What is a respectable hourly rate for Tech Support?
In Norway, around 24 USD/hour.
>>54614283
starting out 12
a bit of experience 15
contractor starting out 15-18
experienced contractor 20
get hired in / get skills and big contracts (it gets confusing from here because getting hired in will come with benefits and contracts come with higher salary and you buy your own benefits)
keep in mind if you are contracted through a IT staffing place they are getting like 30-40/hour for you which they pay you out of. You can negotiate for a few more dollars per hour and they still make a shitload of money doing nothing so always ask for more
>>54614306
In Norway 24 bucks is 2 cups of coffee.
>>54614283
/g/ does it for free.
>>54614353
Those rates are way way too low.
Just starting out fixing grandmas computer: $25/hr
Really good at fixing grandmas computer: $35-40/HR
Just starting out doing small business consulting: $50/HR
Really experience small business consulting: $100/HR
Devops consulting for large enterprises: $250/hr
>>54614383
>>1 US Dollar equals 8.24 Norwegian Krone
>>>>1 litre (0.2 US gal) of petrol: NOK 12-16
>>1 litre (33.8 fl oz) of milk: NOK 14-18
>>Cappuccino at a coffee bar: NOK 35-40
>>Pack of cigarettes: NOK 100
>>Cinema ticket: NOK 100
>>Main course in a budget restaurant: NOK 100-150
>>Main course in an upmarket restaurant: NOK 220-350
>>A bottle of beer in a grocery shop: NOK 25-35
>>A bottle of beer in a bar: NOK 70-90
>>Room for two in a budget hotel: NOK 1000
>>Room for two in a mid-range hotel: NOK 1,500
>>Room for two in a luxury hotel: NOK 2,600 or more
>>54614416
is that in rupees or gold plated latinum? i thought we were talking about working adults with jobs.
>>54614416
Bullshit.
No one pays these rates, that's fucking retarded.
Get out of infrastructure, its a shit field.
>>54614416
is fucking australia maybe
>>54614283
$300k a year starting pay.
>>54614437
>No one pays these rates, that's fucking retarded.
Some do.
The companies that actually know the value of their workers.
(but yea, most tech support is criminally underpaid)
>>54614472
spotted the millenial
'bout three fiddy
>>54614283
Depends on what type of support it is. If you are supporting end users, probably not much. If your customers comprise of technical people working for a major corporation, you can expect to start at $20-$25 or salary $40k-$50k
I'm 24 years old, currently working at my second professional IT job since I started 2 years ago.
Im a contractor working at the headquarters of a multi-million dollar fashion Eyewear distributor.
About 500 users in the office I work at now. Official position is Deskside Support and I make $20/hour + full health benefits.
more then 22 an hour.
>>54614710
Also get sweet discounts on baller as fuck shades and frames.
>>54614437
Lol man I live in the Midwest not the Bay Area and I was charging those rates 15 years ago. Do you know how much a plumber costs? $100/HR. Painter? $30/hr. $100/HR is totally doable for small business consulting.
Work for world wide company as Support Tech.
$20.00 /hr
200 people as of now in this plant.
Also, losing half our business so IT is getting cut down in half. They're keeping me but also given me a salary (no more hourly) and a nice bump.
>>54614753
When you say "consulting", I assume full installation of servers and 24/7 support for even the tiniest bug.
Tech support is rarely compensated well, even at those rates.
>>54614841
Yeah I'm talking full on IT guy for hire, but you don't just do "tech support" for small businesses, you do everything. If it plugs into the wall or has batteries, it's probably your responsibility.
>>54614753
The rates like plumber are subsidized because no has a job that requires 40 hours a week of plumbing services. Thats a top their consumer rate, plumbers don't make $200k a year
>>54614482
No, smart companies know that infrastructure is easily handled by a small team en masse and is the first thing to be outsourced.
Buy AWS for 30% of the cost and have the flexibility of dynamic scaling or hire my own headache people.
No brainer. If you want to make bank, do software, not hardware.
