SEO Wages?

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Asking for a friend.

My friend who is a Junior in college has been offered an SEO internship. Work is done remotely from home. Tasks include link building, keyword research and keyword strategies.

He has experience with SEO techniques and runs his own profitable websites but has never considered doing it as a job for others. He is no expert but he certainly wouldn't need his hand held.

My initial research shows that a Link Builder should be making 35-100k salary depending on geography, experience, and some other factors. (???)

He was offered $10 hourly, countered with $15, and the company wouldn't do it so he rejected the offer.

What is your perspective on this specific situation? What should a Link Builder's hourly/salary wage be?
 


Pretty sure I will regret even responding but the hourly rate should be the worth. What does he bring to the table that people who will work for $10 won't. It doesn't sound like much if the company wouldn't pay him more or even counter his response...

Pay is based on skill, or the ability to look like you have skill, so if it is low level mind numbing spamming/link building who is to say that $10 wasn't a great rate...
 
If somebody was willing to pay $100k the guy would need to be generating a lot more than that in business - ergo a shit hot SEO guy - in which case he'd be doing it for himself surely.
 
It's an internship. He wouldn't be getting paid for his incredible SEO insight. Someone two levels above him is setting the strategy and he'd be doing a bunch of unskilled work that could probably be done by a VA.
 
If the company needs a link builder, it's a shitty fucking company that is going to fail eventually anyway. Good companies that resonate with people spread naturally and don't need bullshit like that.
 
In your initial research you were probably looking at salaries for someone much higher up with more responsibilities then what that job offered.
 
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