What is everyone charging?
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What is everyone charging?
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...
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...
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.
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.
- RandomEngy
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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,
my compagny earn 10USD
French government take 40USD
I earn 50USD for the same hour.
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,
my compagny earn 10USD
French government take 40USD
I earn 50USD for the same hour.
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Less than $35
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.
- James Pelow
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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
-James
€1 = $1 USD
-James
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?
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?