<prompt> Human: Hi PF, wondering if you could help me figure out what kind of salary to be requesting. Not sure if theres a better place to post this, if there is please let me knowBackground:I graduated 3 years ago with a graphic design majormultimedia minor. In college, I was working part time at Company A, and after I graduated I accepted a full time position there for about 45,000yr. Its a smaller company where Im the sole designer, handling various things like web design, front-end development, motion graphics, app design, and general graphic design things logos, brochures, conference banners, etc. This was a work from home job.A year and a half ago I left and got a job at Company B for 48,000yr, doing nearly the same type of work a fairly standard, medium sized, growing very fast, corporate company. At the same time, Company A asked if I could stick around and do a few hours a week on the side at 26hr. I accepted.After a year of doing that this past summer, I decided I didnt like doing two jobs and just wanted one, but the situation at Company A was nice to have so it was hard to give up. So I decided to ask for a large raise 40hr at Company A, and they accepted without a counter offer. After a few more months, I started evaluating my career and what Im worth, and have realized that I am underpaid for what I do. At Company B, I design landing pages develop them, produce motion graphics, and also am in charge of the design of an eLearning course which was not in my job description, and honesty is a decent amount of work since the instructional designers need a lot of guidance design-wise.I recently was asked if I would consider returning full time to Company A, so we are going to talk next week about salary and like-wise. Id really like to use this opportunity to bump my salary I would be fine working for either company, but Im unsure of exactly how far to go. I know my skills and I know Im worth a lot to both companies. My main question is, since I am paid at 40hr at Company A, would it make sense to just use that as a basis for what to ask for salary? So around 75,000 - 80,000? Or is it ridiculous to expect the same hourly rate as full time? I do want to aim high, as I really have nothing to loose. Benefits at both companies are about the same, though the biggest thing is no company match for retirement fund at Company A match at Company B is 6, vested after 4 years.  <response>: Just be aware, your contractor rate is not the same as your W2 employee rate. As a contractor, you have to pay yourself your own vacation time, sick time, holidays, retirement, health insurance, self-employment tax, hardware and software, etc, so you charge more to cover all that.In my experience, your contract rate is usually 125 to 200 of your W2 hourly rate, meaning that 40hour on contract converts to 20-32hour 402.00 to 401.25 full-time - a salary of 41,600 - 66,560.So basically, ask for 75, theyll counter with 60, settle in the middle at 67? 