Hourly billing rate for environmental consultants?

Question

do NOT give me anything from payscale or salary.com please.

also, how much do self employed workers charge?

Answer 1

Depends on experience, education, your overhead, and qualifications.

For self employed types (engineers or geologists) with 5 + years - $75 - $100 an hour if you can get it.

But for some, as low as $50 and as much as $150.

Your billing rate will be based on what your market (or clients) can bear regardless of if you are self-employed or not.

Now, if you work for a national consulting firm with a huge overhead, you can get $75/hour for an entry level tech with zip for brains.

Answer 2

Engineering Consultant Hourly Rate

Answer 3

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You'd have to account for regional price variations, the industry market potential, the experience of the individual consultant, the number of similar consultants operating in the region, and the 'notoriety' of the consultant in question. But, making a reasonable guesstimate, the value would be around US$200 per hour - if the consultant is well-known in the industry, has at least fifteen years consulting experience, and an excellent track record. If the amount of experience is less, or if the degree of notoriety is lower, the amount that will seem reasonable to clients will be proportionately lower ... perhaps as low as US$100 per hour. And remember that this includes EVERYTHING ... there's no add-ons for travel, materials, accomodations, etc. And hours are only 'billable hours', which means time spent on-site doing the consulting.

Answer 4

Previous answerer has it right.

Here are a set of hourly labor rates established by the U.S. Government General Services Administration for environmental scientists at a small business in Massachusetts:

Senior Environmental Scientist $134.75
Project Scientist $85.00
Staff Scientist $75.00
Environmental Technician $75.18

When I have hired environmental consultants, I often estimated the cost at $100/hr. Sometimes you get a bargain, sometimes you pay more.

Answer 5

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Damn !!! you don´t allow emails and I do not want to go public about how much is charged... how do we do ?