Do my homework, LJ!

[rivka]

I'm Googling around trying to find an answer to this question, but it occurred to me that some of my friends probably have the information at their fingertips.

What's a fair hourly rate to pay a database engineer to write a script that pulls information from an already-established database? He estimates that the task will be "easy" and will take a few hours' work, less than a day.

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[laurarey.livejournal.com]

I hire subcontractors a lot for my business. I've now switched from an hourly rate to a fixed price. If it's a one day job..say 6 hours of actual work, then I'd expect to pay around $300-$400, depending on the experience level of the person involved. It would also matter what kind of database and what tools are installed...and how clear the specifications are for what data needs to be retrieved.