I work in NYC and get calls from recruiters about Rails positions constantly. Rails is "hot" now. The rates mentioned elsewhere are in the ballpark; I'd say $75

I work in NYC and get calls from recruiters about Rails positions constantly. Rails is "hot" now. The rates mentioned elsewhere are in the ballpark; I'd say $75/hour if you're halfway decent. If you want to get plugged into the community and meet a few recruiters, then introduce yourself on the NYC Ruby (http://nycruby.org/wiki/ http://nycruby.org/wiki/) mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-nyc/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-nyc/). A few recruiters lurk there; all of them have behaved well and seem very ethical.