Sean, both Australia and New Zealand (the latter even more) are what I'd like to call low(er)-wage economies compared to Europe and the US (at least before the GFC, things might have changed as well).
80 AU$ resp. NZ$ is probably about right what one can achieve by going through 3rd party recruiters down here. Typically for corporates and government agencies. That _IS_ on the lower end of things and also depends on the length of a contract and how one positions himself. I personally wouldn't position myself as a general web contractor (as Steve has mentioned in another post), that's not what I am and want to do. That obviously does make a difference in a) what work you get and b) what rate you can achieve. Towards the higher end of the bracket down under you'd probably see around 130-150 AU$/NZ$ for specialised CF work. Overall you're right - you might be able to achieve higher rates overseas, that's one of the reasons why a lot of people here actually do a lot of work for clients in the US and Europe (or also Australia in my case being in NZ). Cheers Kai On 15/09/2010, at 3:23 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Steve Onnis <st...@cfcentral.com.au> wrote: >> depends on the length of the contract but usually ranges from 80-100 for >> someone decent > > Sounds a bit low to me so I'd be interested to hear the high end folks > are seeing in Oz. I know a lot of people the in US who have > substantially higher rates than that and in Europe rates can go much > higher. I know that the US won't bear European rates... > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "cfaussie" group. > To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en. > -- Kai Koenig - Ventego Creative Ltd ph: +64 4 476 6781 - mob: +64 21 928 365 / +61 435 263 414 web: http://www.ventego-creative.co.nz blog: http://www.bloginblack.de twitter: http://www.twitter.com/agentK !!! New AU mobile number !!! -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaus...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en.
