Programmers - How much do you charge ?

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Adult SEO

$10 per hour or $100 per 19 hour day x 30 per month = $3000 per month

Adult Webmaster related or highly advanced (new technology) Programming

$3000 X 12 months= $36000/year - ($36000 * .50 (taxes)) = $18000/year

$36000 or $18000 per year, from my present level I consider either poverty or below poverty wages.

It might be good wages in some countries but not within the modern western world

[Mr. Nobody]

Any company I have worked for charges me out at a rate of $100 or more an hour... With that said, I think that it depends on who and what you work on... If I am to freelance out to a bussiness (that is if they are going to profit from my work) then yes I would charge myself +$50 an hour, more towards to $100 an hour... If it is for friends, or some small job that you know is personnal then I would charge less. More in the $20 range.

If I would charge at a rate of $10 an hour, I think I would just go get a job at a gas station, or casino...

[venturi]

When I left Corporate America in 2001 my salary equated to $75/hr (extrapolating taxes & benefits) and my "services" were billed out at between $80 and $150 per hour.

When I came to the adult interweb and began offering freelance programming I was new to the industry and fairly new to PHP, so my rates reflected that - $20 to $35 per hour depending on the job and the client.

Now when I take on freelance work my base rate is $50/hr and it can fluctuate as much as +/- 50% depending upon specific circumstances.