>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.

Are those rural West Virginia rates or something? Those rates are way off for the big cities. My current rate is $60.00/hr. just for VFP work - I'd get $100 for VB/ASP/SQL no problem (which is why I've switched). That figure for VC++ is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I wouldn't take anything from that magazine too seriously after seeing that misinformation.

-JT