[consulting] Salaries

[Fred Jones]

> I'm brushing with a wide stroke I know, but as a general rule you can take
> whatever your hourly rate may be as a contractor and use that same number as
> a W-2 salaried employee.  For example, if your freelance rate is $60/hr you
> can expect around 60K w/benefits as a FT employee at a company.

Really? Because if I do $60 an hour I can net $115K, just based on 40
hours a week and 48 such weeks in a year. Presuming I can get 40
billable hours a week.

> Well said, I agree with you, but just to clarify you're always picking up
> new skills for your toolbox when you roll off a project, but also having to
> focus on identifying your next gig (which can be feast or famine at times).

Precisely. Can even be both at the same time sometimes. ;)

Fred