Hey Craig,

This smells funny. I can believe the VB and VFP rates because a lot of people undercharge or accept low rates for long-term assignments. But to have the VC++ rate about 30% lower than the VB/VFP rate? Something ain't right there.

Anyhow, thanks for the link and the info.

>I just received the January issue of "Contract Programmer" magazine. The cover story is the 2000 Rate Survey. These are national averages for the US:
>
>Visual FoxPro (yes, it was a separate category)
>Contract: $48.67 hourly which is $93,446 annual
>Corporate: $62,000 annual
>
>Visual Basic
>Contract: $48.93 hourly which is $93,946 annual
>Corporate: $56,000 annual
>
>VC++
>Contract: $34.67 hourly which is $66,566 annual
>Corporate: $62,000 annual
>
>SQL Server
>Contract: $55.07 hourly which is $105, 734 annual
>Corporate: $63,000 annual
>
>You can get more information on this survey at www.cpuniverse.com.