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How to value yourself without traditional pay structures

My freelance business is doing well but I have no idea what I am worth because there is no salary scale and every negotiation feels like I am making up numbers.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The absence of institutional frameworks for compensation puts the burden of self-valuation on individuals without adequate information.

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