Most of the independents that I know get between $40 to $130/hr. Those numbers vary by the nature of the work and overhead.
Basically if the client gives you a predefined scope of work, i.e sub contracting for another shop (B2B), where you don't have to deal directly with the client, the rates are lower. If you are working in house (or remotely) as a temp/subcontractor for say, a 1-3 month project, the hourly rate (on Monster.com) is between 30-60 hr. No hassles... you just get paid for the work you do. For contract work acting as the design/development house and walking in cold, doing a scope of work, writing the proposal/contract etc. you start getting into the higher end of the range (greater risk/more work). If you have to do administrative work like writing contracts, book keeping, customer service etc. you need to figure that in to your hourly rate as overhead. When I was running my shop I billed at $50/hr when I first started and moved up to $75 to $95 /hr. One of my friends (a client) said that I should raise my rates because people would question the quality of the work if my rate it too low. The next project I did for him I jacked my rate up $25 an hr. (Hey... you said I need to raise my rates.) In any event, my advice for doing *ANY* client/contract work (I have been burned by a non profit mind you) is to get a bullet proof contract. I bought the "Web Development and Hosting Suite" from http://www.contractedge.com and it has served me well. Define the scope of work as best you can, leave as little to interpretation as possible and *document everything*. HTH G On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus <pruckelsh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Development only with a well-defined project spec? $60/hr. Otherwise, > $75/hr. > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2005 at 10:38 AM, John Lucania <john.luca...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Morning, Gurus! > > > > What is the avg hourly rate for mid and adv cf programmer for > > gov/non-for-profit contract work in Wash DC area and surburb? The > > hourly rate won't include any benefits or whatsoever. > > > > jl > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
