How much should I charge for computer repair.

Mainline pricing would be somewhere between $40 and $125 an hour, depending on the compexity of the work and the chutzpah of the repair person. But beware of working for someone who wants an IT support person at admin asst prices.

For a top-tier PC tech...this means 5+ years experience, A+ Certification at a minimum, preferably more certs, and lots of happy client references... A top tier tech can demand $35-50/hr offsite and $45-65/hr onsite. Someone a little less experienced, or less credentialled should charge accordingly. Sounds like you're more of a software guy, though, and I'd guess that PC hardware is doable for you but not your strong suit. Better charge for the programming and site maintenance and throw the PC stuff in as a spiff.

I am a+ certified and am just fine with the hardware, i have simply never done any of this stuff for money before. so i was wondering what i should tell these people i am going to charge them. if you are curious i have been with AmeriCorps the last couple of years doing volunteer work. so this is my first steps into the "work for money" world.

It looks like they want to exploit you. Sorry to be cynical, but I've seen this too many times. Since you're just entering the working world, I'd say ask for $60 an hour, let them undercut you down to $35-40, and stay in the job just long enough to learn the skills and buzzwords to move elsewhere. Do not believe them if they say that they will promote you after a certain period of time. This never happens, since they know they can get you cut-rate. Your confidence and acting like you deserve what you are asking for will make a big difference.

I too have been wondering this. I tend to fix people's computers for free because it's usually a very simple, five-minute job. Someone once suggested a flat fee of $35 for up to one hour and then charge per hour after that. I am curious about web design charges. I recently set up a full site for my church on a volunteer basis, but someone said that was at least a $1,000 donation. I don't know for sure. I have thought about setting out in web design for myself, but these kinds of cost uncertainties have made me hesitant.

I did freelance web design for a couple years before I opted for the comfort of a salaried position. "Mom'n'Pop" sites (one template, around 5 pages) I would charge about $500. Took me about 10 hours from start to finish so I guess that's $50/hr. Installs of extra web-based software (blog, gallery, forum, etc) were extra, since I usually spent time training them to use it.

Definitely, definitely go back and tell her that you need more information. Tell her that the jobs are very different, and, though you're glad that they'll be using more of your skills, that you want a new interview "to get a better picture of their current setup and requirements." Really, you're doing this second interview so that there's a difference between the two jobs, in the hiring person's head. You need to make it clear to her that "being the office IT guy" is not the same job level as "being an administrative assistant." In other words, it's going to cost a lot more (but, hey, you're going to be providing a lot more productive work for the company and be under a lot more stress). Also, it sounds like your job just went from a full time gig, to an hourly and definitely part time gig. That is very different from your perspective as a worker. A per hour contractor will not get benefits like health insurance, 401k contributions, etc. Since you will have to (ok would... ), nor will you have any job security and you'll need to look for other work, which takes time (which is money). All of these extra expenses, on top of what an hour of your time is worth need to factored in. Say that you think the job is worth $30 or $35. With those other costs and lost opportunity costs, you're looking at $50 per hour at least.

jxpx777, that's called a bench fee. My standard bench fee is $45. It's what I charge to look at the PC, and if the work I have to do on the PC is under one hour, the bench fee covers it. But if the work goes over one hour, the bench fee is waived and I charge hourly instead.

Regarding the web design question, I've heard anything from $35-$100/hr. My business' standard rate is $75 an hour, but that's more for custom web software solutions, instead of just slapping together a few pages of HTML... Also, don't "ask" for a price. Tell them what your rate is. And don't let them undercut you at all. If you do that, they'll wonder what else they can get out of you. Explain that you're a business, and that your rates are as follows.