TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Free Lance Rates in Chicago From:"Robert B. Kennedy" <textexcellence -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 Aug 2001 05:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
--- jarnopol -at- Interaccess -dot- com wrote:
> George Hook is wondering why he's getting the silent treatment on the phone
> when he quotes his rate at $85 an hour in Chicago.
>
>
> Because George, only consulting companies, like Spherion, Anderson - or
> whatever it's called these days, and KPMG can get away with charging that
> rate for writers. And one of the reasons they can is that they guarantee
> the work of their consultants.
>
> Otherwise, for independent writing folk, $50 an hour is the max, and that's
> a bit high.
Jarnopol,
You may be speaking for your region, wherever
that is, but you're not speaking for a market
like New York City... it all seems to depend
on the market.
If you're an experienced TW'er and you're
not getting $50 an hour in NYC (esp. for
a short-term contract), then you're
probably a fool.
I come from a technical translating background,
have only 2 years' "real" TW experience under my
belt, and have earned well over $50 for contracting.
If you read Andrew Plato's Web site, I believe
he quotes experienced writers earning in the
$75-90 range.
Bobby
=====
Robert B. Kennedy, Technical Writer
TEXT EXCELLENCE, INC.
Trenton Business & Technology Center
36 South Broad St.
Trenton, NJ 08608
TEL: 609-989-5999
robert -dot- kennedy -at- textexcellence -dot- com
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
A landmark hotel, one of America's most beautiful cities, and
three and a half days of immersion in the state of the art:
IPCC 01, Oct. 24-27 in Santa Fe. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
