Freelancing sites are not good indicators of the industry at large, IMO. The rates on elance and similar sites have always been pretty low. gun.io is pretty muc

Freelancing sites are not good indicators of the industry at large, IMO. The rates on elance and similar sites have always been pretty low. gun.io is pretty much the only exception to this that I've found, and that's because they do some vetting of the clients beforehand. Highly recommend checking that out if you need work. I am not affiliated in any way with gun.io, other than being a happy user of their platform (as a freelancer).