Oddly, they really aren’t. Most of us charge what we need in order to eat, taking into account rents, equipment, insurance, Continuing Professional Development and various other business outgoings. If we were a bit more business minded, everyone would probably charge a lot more.
Professionals, teachers and practitioners in
the mainstream are paid from taxes rather
than at the point of service. As a result the
experience of fees in the mainstream is that
it’s free or low cost. However, it is not. The
average salary of an experienced teacher is
around £40,000, a doctor is about £80,000
and a lecturer is around £42,000.
The vast majority of alternative practitioners, experts and teachers earn a whole lot less than that, mainly because we are all passionate about what we do and want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from our work.