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0 pointshyperpape6y ago0 comments

Sure, but that applies to all the numbers. The average agency developer in a country that shows up with $30 in this survey isn't making that either (India is at $36, and I've heard talk of $15 or lower wages there).

The percentage that is overhead will vary, but only by so much. Otherwise, someone will come along and find a way to undercut your prices and take your business. It's reasonable to assume that if one hourly cost is double another, the developer's pay is higher.

(Not denying someone might find a way to really pull a scam in the short-term, and find a kid they can pay minimum wage to, but that's not a scalable or stable arrangement).

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txcwpalpha6y ago

>The percentage that is overhead will vary, but only by so much. Otherwise, someone will come along and find a way to undercut your prices and take your business. It's reasonable to assume that if one hourly cost is double another, the developer's pay is higher.

That's really only true if you assume that all of these dev agencies are equal. In reality, a lot of them have different specialties (both tech wise or industry wise), better (or worse) reputations, or certain partnerships. All of these things can greatly change the amount that the dev agency can charge.

I've personally seen plenty of agencies charging $100/hr while another agency with a different "specialization" (but otherwise similarly skilled and paid devs) charge $250/hr. The bill rate hardly ever corresponds with salary, IME.

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