<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a question on hourly rate.  = Right now, my hourly rate is $35 and I'm in the Chicago area.  I'm thinking = this is slightly low and considering raising it a bit.  I'm a part-time = tuner so I have another source of income but I don't want to be too low.  I = wanted to get an idea of other's hourly rates (or at least comments on = mine).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corte = Swearingen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>