What does that AI side hustle really pay per hour?
Plug in the income claim from the video, course or tweet. We subtract payment fees, tool subscriptions, ad spend, tax and ramp-up time, and show your realistic hourly wage.
Reality
–realistic net per hour, averaged over the horizon
- Net profit per month at full speed
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- Net per hour at full speed
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- Total net over horizon
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- Total hours over horizon
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- Revenue needed for $25/h net
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Why most income claims shrink
- Revenue ≠ profit. Many public numbers are gross revenue or MRR. One founder in our case list reports ~$190k MRR but only $10–30k monthly profit after ~$100k/month in ads.
- Survivorship. Indie Hackers' own analysis of Stripe-verified products found most products earn nothing. You only see the winners.
- Ramp-up time. Months of unpaid building drag the real hourly wage down for years.