It should be a factor of your qualifications, not the actual job you're doing. Are you licensed? How many years in? Are you a student?
If you can't figure out how your rate compares to those of others with your same qualifications, you have no business setting your own rate.
Sounds harsh, but I really think that part of the compensation issues that architects face center around how younger architects undervalue their skills because of how boxed up their lives are during and even after architecture school.
Shop drawings
I am doing shop drawings from architectural drawings for an aluminum company for all doors and windows on a project.
can anyone give me an idea of how much I should charge... I am doing this as a side job.
$1 less than the most desperate craiglist post offering drafting services in your area.
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But seriously, if you're able to convince someone to pay you for a service, you should know how much you value your (spare) time.
^ exactly...what non s said.... Labor+Material+Overhead+Profit=Fee
It should be a factor of your qualifications, not the actual job you're doing. Are you licensed? How many years in? Are you a student?
If you can't figure out how your rate compares to those of others with your same qualifications, you have no business setting your own rate.
Sounds harsh, but I really think that part of the compensation issues that architects face center around how younger architects undervalue their skills because of how boxed up their lives are during and even after architecture school.
$1 million dollars?!
You asked this same question a year and a half ago. What have you been charging them this whole time?
a 20$ gift card to chipotle per window
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