[lug] [OT] PHP rates?

[D. Stimits]

neelsmith74 at netscape.net wrote:
> Keep in mind $32hr in Kansas City is not equal to $32hr in Denver/Boulder Colorado (cost of living adj).
> I would say that $30-$35hr for F/T employment sounds about right and $75-$125 for an outsourced consultant in Colorado Area.
> Nate

And don't forget, $32/hr is probably as a regular employee. Double it if 
you are a contractor and paying both halves of the taxes.

D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com

> 
> "Dhruva B. Reddy" <bdhruva at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Thanks, everyone, for your responses.  A search on realrates.com
>>revealed a junior position in Kansas City paying $32/hr.  This helps.
>>
>>On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 at 14:20:06 -0600, Barney Treadway soliloquized thusly:
>>
>>>Probably clearest apples to apples is to compare rates for ASP development.
>>>Our farm out rate for PHP is $125/hour if that helps.
>>>
>>>Sad thing is that not many know what php is capable of and consider it some
>>>hack programming language. We've converted many ASP, Perl, and "ColdLesion"
>>>apps to PHP/MySQL and EVERY one runs faster and cleaner.
>>>
>>>It is nice to see someone's asking for it though!
>>
>>Yeah, they want to switch from "ColdLesion" (hee hee).  Apparently,
>>they're tired of telling their clients that they have to pony up for the
>>runtime.
>>
>>
>>>B
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
>>>To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:51 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [lug] [OT] PHP rates?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dhruva B. Reddy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have an opportunity to do PHP development, and they're asking for my
>>>>>salary requirements.  Does anyone know what the going rate is for a PHP
>>>>>developer?  Is it more or less than Java?  C++?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Dhruva
>>>>
>>>>I'd suggest it is the rate for web site developers, rather than
>>>>programmers, if it goes with a web site. Which is no doubt less than
>>>>Java and C++. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what web site developers
>>>>earn now, though it is a lot less today than a year or two ago.
>>>>
>>>>D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com
>>>>