How much should I get paid?

[MaTTCNA]

I was just wondering how much I should get paid for just editing web pages and uploading them to the web. I felt ripped off at my last job (which was my first and where I built the site from the ground up) when I found out how much it would have costed them to get someone that worked for a web design company to build their site. I'm only 16 so this would just be a part time job.

 

[StageLeft]

$10-15 hour I'm thinking. Buyer's market.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
$10-15 hour I'm thinking. Buyer's market.

Do you really think they're going to pay $30K a year for work a trained monkey could do?

You'll be lucky to get much above minimum wage, maybe $8 an hour?

Viper GTS

 

[Scarpozzi]

Skoorb speaks words of wisdom....or um.....webdom.

Just check the web and see what everyone else is charging. Then realize that most of the sites you see are overpriced. You can do a little markup, but I would try to get repeat business by doing good work for a mediocre price. Also, try to be as nice and as easy to work with as possible. They'll notice.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Skoorb
$10-15 hour I'm thinking. Buyer's market.

Do you really think they're going to pay $30K a year for work a trained monkey could do?

You'll be lucky to get much above minimum wage, maybe $8 an hour?

Viper GTS

I looked at the question as more of a consulting type deal. I imagine since it's part time, he won't get any benefits and they'll be able to afford paying $10-15 an hour for a semi-skilled position. Since there will be some editing, some java/php knowledge may be required. You never know. Anyhow, I could picture him working at this company and having other jobs going on...

 

[poopaskoopa]

No reason to be humble. Ask for $15/hr(I throw that number out there because Skoorb said "10-15"), and if they have a problem with it, come down lower.

 

[FoBoT]

if you are sixteen, the experience you are gaining is just as valuable as the $

if you want a raise, ask for one

 

[Armitage]

Once or twice a week seems about average ... three if your lucky, 4 or more if your not married yet.


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Oh wait, you said paid ...

 

[rh71]

Never sell yourself short even if you believe others can do it for cheaper. The others aren't doing it... you are. As said already, go for above avg and come down from there if they have any reservations about it.

 

[bleeb]

last time a friend asked for a raise, he got fired. watch out.

 

[Ly2n]

How does an hourly wage figure in? If one person can do the job in 4 hours and another person takes 8, should the second person get twice as much money? Of course not. Find out what they want, estimate the time, multiply by the aggravation factor (based on how hard they are to work with), and give them a price. While $15 per hour may be a good starting price, if your prices are to much out of line, you may have to adjust them. Having to low a price can make people wonder about the quality of the work.

 

[Rio Rebel]

I think $30k a year is reasonable for someone who is established and has credentials (doesn't mean this person would do better work, but it does mean this person would be viewed as a better risk of being able to do the job well.)

I would ask a reasonable and comparable price, but be willing to adjust if (when) the employer doesn't want to pay you on the same level. If it were my company, I would probably look at the average pay of "16 year old" jobs and pay you better - not start with the salary of a web technologist and adjust for your experience.

Either way, good luck. You may find my perspective to be wrong (and I hope you do). Just don't sell the situation short if you do find people unwilling to pay you on the level you expect. The experience alone is more valuable than you can imagine.