Re: Course Design Fees in the USA

[Ed Wurster <glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Bruce Byfield wrote:

> I'm assembling a bid to design a one-day course for a large IT
> corporation in the United States. I have a good chance, since the
> company contacted me, but I want to avoid both under-pricing and
> over-pricing.

> I have a good idea of pricing in the local market in Vancouver, Canada,
> but not in the American market. Would anyone on the list be willing to
> suggest what hourly rate or project rate would be appropriate? Or,
> alternatively,point me to a site that might give me the information?
> I've searched for some time and found no sites that give the information
> I need.

My guess is at least 40 hours of work to design two 3-hour sessions (one day.)

Put a price on that development time. Add in the cost of materials.

If you are delivering the training, I would say at least $500 per day
for that. Travel costs are  billed on top of that.

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Ed Wurster
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