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Subject:Re: Contractor Rates From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, Richard Lewis <r44lewis -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
Gene:
Thanks for the response. You are essentially saying that well "networked" contractor Technical Writers makes alot more than those whose who need to rely on an agency to get an assignment. I would agree with that; although, it has been my experience that most TWs are not so we connected.
I really got the impression from the previous recent posts on this topic that the higher rates were what the typical TW (i.e., not just the well connected) could expect.
Richard Lewis
Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
Here in Silicon Valley, my experience has been that the high rate
contracts
are commonly not posted on sites such as Dice, but are the result of
direct
contacts between clients and contractors they have either previously
done
business with or have been referred to by word of mouth. The
"contracts"
posted on open sites are usually W2 temp jobs posted by agencies.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Richard Lewis"
> I recently reviewed the rates for all W2, 1099, and CORP Tech Writer
> contract jobs on Dice.com with a rate range given. Currently about
> fifty of the 389 such jobs on Dice give a rate range. Of these,
> there are a good number of $22-29 per hour jobs, a good number of
> $30-39 per hour jobs, and a smaller number of $40 -50 per hour jobs.
> I counted a total of three TW jobs that pay above $50 per hour (and
> one of them required someone with a programming background).
>
> In the San Fransisco/Silicon Valley area, six of the seven jobs that
> I found have a pay rate pay of from $25 to $45 per hour. The seventh
> paid $65 per hour.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1.) Are the jobs on Dice exceptionally poor paying? (They seem to
> be about right for jobs in my area (Indianapolis)).
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