I've done some Excel wizardry on the side for small businesses. I charge a flat fee and it has always worked out to be somewhere in the range of $500/hr when d

I've done some Excel wizardry on the side for small businesses. I charge a flat fee and it has always worked out to be somewhere in the range of $500/hr when done. And they all thought they got an amazing deal. You gotta be careful though. If you automate too much, that just frees up more time for the Excel folks to make more spreadsheets.