variable | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Usable hours | Scheduled hours minus unpaid time |
| Utilization | Share of usable time that earns revenue |
| Working weeks | Weeks available during the year |