<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Sam Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sam@samcohen.com">sam@samcohen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>Freelancer Rate in North America: $30-$60<br></p></blockquote></div><div>I'd be really surprised if there were many experienced Drupal freelance developers charging $60 or less in US. I'd say the freelance rate is more like $30 to $125 -- and based, in large part of experience and skill. </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br>Indeed; here on the west coast I've not seen a pro Drupal freelancer that charges less than $75/hour, and $80-100 what I would expect to pay if I were looking for someone. By "pro", I mean they have an impressive portfolio of work, active modules on D.O, and the ability to jump into a project and communicate exceptionally well. Often they have backgrounds at companies that have either done extensive Drupal work as part of their overall strategy, or at a Drupal-specific shop. Since these freelancers are responsible for their own taxes/healthcare/retirement/etc, this works out to a salary in the $60-80k range: not exactly an exorbitant pay grade for a professional-level technologist. (YMMV, of course. Tax write-offs and other creative ways to increase avg salary/year differ from situation to situation).<br>
<br>Sam mentioned theming; I know and have used the services of an *extremely* good Drupal themer (downside being he's only CSS, he won't touch code except to change a class or ID here and there). His rate is $75/hour.<br>
<br>YMMV, of course. <br><br>-D<br></div></div>