Videography business income.

Videography business revenue depends on project volume, pricing, and efficiency. Corporate video: 1,500-10,000 per project. Wedding: 1,000-5,000. Social media content: 500-3,000/month retainer. Real estate: 300-1,500 per property. Music videos: 2,000-20,000. Pricing reflects both shoot time and extensive post-production.

4 projects/month × 2,500 average - 400 equipment - 300 marketing = 9,300/month net. Each project: 8 hours shoot + 12 hours edit = 20 hours. Effective hourly: 9,300 ÷ 80 hours = 116/hour. Solid for established videographer. Beginners often undercharge by 50%+ because they don't count editing time.

Scaling videography: hire editor (free up shoot capacity), offer recurring retainers (social media content packages), licence footage (stock video income), teach (workshops, courses). Most successful videographers earn 30-50% from recurring clients, 30-40% from projects, and 10-20% from passive income (courses, stock).

Run it with sensible defaults

Using projects per month of 4, avg project price of 2,500, editing hours per project of 12, equipment monthly of 400, the calculation works out to 9,300.00. Nudge the inputs toward your own situation and the output recalculates instantly. The defaults are meant as a starting point, not a recommendation.

The levers in this calculation

The inputs — Projects per Month, Avg Project Price, Editing Hours per Project, Equipment Monthly, and Marketing Monthly — do not pull with equal force. Not every input has equal weight. Flip one at a time toward extreme values to feel which ones move the needle most for your situation.

How the math works

Revenue = projects × price. Net = revenue - equipment - marketing. The working is transparent — you can verify every step yourself in the formula section below. No black box, no opaque "proprietary model".

Using this as a check-in

Re-run this every three months. A single reading tells you where you stand; four readings tell you whether things are improving. The trend matters more than any individual snapshot.

What this doesn't capture

The score is a composite of the inputs you provide. Life context — job security, family obligations, health, housing — doesn't appear in the math but shapes the real picture. Use the number as a prompt, not a verdict.