A Question of $$$$

[Pallyjo]

Ok, perhaps a bit off-topic:

I'm fairly clueless to what the average VBA/Excel programmer makes. Anyone have an overall idea? I've been working full time for about four years now as a VBA/Excel consultant and have developed considerable skill. I've been approached a number of times by management asking me what my salary range is (to see if they could afford me in a staff position). I'm always embarrassed to tell them I have to think about it.

I've heard of rates as low as $30/hr all the way to well over $125/hr. Is this purely subjective? At the moment, I'm inbetween the two rates above. I don't want to go into the office and scare them or seem ridiculously unreasonable either.

 

[ExcelChampion]

Ok, perhaps a bit off-topic:

I'm fairly clueless to what the average VBA/Excel programmer makes. Anyone have an overall idea? I've been working full time for about four years now as a VBA/Excel consultant and have developed considerable skill. I've been approached a number of times by management asking me what my salary range is (to see if they could afford me in a staff position). I'm always embarrassed to tell them I have to think about it.

I've heard of rates as low as $30/hr all the way to well over $125/hr. Is this purely subjective? At the moment, I'm inbetween the two rates above. I don't want to go into the office and scare them or seem ridiculously unreasonable either.

Take what you make in one month as a consultant and then multiply it by 12...and then add the traditional 15-20% to change jobs.