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Should I charge a consulting fee rate per hour that matches my old corporate tech salary or is that too high for small local businesses

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Should I charge a consulting fee rate per hour that matches my old corporate tech salary or is that too high for small local businesses
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
independent IT consultant hourly rates small business 2025 2026 United States pricing surveyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
small business technology consulting hourly rates Dallas Texas IT consultantGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
independent IT consultant hourly rates small business 2025 2026 United States pricing survey Google ↗
small business technology consulting hourly rates Dallas Texas IT consultant Google ↗
  1. Managed IT Pricing & Cost Estimator · sohologics.com
  2. IT Support Without a Contract in Dallas (Hourly) · crossrivertechnology.com
  3. IT Consulting Dallas · k3techs.com

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
independent IT consultant hourly rates small business 2025 2026 United States pricing survey
OBSERVED
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—Reason——1x
of 1
small business technology consulting hourly rates Dallas Texas IT consultant
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Google ↗
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—Comparison——1x
of 1