Your Hustles
📊 Your Side Hustle Breakdown
💼 Combined Stack Summary
Estimated Take-Home Pay
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🏦 Relay Business Banking
No-fee business checking built for self-employed earners. Separate your hustle money instantly.
Learn more →🧾 Keeper Tax
Automatically finds 1099 deductions you're missing. Average user saves $6,000+/year.
Learn more →🏢 ZenBusiness LLC
Form your LLC in minutes to protect your personal assets and unlock new tax strategies.
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Get business liability coverage starting at $11/month — a real deductible expense.
Learn more →💡 TurboTax Self-Employed
File your 1099 income with confidence. Automatically imports gig income from platforms.
Learn more →How the Side Hustle Calculator Works
Most side hustle income calculators only handle a single income stream — but the modern hustle economy is stacked. You might drive for DoorDash on weekends, freelance as a graphic designer during the week, and sell handmade goods on Etsy. Each income stream has its own expenses, tax implications, and mileage. Our calculator handles all of it at once.
Simply click "Add a Hustle" for each income source. Enter the hustle name (e.g., "DoorDash"), choose whether your income is hourly or a flat fee, enter your gross income, list your monthly expenses, and add estimated business miles driven. The calculator instantly computes:
- Total Gross Income — the sum across all your hustles before any deductions.
- Total Business Expenses — gas, software subscriptions, materials, platform fees.
- IRS Mileage Deduction — at the current $0.67/mile standard rate (2024).
- Self-Employment Tax (15.3%) — the combined Social Security (12.4%) and Medicare (2.9%) taxes that 1099 workers pay on net profit.
- SE Tax Deduction — you can deduct half of your self-employment tax from gross income, which reduces your overall tax burden.
- Final Take-Home Pay — your net profit after SE tax, giving you a clear picture of what you actually keep.
Want to understand how to lower that SE tax line? Check out our guides on maximizing 1099 deductions, forming an LLC to access S-Corp tax treatment, and everything you need to know about self-employment tax.