# San Francisco Rails Pay Rates?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/san-francisco-rails-pay-rates/190497>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 21, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/san-francisco-rails-pay-rates/190497 "2010-06-21T18:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael\_teter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@michael\_teter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michael_teter)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/san-francisco-rails-pay-rates/190497/1 "2010-06-21T18:18:14Z")

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Howdy.

I’m curious if anyone has a sense of what the typical Rails contract  
(W2) rates are for Rails developers in the San Francisco area. Assume  
the typical requirements of 2-3 years Rails experience, with 5+ years  
general development experience.

From my experience in the Texas market, the rates are $40-55. But I  
understand the cost of living in SF to be _much_ higher (some sites  
suggest it’s nearly 200% higher than Austin, TX). Are they really  
paying SF Rails folks $80-100/hr? If not, “how do you people  
live!?” 🙂

Thanks. I realize this is a bit off the norm for this group, but I  
know people here have answers to this question.

Michael