http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Signal+Integrity+Engineer&l1=boston%2C+ma According to this site, the average salary of a signal integrity engineer in Boston, MA is $105,000/year. That puts the fully burdened cost at about $160K/year or $80/hour. Since consulting is a specialty, if the consultant is at the top of his/her game, you can expect to pay 2X that. If the consultant brings his own specific skill set and tools or instruments to bear on your problems, then you can expect to pay 4X that. If the contract goes through an agency, then you have to add their overhead on the top of the consultant's cost. regards, Scott -- Scott McMorrow Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 (401) 284-1827 Business (401) 284-1840 Fax http://www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed® is the registered service mark of Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC Mario Pond wrote: > I have a requirement for SI Contractor 6 month assignment, Agency has a > rate that I can't get my manager to agree with. Any ideas on what most > agencies are charging? > We are in Ct > Mario Pond > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu