Turn your team mix and cost into a single blended hourly rate to quote from.
Blended rate calculator
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A single average hourly rate across a mixed team (junior to senior), used to simplify pricing and quoting.
For example, rather than quoting a client $150/hour for a senior strategist and $70/hour for a junior designer, an agency might quote one blended rate of $110/hour for the whole team. The client gets a simpler number, and the agency still covers its mix of seniorities.
Why it matters to agencies: a blended rate makes quoting faster and proposals easier to read, while smoothing out who actually does the work. Set it carefully - from your real team mix and utilisation - and it protects margin; set it too low and every project quietly loses money.
Blended rate = total billable cost (or target revenue) ÷ total billable hours
Weight by each role's hours: Σ(rate × hours) ÷ Σ hours.
Set it from your real team mix and target utilisation; set it too low and even busy, fully-booked projects still lose money.
A single average hourly rate across a mixed team (junior to senior), used to simplify pricing and quoting.
Divide total billable cost or target revenue by total billable hours, weighting each role by the hours it contributes.
When you want simple quotes, or when a project mixes seniorities and itemising every rate adds friction without adding clarity.
A blended rate still prices by time; value-based pricing prices by the outcome delivered, regardless of the hours it takes.
Forge builds your rate tracker and looks after it - tracking blended rate live for your whole agency, built around the tools you already use. No spreadsheets, no code on your side.