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Performance Rate Advisor

Calculate fair compensation rates by comparing your rates to venue price inflation, supply costs, and cost of living increases.

Configure Your Baseline

Select your role, region, and the year you last set your standard rate. The calculator will estimate how industry costs and prices have changed since then.

In what year did you establish the general rate that you charge for a local performance?

What region do you primarily operate in?

What type of performance or gig do you offer?

What was your performance rate in the selected year?

Include Overhead & Expenses?

Adds Rent, Gas, and Hotel inflation to calculations.

Economic Indicators

Track how venue costs and revenue have changed since your baseline year.

Venue Menu Prices

$45,455

$59,452

+30.8%

Venue Supply Costs

$10,000

$15,130

+51.3%

Expense Trends (2016-2025)

*Visual comparison of how costs and venue revenue have trended since your base year.

Your 2025 Rate Card

Recommended rates for a Solo Acoustic/Vocal based on your inputs.

Cost of Living

$328

Just keeps up with general inflation.

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Market Adjusted

$392

Matches the venue's 30.8% menu price increase.

Supply Match

$454

Matches the 51.3% rise in supply costs.

Performance Rate Advisor

Configure Your Baseline

Include Overhead & Expenses?

Economic Indicators

Venue Menu Prices

Venue Supply Costs

Gas Prices

Rent/Shelter

Rate Comparison

Your Current Rate

Industry Average

Regional Average

Recommended

Your 2025 Rate Card

Price Relocation Calculator

Equivalent Market Rate

Email Generator

Email Draft

Key Talking Points

"We can't afford that increase."

Touring Rate Calculator

Tour Stops

Tour Rate Breakdown