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throwawaytreeon Ask HN: How much are you earning as a freelance app developer?

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throwawaytreeon Ask HN: How much are you earning as a freelance app developer?

Small Latin American country, -4:00 UTC

throwawaytreeon Ask HN: How much are you earning as a freelance app developer?

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throwawaytreeon Ask HN: How much are you earning as a freelance app developer?

I make $7 US dollars an hour designing and developing apps as a full-time employee. I’m paying off a new car, pay rent, and live quite a good life compared to others in my country (third-world country).

Compared to other countries salaries, mine is awful. Compared to local salaries, it’s actually about 4x the minimum wage. The cost of living here is quite low (I pay 150$ per month for a single bedroom with bathroom). Where this kind of salary hurts is when:

- traveling

- buying online

- saving for the future (maybe I will want to move overseas, and I also need savings for emergencies)

- paying for study (courses, uni overseas)

- buying work computers or phones

- buying software or services (e.g. Photoshop, Sketch)