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"US living wage" isn't very useful. A living wage in Manhattan is an integer multiple of a living wage in Montana.

What term would you suggest?

I'd suggest being more specific than "US". Either name a part of the country, or, better yet, just name an income.

Fair enough. I'd say 80K for a 50 hour week (since freelancers are expected to buy their own health insurance, do not get any paid time off, so 80K is a very modest wage for a developer in those circumstances)

I realize a college student/single guy does not need all that much, but for a 29+, with a family, I think that's the minimum (again, with all the self-employment taxes, insurance etc).

I have a ruby on rails outsourcer that gets paid $5000 USD per month for 60 hours of work. I referencing my earlier post - I think specializations and showing competence in your chosen language / API / platform or type of work you do is key.

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