>>>I would venture to say that in current economic situation 40/hour is not bad. Obviously, it depends on the length of the assignment and local conditions may carry some weight. AFAIK, Hawaii is a super-expensive place.
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>>Oh! okay, thanks for that info.
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>You are welcome. Please, weight it another argument. In case of short assignment, independent contractor would be able to list travel/living costs as business expense, saving on taxes. Anyway, if someone is out of work and, frankly speaking, this situation may become common soon then making paid trip to Hawaii is not a bad idea anyway.
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