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Everyone reading this, please don't think the ~150 an hour range is normal for an individual developer. This is generally the rate for a full service design/de

Everyone reading this, please don't think the ~150 an hour range is normal for an individual developer. This is generally the rate for a full service design/development agency where you get an account manager, secretaries, etc. I do iPhone development and haven't met anyone getting even close to $150/hr individually. If someone made that, they'd be be making $6,000/week and $300,000/year. yish, can you confirm that this is an agency rate, not an individual developer/designer rate? or is this the rate you're making personally?

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rdl 17y ago
I have seen 150/hr corp to corp or 1099 for single-person developers. Time spent getting contracts, doing administration, etc. means you can't bill for 100% of your time, but you can definitely make 200-300k/yr pre-tax pre-expense if you work like a dog. Taxes in CA will cut that down to 100-150k net, so it is more like a 100-200k/yr job.
fairramone 17y ago
$150/hr does not seem out of the ordinary for this particular discipline (iphone development).
richcollins 17y ago
The rate in SF is between 100 and 150 depending on experience.
flyosity 17y ago
I know UI designers (who work on iPhone & iPad apps) that make $120-150 per hour for their work and they work for themselves, no agency. Of course your goal is to have 40 hours a week of billable work but it never really works out like that :)
- kadavy 17y ago
  40 hours a week of billable work is damn near impossible. Even if I could find that much work, I wouldn't be able to handle it on a regular basis.
yish 17y ago
Actually, this is the rate for a good small team, agencies can go even higher (I've seen $180 quoted and have heard of, but never personally seen, higher). I also think part of the challenge is that to have a stand out app, you now need a team with UI/VisD/Dev skills. Expectations of consumers have grown since the early app store days, and a lone developer rarely cuts it anymore unless they also have some real design chomps.
clavalle 17y ago
I charge $150/hr and I am a single developer in Austin so it is just not the high-rate of living areas.
- davidcann 17y ago
  Sincere contrats to those of you who are consistently getting this rate.

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rdl 17y ago

I have seen 150/hr corp to corp or 1099 for single-person developers. Time spent getting contracts, doing administration, etc. means you can't bill for 100% of your time, but you can definitely make 200-300k/yr pre-tax pre-expense if you work like a dog. Taxes in CA will cut that down to 100-150k net, so it is more like a 100-200k/yr job.

fairramone 17y ago

$150/hr does not seem out of the ordinary for this particular discipline (iphone development).

richcollins 17y ago

The rate in SF is between 100 and 150 depending on experience.

flyosity 17y ago

I know UI designers (who work on iPhone & iPad apps) that make $120-150 per hour for their work and they work for themselves, no agency. Of course your goal is to have 40 hours a week of billable work but it never really works out like that :)

kadavy 17y ago
40 hours a week of billable work is damn near impossible. Even if I could find that much work, I wouldn't be able to handle it on a regular basis.

yish 17y ago

Actually, this is the rate for a good small team, agencies can go even higher (I've seen $180 quoted and have heard of, but never personally seen, higher). I also think part of the challenge is that to have a stand out app, you now need a team with UI/VisD/Dev skills. Expectations of consumers have grown since the early app store days, and a lone developer rarely cuts it anymore unless they also have some real design chomps.

clavalle 17y ago

I charge $150/hr and I am a single developer in Austin so it is just not the high-rate of living areas.

davidcann 17y ago
Sincere contrats to those of you who are consistently getting this rate.