Re: Average Pay...

[Iggy <iggy_1996dp -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I'm an intermediate level writer in the Boston area,
> specializing in
> Software end-user manuals and Online Help
> Development. My first contract
> technical contract (3 years ago) was for $30 an hour
> and my last two were
> for $40 an hour (all W2 through agencies.) 
> 
> 1.) How does this compare to the rest of the
> country?
> 2.) Have rates gone down that much in the last few
> months? They don't
> seem to have in Boston (though I have run into some
> folks trying to
> "bottom feed" for ridiculous rates...for $15-$20 an
> hour I might as well
> go back to doing Newspaper Pagination in Quark...)

Well, I'm not in a high cost of living area like
Boston, in fact it's about 1/4 the cost of living in
Boston, but my last 3 contracts were $45/hr, 35/hr,
and 65/hr... How do you survive in Boston on
$30-$40/hr after saving for taxes and shelling out for
equipment? I found it hard here where my average cost
of living is in total less than $1000/month... Taxes
are a bitch...

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