Re: FLASH: Salaries

[Laura Mollett]

> Don't short-change yourself. There are companies willing to pay outrageous

> rates. Using monster.com the representatives of these companies will be

> massing on your doorstep. Seriously.


I think it's not always clear whether we're discussing salary/contract rates

or freelance rates. As a salaried or contract worker, $30 to $50 an hour is

very good. Freelancers though would double, or even triple that. As a

freelancer, you're paying for the equipment, "office" space, insurance,

lawyers fees for contracts, sub-contracting work you don't do yourself etc.

etc. I work for an advertising agency, doing mostly print work. I'm trained

as (and hired in as) a graphic designer - I do ads and such... no

programming (unless you count dealing with photoshop/illustrator/the

printers etc.). My company bills my time out to their customers at around

$75 an hour. Believe me, they don't pay me that much (and would go broke if

they did ;) though I make a decent salary. I also freelance design and flash

work, minor programming... why in the world would I accept a great deal less

than my company thinks I'm worth for doing more (design *and* flash, html,

dhtml, css etc.)? I still consider myself "learning/intermediate" in some

areas, so my rates aren't what I think the top-of-the-line people could

draw, but I charge reasonably for my skills and services. And I live in a

place with a much lower cost of living than Cincinnati - namely Lexington,

KY :)


Laura


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