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W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Ranjan.D29-Jan-13 9:53

Ranjan.D

29-Jan-13 9:53

Hi,

Can some one please let me know the standard Hourly rating (min and max dollars) for W 2 Contract IT developers ?

Thanks,

Ranjan.D

Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Maximilien29-Jan-13 10:10

Maximilien

29-Jan-13 10:10

Ranjan.D wrote:
for W 2 Contract IT developers

What is W 2 ?

Depends where you are in the world (country/state/province).
Depends on your experience.
Depends on the complexity contract (including hardware, software, support, ... )
Depends on the local tax laws and regulations

At my age/experience if I was to go contract, id's ask ~100$/per hour (Montréal, Canada)

Nihil obstat

In my opinion

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.29-Jan-13 10:50

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.

29-Jan-13 10:50

The single largest determining factor in determining a contract rate is the duration of the contract. Unfortunately, a lot of individuals will take a 5 hour contract at a rate that only makes sense if they have 3000 billable hours a year.

Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting.

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Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Ranjan.D29-Jan-13 10:58

Ranjan.D

29-Jan-13 10:58

Thanks for the information.

Just 2 months back I relocated to Waukegan, Chicago IL. I have 7+ yrs of experience in Web (ASP.NET Winform + MVC3), Windows Development, WCF.

I'm new to W2 Contract and a consultancy guy had called me up with the opportunity to work with W2 contract. As I understood with W-2 contract, the agency will deduct all related taxes from our paycheck

Thanks,

Ranjan.D

Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Mark_Wallace29-Jan-13 20:44

Mark_Wallace

29-Jan-13 20:44

"W" is for "Wobbly", and W 2" is "Kinda Wobbly".

So it's Bambi [^] development.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Paul Conrad29-Jan-13 10:38

Paul Conrad

29-Jan-13 10:38

Like Max said, it all depends on where you are, the complexity/scope of the project, duration, your expertise in the area for the project. There is no real simple, cut answer to your question. More specifics would be helpful as to what kind of "IT" job are you looking into.

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Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Ranjan.D29-Jan-13 11:04

Ranjan.D

29-Jan-13 11:04

Sorry I probably should have explained you with my scenario..I was new to W2 Contract , thought to understand the average rating for Senior Developer in .NET Technology with an experience of 7+ yrs.

Ranjan.D

Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Clifford Nelson29-Jan-13 10:50

Clifford Nelson

29-Jan-13 10:50

Currently getting $60 plus $13 for per diem. Move to get those rates, and work in WPF.

Re: W 2 Hourly Contract Rates

Ranjan.D29-Jan-13 11:00

Ranjan.D

29-Jan-13 11:00

Thank you.. I just got a call from a consultancy and mentioned like 50$ so thought to clarify with you as I was new to W2 Contract.

Ranjan.D