I got these rates in an email recently, so they’re pretty recent:
Programming in ASP, .NET, PHP, Perl, VB etc. – $15 per hour OR $1500 per man month
Data Entry and related work – $3.5 per hour OR $500 per man month
CAD Services – $5 per hour OR $750 per man month
Proofreading, Copy Editing – $10 per hour OR $1000 per man month
Website Design and Development – $10 per hour OR $1000 per man month
Rebate Processing – $3.5 per hour OR $500 per man month
Desk Top Publishing – $5.0 per hour OR $750 per man month
Archiving Services – $3.5 per hour OR $500 per man month
Bookkeeping and Accounting – $10 per hour OR $1000 per man month
Who know’s what kind of skills you’re getting for that?, but it forces me to ask two questions:
1. How much are those people actually paid?
2. If price differentiation how they get work, then when does the price war start to kick in?, with other vendors offering lower and lower prices – where does it start to bottom out where the business models don’t make sense any more?