Consulting/hourly rates
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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It was just a few days ago, And worth throwing into my evernote. Contractor calculator http://www.erlglobal.com/index.php?pageName=rate
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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I'll attempt a serious reply. I sit down and tabulate my expenses, house, car, computers, etc., as well as insurance, food, retirement savings. That gives me the minimum I need to earn to live. Then I figure about how many hours I'll work per week, month, etc. By default I figure half time is good to start with, but it gets easier once you have some experience and some clients built up. (Actually I keep a spreadsheet that I update at least monthly to keep track of such things.) Then I check what others are charging for similar service and get a range. I talk to friends and associates to find out what they are charging -- of course, they're not usually my competitors, either! If my needs aren't in the range, then I start looking for a job! To start I charged near the middle of the range and work like crazy to find clients. Once I'm working about as much as I can, then I start raising my rates slightly for each new contract, as long as I'm still staying busy enough. I end up earning slightly more over time and picking more jobs that I really want to do. Good luck! Getting started and getting your client base built up is the hard part. Once you've got some fairly continuous repeat work and a good reputation, the subject of rates gets less important. Plus you'll also have the experience to know what your market will bear. I started at between $30 and $50/hour back in 1991. Now I usually charge at least $150/hour plus expenses for the type of work I do. YMMV!
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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Many shops tend to be upwards of 100-150$ per hour. Even those whose employees/consultants are over seas. We charge $80.00 per hour for straight consulting type work: Coding, Data Migration, Training, technical support etc. I think people might not be giving you hard numbers for fear you'll compete with them maybe? Or they just want to goof off which is 100% permissible :) --Jason P Sage - Jegas, LLC
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So how much is a general "divorce" these days?
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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I'm not sure if this site has consulting rates, but it sure does have salaries of employees. People post there depending on location and job title. I think you should try it: http://www.glassdoor.com[^] Regards and good luck
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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I am jumping into freelance and after looking and averaging many freelancing sites,I decided to start with $15/hr for web development(asp.net, C# and SQL), Still looking for a job to start with :| .
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I know this has been asked before but I can't remember what sites were mentioned. What are good sites to see what rates other programmers are charging for consulting gigs (specifically the US)? I know some had some other guidelines such as if they don't pay for health insurance, then up x% and such. Thanks!
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One client for my consulting side work, I charge 50 an hour, and not for everything. Reason being, they would go out of business and then I wouldn't get anything, not to mention that it's also a hobby, and it's just play money. My primary day job covers everything. So we discuss what they can afford, and we go from there. I manage all of their servers/software and do programming work for them as well.
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