[pkaye]

What do you think is a fair market rate? Are there sites that offer higher rates than this for the contractors for short term gigs? It kind of interests me there if there are opportunities for doing short half day scope projects.

[giaour]

I dunno, my first programming job was for a consultancy that billed me out at $125/hour to do small jobs. Somewhere in the $80-$150 range? Maybe more, since their examples highlight jobs that take as little as half an hour.

I think you're assuming that the people completing the tasks are receiving the full $50/hour, which would mean no managers, no salespeople, no accounts receivable staff, and no office.