[UGAF] Designing rates

[Brook Harker]

+1

Those are pretty low rates.



On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Jessica Petersen wrote:

> 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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