Hourly web development rate?

[deep]

Well, I am my own company, so I take home whatever crumbs the gov't leaves me. I've had jobs that worked out to hundreds of $ per hour, and jobs that barely paid minimum wage.

The money I'm paid isn't for my programming skills, which are only mediocre. Rather, it is sometimes for my understanding of business processes, user requirements, and being able to transform inefficient processes into money makers. Sometimes, that requires a website, or a modification to an existing website. Sometimes, that requires a database, or an automated process to be built into a database. Alternately, I'm paid to create a better way to disseminate information via email, web, or on CD. Sometimes it's neither of the above, and it's really just pointing out some glaring errors in a company in terms of their suppliers, employees, or day to day business.

So my clients underpay me for my brain power, and overpay me for my technical ability. In the end, it (usually) works out. If I had more clients, I could justify hiring some code monkeys, and maybe that will happen in the next two or three years. For now, I'm just making people happy as fast as I can.

[DaFonz]

... but damn.. i never new web dev could make so much... for those people who get contracted for like $500/hr.. how much does your company ACTUALLY end up paying you?

I highly doubt that it's actually web work that's being contracted out for $500/hr. I would expect that $500/hr would be some sort of consulting in the business or IT side of things.

IE ... Vignette consultants...

[DaFonz]

For now, I'm just making people happy as fast as I can.

I like the way you do business. It's the way things shoudl be

[Serveza]

I guess I meant more graphic design, information architecture, and then HTML/CSS coding with perhaps CMS integration or PHP modifications (but not scripting).

I know some people get paid $10/hour, some get paid $16, some get paid $40... I wonder why some people charge so low, and how those who charge high get that much. Are you all freelancers? Do some of you have middlemen that are skimming a chunk off the top?

[danfromwaterloo]

damn. i make like 19/hr (35hrs/wk) doing web development... but my company only develops stuff for internal use... so maybe that affects how much i make... but um... requires html/javascript/jsp/jsf/servlets/struts/ejbs/portlets.. and probably other stuff i 4got

... but damn.. i never new web dev could make so much... for those people who get contracted for like $500/hr.. how much does your company ACTUALLY end up paying you?

Well, first off, as mentioned, if you ever want to make more that 50K a year in IT, you either have to learn a proven programming lanugage (basically .NET, which is eating Java for breakfast now) OR you can focus on business-related endevours, such as management or B2B interactions. Working as a code monkey, especially as an Internet code monkey will never get you paid much more than 50K. Learn .NET and you can demand far more.

My dad gets paid about 9-10% of that 500 an hour.

[nano]

im just happy i didnt get into programming
i graduated last year from george brown look at some of the job postings they have


Post Date: Feb. 1, 2006
Due Date: Feb. 6, 2006

Organization Name: Maple Leaf Foods
Position Title: Web Developer
Number of Positions Available: 3
Start Date: Feb 1, 2006
End Date: April 8, 2006
Rate of Pay: $20 per hour

Organization Description:
Maple Leaf Corporate Information Services is a company supporting Maple Leaf Consumer Foods operating company under the Maple Leaf umbrella.

Position Description:
HTML and JavaScript developer to create web forms

Skills Required:
• Solid understanding and knowledge and experience in creating web forms using HTML
• Solid understanding and knowledge and experience in writing JavaScript to validate web forms






Post Date: Feb. 2, 3006
Due Date: Feb. 7, 2006

Organization Name: Biotalent Inc.
Position Title: Web Developer

Number of Positions Available: 1
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: February 14/06
Rate of Pay: $11 per hour
Hours of Work: Approximately 35 hours in total /Flexible hours

Organization Description:
Startup biotechnology/pharmaceutical consulting company

Position Description:
• Web site development
• Person should be self starter and able to finish the job on time

Skills Required:
• HTML
• CSS
• ASP
• PHP
• MySQL