What is everyone charging?

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How much do you charge for coding per hour

$35-50
15
71%
$51-75
2
10%
$76-100
2
10%
Over $100
2
10%
 
Total votes: 21

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What is everyone charging?

Post by DSM »

Just wondering, whats the per hour rate in your area for coding?
Here in the South West it's ranging from $50 - $75 per hour.

ok, maybe you're all shy about what ya'll make...
So I'll make it a poll...
My only reason for asking is I was talking to a friend in Miami, and I told him what the rates were here and he said he couldn't get a straight HTML page for $75 per hour, minimum he charges is $100 per hour...
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Post by protokol »

Honestly, I think anything above $30/hr for an HTML page is pretty damn ridiculous. BUT, if a client is willing to pay that much, then game on!

Same goes with PHP, although I would definitely charge much more per hour for a PHP script than a straight HTML page.
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Post by jason »

Charing/hour v.s. charging/project?

I charge/project, as that seems to be the most fair to everyone involved. I don't want to get to work on a project that only runs me 2 hours, so I will charge them at least $200...but then again, for those big projects that will run several weeks, well, I will charge them for the whole project.

As far as $50-$75/hour, heh, well, that seems a bit steep. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but if I was going to go by hour, it would be $40/hour. To me, that is reasonable. I already have a job, so I don't need to do contract work, but if I am going to, I don't want to go to low.

A problem I found is that most companies don't like paying/hour, but are happy to pay per project. So I quote them a project fee, which is usually 50 times the number of complete hours I expect to work on it. So for a large project, I estimate 20 complete hours, and that comes out to $1,000.

Now, as far as the hourly rate goes, they can choose to go that route, however, @ $40 / hour, they usually want guarantees on max time, and there I tell them I can't and I can give them a good estimate. The initial number is usually lower than the $1,000 fee for the project, but it runs the risk of running over with every change they make. And we know clients change what they want. It's important to get them to sign off on everything at every step. Even if your contact says "Change this from the specs real quick" make sure you get something in writing (FAX works wonders).

I am just rambling now.
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Post by RandomEngy »

Well, I'm getting just $10 an hour but then again, I was just hired as summer help to re-do the webpage, and I had no idea I'd be getting into PHP coding. Besides, it's fun.
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Post by Johnm »

I am salary at my job and so many other things other than coding so it is hard to say. I am considering getting into some contract work and I think that $30 to $40/hour seems fair.


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service prices

Post by kilren »

I can't tell exactly how much I get per hours of coding.

Anyway my last commercial php project a small e-commercial web site
needed about 100hours of work an cost about 10000USD.

So 1 hour of php coding and project management cost 100USD to my customer, :lol:
my compagny earn 10USD :idea:
French government take 40USD :twisted:
I earn 50USD for the same hour. :?
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40% to the government, ouch :cry:
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Post by FlashMan »

In my area no need PHP coders :lol:
In my small town nobody programming in any languages :)
10 of thousands people and i'm the only that live in Internet :P
I'll be agree to work for free at first time...
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Post by kayec »

I'm cheap at $45, but like jason said, it mostly charge /project. ($2K+)

This isn't my main job, just extra money for toys.
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Post by EricS »

MY HTML, Graphics, and Programming rate is $50 an hour.

My marketing consulting rate just went up to $150 and hour.

Needless to say, I like consulting more than coding.
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Post by webcryptix »

Depends on the project.


Anywhere from $35. to $125.
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Post by MattF »

I don't charge, I build mySQL/PHP pages for my mates for free, but they are quite simple and basic and I am usually hosting them for free anyway - sometimes I wonder if I a bit of a mug....
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Less than $35

Post by phphead »

I charge $10 a site seing how middle schoolers dont seem to have $70 bucks for a website. Thats including hosting on my box. Wish i could charge that much.
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Post by James Pelow »

I charge on a per hour or per project basis. I charge €75/hour or €200 for a small project (1 day coding), €900 for a medium project (2 Days coding) or €1600+ for larger projects. Of course my services are in great demand and I started of alot lower - €25/hour. But don't tell anyone cause I shouldn't really be working becasue I'm too young! ;)

€1 = $1 USD

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Post by Guymon »

HA! This poll needs to have a "(MUCH)< $35" option.
Is this for a permanent position or freelance?

Prior to my current job I did a ton of freelance work. I generally tried to give an overall project fee, which was always based on my best guestimation of turnaround at standard hourly rate of $30/hour. A mid-sized web site with a some Flash and moderate backend scripting for example, would generally land in the $1200 range for my estimated 40 solid hours of work. If it could be done in less time, all the better. If it goes over, that hourly rate decreases every extra hour 'cuz the overall price was already quoted out.

Now here's the really sad/confusing part. I just had a bit of a tiff with Salary.com regarding their data for my area. I know a good number of people in various parts of the IT world in this city - none of them make the high numbers Salary.com reports for our area (unless they are freelance). This is everything from PHP developers to Sys Admins and so on. I myself am actually more of a hybrid. The job title is "New Media Director" and with 5+ years experience in the field and a few certifications under my belt, I do many aspects of print and interface design (for web AND software), programming (Flash, PHP, Lingo), and project management. Based on what I saw on Salary.com, my current pay is more like that of an entry level designer. I am suddenly finding myself making far less than what I did as a freelancer. The only upside is that the check is consistent.

There should be a developer's union. Hrm... why isn't there one of those anyway?
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