Hey designers, what’s your hourly rate? I ask this in reference to the Guide to Working with a Web Designer I mentioned a couple of days ago. If you missed it, I’m writing a short pdf meant to give our clients (that is to say, yours and mine) a quick education in the how’s and whys of web design and shopping for a designer.
So… how much do you charge per hour? Feel free to leave your comments anonymously if you prefer.
PHP / Rails – $80/hr
Web Design and Front-End Coding – $75 for commercial or agency work, $60 for individuals or non-profits.
PHP – $75/hr
Graphic design – $115/hr
HTML/CSS – $55/hr
PITA* tax – $25 per 15 min blocks.
*PITA: Pain In The Ass
$50/hour (most work is local, and I’m in a relatively depressed economic area)
$55 – companies with 20+ employees
$45 – individuals + small businesses
Time to up my rates it appears.
Here’s a question for you Peter et al:
what’s the average price tag (i.e. final invoice) on your web projects?
As a freelancer, generally about $70. I could charge more but I’m happy being a medium. (This is design/coding work)
I thought you might like to take a peek on these discussions that I found while looking up the same issue.
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002172.html#002172
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http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002459.html#002459
I know these discussion are not exclusive to webdesign, but I thought they can offer another view on the way we should rate our work. I hope (in case you haven’t read them already) these help you for the guide you’re creating . As the newbie I am, these are things which I’m facing with clients, and which most of the times I’m not sure how to deal with. I’m really looking forward to your Guide!
I run in small crowds, too—$65 for those who can obviously afford twice that; $45-55/hr for just about anybody else. Pro-bono for a kick-ass broke-ass client, usually once or twice a year.
Most clients in Malaysia aim for money > time/work. So half the time we quote by project than an hourly basis.
However based on average total cost, I’d say my hourly is really low..$30-$50. And just a note, the exchange is RM3.8 to USD1. You can do the math.
I’m learning so I’m cheap. I tend to quote by project and most projects fall into the following:
Business websites are usually $1000-$5000, depending on what’s needed. If there’s a section which needs to be Ruby’d or PHP’d I’ll star with $1000 flat and then add on what I think the websites worth from there.
For personal websites I tend to deal with broke people and so most websites are $500-$800. I do websites on the side so although it’s not much, it’s enough to keep me happy and in coding shape.
I’ve been thinking of raising my prices to $45/hr lately. I’d be really interested in reading your PDF when it’s released. Is there a mailing list?
Cheers.
£25/hr.
$85 per hour retail – $65 per hour on a project I’m on because it’s long term. Design/IA/some programming for the retail rate.
I’ve been told to raise my rates.
Are the $ in us dolar or canadian?
$50/hr for freelance work. The company I work for during the day charges $100/hr, design and coding.
Once I ‘develop’ my skills a little more and can offer different things (and basically feel a little less like I’m playing!) I plan to charge more. But right now, I think I’ve found that happy medium between getting screwed by clients and feeling like I’m getting what I’m worth. 
$50 USD per hour.
I only charge $25 per hour, and that is apparently very low. For “large” jobs, I quote a set price-usually between $500 and $900-which is also very low.
Here’s a question: How do you make more money on your Web and blog design skills if your local market isn’t willing to pay more (and you don’t want to move)? I would much rather work with locals and meet face to face with clients, but is obtaining clients elsewhere going to be the only way I can actually get what I’m worth?
For the record, I live in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Jon – I think that in order to charge more than your market will bear, you’re going to have to look beyond your borders.
I do almost all of my work with clients outside of town, despite there being 4million people in Toronto…
Check out endeavorcreative.com – a web design business owned by my friend Taughnee in AK. She’s doing quite well as I understand…
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PHP – $150/hr
HTML – $115/hr
Graphics – $100/hr
Consultation – $85/hr
Pain in the ass clients – additional $15/hr “Administration fee”