Rates for cartography commissions?

[torstan]

Edit: Ninja'd by GP. I should write shorter posts...

The best way to find out is to figure out what the client wants to charge and then decide whether you're willing to do the work for that rate. This will give you an idea of what the market will bear and then you can push up your rates as you get more commissions. There's a pain threshold above which private commissions will turn away and you'll not get as much work. The more work that comes your way, the more you can afford to turn down. It's a flexible business. The exception is when you're working for a larger company where they have a fixed budget. Then you have to decide whether you take what they're offering or not.

In reality there's a very wide range of prices around so anything you come up with is unlikely to be too far off.