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Bill more! That's too low imo. If you're competent you should be able to bill at least double that. More if you're more than competent.

Consider that a full time employee at 100k/year probably costs their company at least 150k yearly (and probably closer to 200) after insurance and benefits.

58/hr for 2000 yearly hours comes out to less than 120k and that company isn't paying any benefits or taking on any of the risk of an FTE. You should set your rates accordingly.

Yeah, I used to hire contractors at GE. Only a few body shops that slaved H1Bs were under $100. The typical was $100-120 pre-pandemic. GE would agree to pay all holidays for contractors.

Low! Double your price!

Not OP, but for GA clients, I bill at $130/hr.

$120-175/hr CAD for me, specializing in on prem infrastructure and DBA, clients coast to coast but mostly Ontario. The rate is more determined if I am going through a middleman (usually a MSP) vs direct rather then supply and demand.

This hasn't changed through inflation though. Those rates are the same rates for the last 10 years or so.

Which middle man do you use? What is their cut?

What is "GA clients"?

Georgia?

$150/hr as a bay area software engineer

$150