I freelance part-time in addition to my 9-5. Mostly doing WordPress sites, with the occasional ASP.NET app for projects that need something totally custom. Some other web/mobile work as well. I've been averaging $40k/year the past 3 years in a row.
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#13I freelance part-time in addition to my 9-5. Mostly doing WordPress sites, with the occasional ASP.NET app for projects that need something totally custom. Some other web/mobile work as well. I've been averaging $40k/year the past 3 years in a row.
How many hours do you work on average per week on your freelance projects?
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#14We're a YC company that put together a visualizer for freelance engineering and design rates. It draws on a few thousand data points from our freelance invoice and contract product. You can filter by location, type of work, and experience: https://www.hellobonsai.com/rates
Edit: I should read further down the page :). If you would like to add more insight still that would be great.
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#15I generally charge 80/hr to do ReactJS / React Native work. I have been doing this for the last 6 months on and off.
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#16This is in addition to my full-time gig.
Assuming I'm booked eight months of the year, that's $38,400.
I could make more if I wasn't going through the agency, but for now, I don't have a name or connections, and I don't have the time to market myself.
So I figure do the agency thing first, build a name, then start soliciting direct clients. Then eventually ditch the full-time gig.
Honestly just stumbling through this.
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#19I make $60/hour through an agency. I do this for 20 hours a week. This is in addition to my full-time gig. Assuming I'm booked eight months of the year, that's $38,400. I could make more if I wasn't going through the agency, but for now, I don't have a name or connections, and I don't have the time to market myself. So I figure do the agency thing first, build a name, then start soliciting direct clients. Then eventu…
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#20I earn £12 an hour for my contract work, which I'm quite happy with at the moment because 10 hours a week means I get an extra £500 per month (which is considerable at my age, it pays my rent and bills and some).
I know it doesn't seem much, but I think I'm actually quite lucky to be able to get a gig at my age with my experience.