[Nfb-web] Hourly rates for web accessibility testing?

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Tue Mar 19 02:17:23 UTC 2013


My experience is that good blind testers get between $50 and $120 an 
hour.  There is more involved in accessibility testing then being a 
good screen reader user -- although that is a good starting place.

Dave

At 01:41 PM 3/18/2013, you wrote:

> > Hello all,
> >
> > My wife has an opportunity through the university she is 
> attending to assist them with testing the accessibility of their 
> website. If anyone has specific examples of hourly rates paid by 
> other institutions for similar testing, we would appreciate the 
> data for an upcoming interview. My wife is extremely competent 
> using screen access technology, so her feedback will be helpful to 
> the university. It does not sound like they have ever used someone 
> with a disability to study their accessibility, so we do not have a 
> basis from which to recommend reimbursement for her time.
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Joe





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