Does anyone know the going salary for LA? I do some
Moonlightingand one of my customers is bitching about price. He
says he hasfriend at a company in LA and they only pay $22 to do
advance 3DSolidWorks designs. Something like 5,000 designs in 3
years ofexperience. It is a company call Sam Pievac, if anyone
knows thedesigners there. It is not apples to apples design work
(because heis doing something totally different than I am doing on
the sidejob). But I still think he is full of it saying they only
paysomeone with that much experience in LA $22. Hell I know of
usersin Po-dunk TN and KY that make that much an hour...
In the end, you are only worth what people will pay. There are enough people out there willing to do the work that you cannot always get away with bullying customers. Also, if the work is simple, people will pay less for that.
You might consider quoting on a "fixed amount" basis rather than "per hour". That way the customer pays one amount, and you can take as much or as little time to do the work as it takes.