>Charging $400/hr for someone we're paying $80/hr is non unusual It's a funny business, as these posts reveal. But there's nothing magical about the profit mar

>Charging $400/hr for someone we're paying $80/hr is non unusual It's a funny business, as these posts reveal. But there's nothing magical about the profit margins in consulting. There are some efficiency gains with streamlining HR and expertise and knowledge sharing. Throw in some profit, and that's what they are able to charge clients. If it was excessively expensive, companies would do the work themselves. Many do, to lesser or greater degrees of success.