Hey everyone, one of the makers of the Rate Explorer here. We built it using data from our freelance contract generator (hellobonsai.com), which we also launched on PH a few months ago. Happy to answer any questions you have!

Useful tool. Looking forward to seeing more skills on there (such as marketing).

This is awesome, thanks for sharing.

@matttbrown Super helpful to see as college student/ budding freelancer! Might be cool to have an option to highlight (different color) the average column of each graph. Or possibly for each skill set have an overview graph that shows the average hourly for each of the year break downs (1-3yr, 3-5yr...)

@matttbrown great job! I cant add my rate in safari, iphone 5s ! Modal scroll problem 😄

nice tool - this should be up on TechCrunch, seems relevant to startups looking to contract out work

Just tried this out. The suggested ranges are accurate for my freelance rate. This is a great tool for a new freelance designer or developer who wants to figure out what to charge, or for someone who is already freelancing and wants to confirm that their rate is in the correct range.

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@matttbrown This is good insights into what the going rate is for freelance work depending on some of the 4 measurable, tangible inputs you take into account (Role, Skill, Experience, Location). But pricing is a fickle thing. There are so many nuances that truly determine pricing, especially when it comes to consulting/freelance work. Is there any thinking on how to incorporate those intangibles into the data set (Communication Skills, Leadership, Confidence, etc.)? You've gathered a good amount of quantifiable information around this topic. Did you also collect qualitative information as well? How did freelancers arrive at their pricing? Any plans to put together a guideline around pricing structure rather than just showing a data set? That could be just as useful to individuals like @pimterry @bentossell @andypeninger @dylanjha and @seanbolak.

love this! wondering if you have plans on adding other skills like animation / motion design? :D

Interesting that Product Design rates decrease for designers with more than 10 years experience as compared to those with 5-10 years. It's true regardless of geography. I wonder if that's due to ageism in tech.

Nice tool to help freelancers price themselves without screwing themselves over too much

This is AMAZING. I'm not only a freelancer, but also an Economics major that is researching the growing percentage of the U.S. population that is becoming self-employed. This is going to be very useful. However, I wish there was a way to ensure the data on here is legitimate.

I run a site that helps freelancers and one of the questions I get asked the most is, "How much do I charge?" Great to see a tool out there with realistic rates and what designers and developers are actually making. For many it will be a confidence boost to see what others are charging with the same experience as many, even experienced freelancers, have doubts and fears about the rates they charge (or should be charging).

@mattbrown Super useful. What is the approximate sample size for designers right now? Trying to get a sense of how many people weighed in with their freelance rates.

Nice tool with surprising insights. Poor designers :(

Great resource here. Would love to see you add videography rates as well @matttbrown. Overall, quick, fast and user friendly.

Great tool. I'm looking forward to seeing more countries, especially Japan, Singapore, Australia and the whole EU. Thanks for the great tool.

Great example of domain-specific crowdsourced data.

Really useful as someone just starting to do web freelance. It would be helpful to have combined design/dev stats (I do web design and development, for example)