[thelist] Re: the Aquent salary guides

[Dreamscape Design, Inc.]

Hi all:

I am so relieved to hear that US salaries are higher. Most of the post to
the web design lists are from the UK and seemed really low compared to what
I was hearing here in Michigan, US. Around here, entry level web designers
start at around $50,000 a year at least and it goes up. I live north of
Detroit, and the pay is best in the Detroit area. When I started out, I was
told to charge $50 an hour and that is considered low by my experienced
friends, even though I am a newbie. I do all my own graphics illustrations
and photography - the entire ball of wax - myself, but my layout skills are
not up to par yet and I am working on that with a buddy. Nevertheless, you
are right about the US. Even mediocre designers can get big bucks.
Sherrie Grady
sherrie at dreamscapeinteractive.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Tara Cleveland <taracleveland at hotmail.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: [thelist] Re: the Aquent salary guides


> Hi all,
>
> I know I'm a little late (like a few centuries late) in adding to this
> discussion, but oh well...
>
> This is just a little addition to the discussions around the Aquent salary
> guides. The reason the hourly rate and the salaried rate is so different
has
> partially to do with Aquent's own fees. If they hire someone out hourly
they
> pay the worker a little more than a salaried job, but the charge the
client
> company extra for all their added administration costs (believe me the
> workers don't see wages like that! $120 per hour, I wish). The salaried
rate
> is a guideline for when Aquent places a worker permanently (therefore they
> have less administration costs but they still retain about 30% of the
quoted
> salary).  I once went to an interview for a permanent placement and the
> salary I would get would be a little less than the hourly rate I receive,
> around 55-60K Canadian, but Aquent  would charge the company more like
> 75-85K.
>
> The thing that gets me is that the numbers are the same for Canadian and
> American dollars, even though the American dollar is worth waaayyyy more.
> The 55K Canadian salary (worth more like 35K American) would be 55K
American
> if I lived just over the border. Of course, I'd rather live here, but I
wish
> we got paid on par. It always boggles my mind how much more American
> salaries are.
>
> Just in case anyone was wondering.
>
> Tara Cleveland
>
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