Full Time Wages? Please Help!

[enstent]

I have been working as a freelance flash designer/developer and 3D modeler for the past few months and a company wants to give me a full time position. I am not new to the indusrty, but am new to the "getting paid" part.

My job description would be to create the front-end (clientside) web space for a backend system they have already created. I would be working solo or with another web designer creating the layouts/design, coding the html and connecting the two environments (Flash might be involved).

How much should someone get paid to do this? In Canadian dollars I think they should pay me at least $20 an hour.

What do you think?
How much did you get paid starting out?

If it helps, please look at sites I have created to get an idea of my skill levels. (www.shiftback.com)

[monsterfx]

You can get a handle on the general range for your geographic area at http://www.salaryexpert.com/ .

-monster.

[enstent]

Originally posted by monsterfx
You can get a handle on the general range for your geographic area at http://www.salaryexpert.com/ .

-monster.

For a web designer in Toronto ON:
Low Average High
54,426 68,305 79,924

For a web interface designer in Toronto:
Low Average High
96,534 121,152 141,760

Web Production Assistant in Toronto:
Low Average High
33,555 42,112 49,275

This states I should recieve anywhere from $15-$50 an hour.

[monsterfx]

Yeah, the biggest problem with Salary Expert is they don't give desicriptions of every job title so you can match up to the closest one. http://www.salary.com does a much better job of that, but unfortunately does not cover Canada. You might try salary.com and just see if it helps you match up the job titles/descriptions to what you are doing.

Then just decide where you think you should be compared to "average" based on a combination of your experience, your ability, and the companies ability to pay you.

-monster.

[enstent]

Salary.com was not much help either. Do you think these salaries have been inflated? They seem a little high don't you think?

No one wants to share what their salary is/was?

[mj97]

Enstent, Just stumbled on your post doing a search. If you're still intereted...
I'm also in Toronto:

Base Salary $50,000 Plus annual bonus ($1,000 - $10,000 depending on how often they catch you sleeping at your desk during the year)

Job Description: Interactive Developer
*Expert Actionscript
*Expert Flash
*Intermediate Lingo/Director
*Project Management
*OK at design but not great
*And a few other filler skills (I just finished 18hours of powerpoint...CRAP!!)

I did some research on salary survey sites before negotiating my salary and I feel they may be inflated a bit. I think my company may be a bit low for their fulltime employees. For freelancers I've seen people come in and do very basic work and get $35/hour for extended contracts, so freelance work seems to be ok.

Good Luck, I hope this helps.
MJ

[hurricaneone]

Originally posted by mj97
...(I just finished 18hours of powerpoint...CRAP!!)
MJ

Holy cow! That's my year's sum total of Powerpoint experience, and I'm only talking about the stupid Powerpoint slideshows my buddies send to me.

Corporate life, eh?