[UGAF] Designing rates

[Jessica Petersen]

Ray,

I have to agree with Robert - those rates are ridiculously low from a
contract perspective. I would also consider them low from a salary
perspective.

There is an excellent formula in the Pricing and Ethical Guidelines by
the Graphic Artists Guild. It will give you an accurate idea of what you
should charge.

Another good resource for salaries and rates is
http://www.designsalaries.org/



Thanks,

Jessica Petersen
Senior UI Designer
jpetersen at omniture.com
801.722.7000 x 483 tel
801.722.7001 fax


-----Original Message-----
From: ugaf-bounces at ugaf.org [mailto:ugaf-bounces at ugaf.org] On Behalf Of
Ray Jenson
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:33 PM
To: UGAF General Discussion
Subject: Re: [UGAF] Designing rates

D. Turnbull wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm volunteering with Make-A-Wish Utah and part of the work I'm doing
> involves advising them on possible changes to their web site. I'm
> developing multiple strategies for how they might proceed, and two of
> the possibilities include:
> 
> * converting their existing design to CSS
> * implementing a new design (with CSS, of course)
> 
> I would like to give them general cost estimates, but I honestly have
> no idea how much it might cost. Without developing specific proposals
> and asking for bids, is it possible to estimate the costs? Is there
> and average figure or per-hour rate that I could tell them to help
> them weigh the choices?
> 

The going base rate for CSS design is $16.40 per hour in Utah. By
comparison, HTML design is $12.48 per hour. Both of these figures came
from notes I made a few months ago with DWS. Graphic design is between
those at $13.48 per hour. All I can say is, I'm glad that's the bottom
end of the rates.

I've been told freelance rates don't get measured, typically, but that's
a guideline that should give you a rough-guess percentage to calculate
from.

-- 
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give validity to his convictions in political affairs."

"Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every
man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance
in the entire population."

                           --both quotes by Albert Einstein


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