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Questions tagged [pay-rate]

Refers to the rate at which a freelancer or contractor is paid.

Refers to the rate at which a freelancer or contractor is paid. Pay rates are often defined on a:

  • Per-Project basis: A project will be inspected thoroughly by both parties, and a number will be proposed based on the total effort, the number of possible revisions, or other key factors.
  • Per-Hour Per-Project: An individual will get paid on a per-hour basis for the project that he or she is working on. The rate of the project may be flat, or may vary from project to project. Such pay rates are generally used when contracted with a company that contracts with other companies.
  • Other: There are many other scenarios, such as per-hour, per-task, etc.
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Hourly billing, is it appropriate to include time to research if you don't know how to do something?

The title is a bit confusing, but here is an issue I face occasionally, but don't know how to bill. Here is an example, and I hope you can get the general idea and apply it to a broader concept of how to bill for time to research solutions: I am an…
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How do I calculate pay rate if I've never freelanced before?

I've been working full time in the field (software) for about 5-6 years. However, I've never done any freelancing work before and am new to this entire process. At my job, pay is easy, since it's usually hourly or salaried, but freelancing is…
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How do you explain a higher rate in person than what you've quoted in an email?

At the time of answering an email, I quoted a company overseas by X/hr based on the assumption that I would be building with ABC technology stack. During discussion over the phone, it turns out we will be using XYZ and ABC technology stack. Working…
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From Agency to Freelance - What Should I Charge?

I have been asked back for one week at an establishment that I used to work for. In the past, whenever I worked for Establishment A, I would go through an agency, Agency B. However, Establishment A have told me that they want me to invoice them…
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I built a tool to automate work, should I ask a raise?

I'm working something for a client and I'm paid per hour. I created a tool to automate redundant tasks which basically lessens the time down to 10% (leaving 90% off to automation). I'm thinking I'm actually shooting myself in the foot because I'm…
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Is it reasonable for a fixed contract cost to a client to be based on the average salary of the role from the Stack Overflow Developer Survey?

Say for example it's a two month iOS development project, would it be sensible to set the fixed cost at what two months of a mobile developers salary in the U.S. would be using this data? I'm in the SF Bay Area. I want to avoid low-balling myself…
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What percentage is fair for me as a graphic design subcontractor?

I work for a small (1 family) art company as a "computer artist". I have worked there part time for about 7 years. I believe they charge clients over $100 per hour for designs. At one point I charged them $25/hr but awhile ago they said they could…
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Should we fix our rates as a dollar goes up or down?

Right now, the dollar is very close to the euro, almost 1:1. I did not drop my hourly rate as I did not expect that a dollar will remain high for so long. But it's been months now and it is still growing steadily. Consequently, I am earning more for…
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Hourly Rate exchange rate variation

I'm in a bit of a dilemma, and I'd like some third party opinion on this. My freelance rate is USD, my client is not US based (so he has to exchange USD in order to pay me), I'm also not in the US, so in the end I have to exchange USD to my local…
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Can I charge customer at my installation rate for the time it takes me to figure out the bill?

I brought a homeowner's dryer gas line up to code. I billed the customer for my full time in installing and also charged the customer at the installation rate, for my figuring out the bill. She sqwaked. Doesn't everyone charge customers for…
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How to calculate a rate increase based on inflation?

I have a long term relationship with a client who has been good to me (and for whom I have become a trusted resource). However, I am billing them at a rate that was set at the beginning of 2021. I am about to enter into discussions about…
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Health insurance and freelancing in the US

As a freelancer/Independant Contractor and given the changes with the recent Obamacare (Affordable Care Act and Patient Care and Coverage Act) changes (I prefer not to discuss political opinions please), what do freelancers have to do under this new…
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How to justify an increase of your daily rate

I've started a year ago with a client at a daily rate of €100. We are starting a new project together and after reviewing my new skills and needs, my new daily rate should be €150~180. How to justify such an increase from a year to another ? Given…
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Asking for a rate increase after a rate drop

I've been working as a contract editor for the same company for about seven years. About three years ago, they changed the terms of their contract, which is now resulting in a huge pay loss for me (we went from getting royalties on books sold to…
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How to price odd job

The job is thus: Take email from random address generator Verify the address as a valid residential address If it is not residential or it is not a valid address, it doesn't count Gather several thousand addresses, with a maximum of 10,000,…
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