Seriously, this is not even an isolated case...a few weeks back when I told someone how much I would charge, they started screaming into the phone "I only pay $10 an hour. I got some guys doing this php for $10/hr. $10/hr.!!" and then hung up on me.
With regard to 1099 income, I would like to point out that if you are properly calculating all of your legal, allowable business expenses, your tax percentage will probably be somewhat under 33%. Especially now with the cost of everything going through the roof, much of which is passthrough as 100% deductible. -- Kristina > > > Michael, > > Not only do you have to take benefits into consideration but you also > have to take taxes into consideration so yes while you might actually > bring in 120k per year you are not making that much. If you are > working under a 1099 you can bet on 33% (approx) going to taxes then > you have to pay for health, medical, dental, office supplies etc. I > would be surprised if you came out with $70,000 as income. Keep in > mind that you also have to pay utility bills such as cable, > electricity, phone, these are all office related expenses. > > 33% of 124k is approx 41k going to taxes so I could see where Chris > would get this figure. I am sure he is accounting for more than just > the benefits etc. > > Thanks, > Joseph Crawford > > On Jul 30, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Michael Marc-Aurele wrote: > > > Joseph, > > > > You are also in Mass. NYC is different. > > > > Considering Chriss blog equates 60/hr to 50K with benefits I > > wouldnt exactly call that the gold standard when it comes to > > figuring out consulting rates. > > > > As someone noted in the comments section below where Chris called 60/ > > hr fifty K with benefits. 60 per hour is approx 120K if you work the > > full year at that rate. So unless benefits cost 70K he is way off. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:jobs- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ] On Behalf Of Joseph Crawford > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:57 AM > > To: Anjali Arora > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [nyphp-jobs] soccer website - need help ASAP! > > > > I have 10 years of experience with php and I charge $60 per hour. I > > have seen people charge upwards of $90 per hour with the same > > experience. I would say someone with 3 years of solid experience > > (if they really know what they are doing) should expect $30 - $40 > > per hour when doing contracting. > > > > On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Anjali Arora wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Related to this, I'd be interested in knowing what a PHP-MySQL coder > > (with maybe 3 years of good experience) would cost hourly in NY/NJ. > > This is for a freelance project relating to a social networking > > site. I expect there to be a couple of input forms, the routine > > social networking features such as commenting, rating, & the > > database design. The last is very crucial to me as I'd like the > > possibility of data to be mashed in assorted ways down the road. > > > > What should I reasonably expect to pay, & is hourly the best way to > > go? > > > > Thanks! > > -Anjali > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Webmiester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Susan, > > > > $10.00 an hour??? > > > > Not for $10.00. > > > > Minimum wage just increased... > > > > You should get a volunteer. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > From: susanna thornton STUDIO > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:58 PM > > To: [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [nyphp-jobs] soccer website - need help ASAP! > > > > Hello: > > > > > > I am a fine art photographer based here in New York- I also run a > > pickup soccer group on the side. I am looking for someone with > > experience in the following areas to take over the maintenence and > > development of the soccer website (which utilizes databases and has > > e-commerce facets for the online registrations) and also to help me > > maintain my php mailing list for my photography site. > > > > > > I need someone ASAP for the soccer website! We are switching over to > > our fall season registrations soon and I need to talk to someone as > > soon as possible about this as I'm leaving the country next week! > > Please send all inquiries to me here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > The soccer website url is: > > > > http://www.pickupsoccernyc.org > > > > > > This is where I currently need the most help. > > > > The new registration has to go online by August 15th- > > > > I am looking for someone with solid expertise in the following areas: > > > > > > The skills you need are: > > > > > > PHP > > > > MySQL > > > > SSL certificates > > > > credit card processing > > > > HTML > > > > CSS > > > > > > The last person I worked with was a student with pretty solid > > knowledge who I paid $10/hour but he is no longer available to work > > on this. 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