What’s the going day/hourly rate for a freelance Sr AD with about 5 years experience in Chicago?

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$750-$900 a day in Chi town is about what you’ll get for 5 years. Always depends on the shop and how good your book is, though.

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Advice I’ve followed is to take your salary and double it, divide it up to get a day rate. With a bit wiggle room on either end for indie vs big shops. Hope that helps! Aka I was making about 180k with bonus, so my day rate is $1500 for short term projects, by I charge more for big nasty agency work and less for fun creative studio work etc should be straight forward if you were already working in chicago - if you’re based elsewhere I might Glassdoor and make a guess

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