Narration Cost
Budget a voice-over or narration from length and rate.
About Narration Cost
Multiplying the finished audio minutes by the voice talent's per-minute rate gives the base, and adding a setup fee yields the total. Rates often include retakes but not usage licensing. Voice-over budgets sneak up on productions, so quoting from finished minutes plus a fixed fee prevents last-minute surprise invoices.
Formula
Narration Cost
Base = minutes x rate; total = base + setup
- setup fee
- Fixed charge for retakes and file delivery
Worked example
With the default values below, Narration Cost returns Base Cost of $200.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Audio minutesminimum 0
- 8
- Rate per minuteminimum 0
- 25
- Setup feeminimum 0
- 50
Results
- Base Cost
- $200.00
- Total Cost
- $250.00
- Effective Per Hour
- $1,500.00
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Narration Cost
- 3Base Cost= 200.00
- 4Total Cost= 250.00
- 5Effective Per Hour= 1,500.00
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Narration Cost calculated?
Base = minutes x rate; total = base + setup Multiplying the finished audio minutes by the voice talent's per-minute rate gives the base, and adding a setup fee yields the total. Rates often include retakes but not usage licensing.
Why does Narration Cost matter?
Voice-over budgets sneak up on productions, so quoting from finished minutes plus a fixed fee prevents last-minute surprise invoices.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Audio minutes, Rate per minute, Setup fee. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.