hourly design rate
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- unknown
my boss wants to know what the average hourly web design rate is these days. how much do professional web designers charge for html and/or flash interfaces. no backend programming, hosting, or any of that. at most, some javascript. i said anywhere between 30-40 dollars an hour. does that sound about right?
- Biofreak0
depending on level of skill
$20 - $80
but i know of some companies that charge waaaaaaaaaaaay more than that just for designing. not even bothering with interactivity or function.
is that a vague enough answer for ya?
- k0na_an0k0
$35-$55hr. depending on the project. i'm in chicago by the way.
- dsmith70
I hope my company isn't pompous but it is usually around $100 - 150 /hour for design and coding. That includes any backend coding.
- enobrev0
i belive most companies go over 80 an hour due to overhead, and rightly so as it's expensive to run any business...
freelancers are probably about 20 - 80 like bio said.. and then you have the master freelancers who can charge whatever they damn well please
- protoculture0
the shop i work for charges $60/hr
- pr20
i wonder whether the fact that i fall way under the quited rates ($15-20) makes me a looser...
- surfito0
tell your boss that the average is 125 and up.
he wants to know how much to pay you.
- unknown0
Interesting. Let's go to the "no $$$ money in design thread"
Is this "real" money?
- protoculture0
keep in mind that for the most part, these are rates that shops charge clients; not the rates web designers/developers get within the shop--their hourly wage.
- gravityroom0
Its all relative really. I charge $120 an hour. People who charge more are generally more experienced and don't need as many hours for the job. Less experienced people charge less, but their design and programming skills are not as high needing more hours.
I think headache is a better way of pricing a designer.
- Sapphire0
i use to say "an arm, and a leg" before i tell them the real price.
- AD0
Ask for no less then one meeeel-ion dollars (pinky to mouth)!- muwhaaha
- unknown0
hehehe, AD!
I charge $55 per hour.
For projects that involve a hugh responsibility and planning etc (overhead..) I just charge more hours.
Next year I will prolly raise it to $62.
(ok, I charge euro's ofcourse, but the euro is quite equal to the US dollar at the moment..)
- unknown0
Perdon my ignorance, but I think this is why most freelancers go without having one single job in a whole week!
I know two friends that work as media artists, and their salaries are between $45K-$55K, that roughly is like $27/h in a steady job environment.
Why would you charge more than $75/h per hour is kinda sketchy for me, but once again pardon my ignorance.
I know a freelancer won't have the same tools as a company, but still, so this means freelancers make more money than people that are employed?
:)
- monkeyshine0
macaso...you are not considering that employees in a company get benefits. They get insurance, time off, use of equipment, etc. Because freelancers have to pay for their own overhead (i.e., all of that mentioned) they have to mark up their hourly rates accordingly.
If you look at the big spreadsheet in the sky you'll probably find that freelancers don't really make more than employees...and often less after the government gets through reaming us with taxes.
- unknown0
Even though, more than $75 is really exagerated to me, most websites take more than 12 hours of work, we're talking about 2 days, and this is the minimun. I understand that one website probably comes once or twice every two weeks, but it's still kinda high to me, but hey, I'm not one (even though I have done some design on the side) so I wouldn't know, right?
:)
- jawbreaker0
40-70/hour, (US$, OH) I have a pretty good .xls that'll help you figure out what you should charge, if anyone wants it.
- breeding0
sure, if you could jawbreaker
- autonoma0
I would love that, jawbreaker...
- nosaj0
macasoFL - an employ at a design house may make 27 bucks an hour, but that not the bill the client see's. Most likely 4 or 5 times that, if not more.