[Finny]

What I’m trying to say (and badly) is NOT that the poor self-employed person has it bad — but that the person who works for a big company at $22 an hour is getting paid probably $35 an hour in “real” dollars. Or look at it this way: if it was just you cut loose to earn your own hourly wage, you’d have to charge $35 an hour to come out on the same plateu (matched social security, paid time off, insurance and retirement benefits) as a company guy whose salary breaks down to $22 an hour.

[Dinsdale]

At least $35. On a salary you get paid for sitting at your desk freeping or spacing out in meetings (and no doubt complaining about unpaid overtime).

When you bill your time out you had better maintain a good level of productivity. 40 billable hours can be a very long week.

A good general rule when going independent. Take you annual salary in k$ make, it your hourly rate in $. Firing you former PHB is just a bonus.