[BC] Making engineering pay

[Dana Puopolo]

I agree - in some parts of the country, rates are decent. A friend of mine
works in a 60ish market and gets $75-85 an hour too.
BUT you have to admit that the rates in Boston are pathetic!!

I can't afford to stay here any more - and I've lived here most of my life.

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:12:27 PM EDT
From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Making engineering pay

For the sake of comparison, here are the published rates of two
well-known contract/consulting engineers:

http://www.criterion-broadcast.com/cbsdol.html
http://mwpersons.com/Rate-Card.html

FWIW, my standard rate is $85/hr, but like Craig, I will discount
10-15% for good clients or in special circumstances.  As always, it's
a matter of supply and demand -- some contractors in this area get
$90/hr.

Mark


On 7/23/06, Craig Bowman <craig1 at shianet.org> wrote:
> Y'all please stay the hell out of Michigan.  I will not get out of bed
> for $50.00 and hour.  For good clients I charge $65 an hour and for the
> random callers I charge $75 when I can get to them.  The guy who works
> on my boat charges $85.  I am seriously considering raising my rates to
> that level.
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