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About $50/hr with a minimum of 1/2 hr.
Geez, you guys where all underpayed
I used to work for a small consulting company that did this type of work (as well as support for a lot of small add agencies and other creative types) in the bay area. Our rates ranged from about $70 - $120 an hour depending on if you had a contract with us and how many hours a week you purchased. Minimum time block was 4 hours. This was about 5 years ago.
Of course that didn't keep the owner of the business from paying the actual employees next to nothing 
-Mike