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In 2005 I was doing PLC programming and didn’t even have my degree finished yet. I always quoted $100 per hour and was never turned down. Being that it’s 17 yea
by jimmydean1765 4y ago
In 2005 I was doing PLC programming and didn’t even have my degree finished yet. I always quoted $100 per hour and was never turned down. Being that it’s 17 years later and I’d assume most of you have some sort of formal certification then I’d say you’re undervaluing yourself.
Is it still typical to register a business as a contractor and invoice for your hours as an independent? If so you need to add at least 35% just for business overhead.
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- jimmydean1765 4y agoTo clarify. I don’t only mean your own business overhead, as I assume you can operate a basic contracting business for less than 35% of annual earnings. What I mean is that employees cost businesses around a 35% premium for benefits, employee side payroll taxes, liabilities, etc. In actual fact if all my employees were happy to take a 35% pay increase to become contractors I’d bet it’s a good deal for the corporation.
- bluedino 4y agoThere's probably not a million PLC programmers on Upwork/Fiver/whatever