Contract rates vary by city and region. I am in the Houston area and was flying contract in Citations and Hawkers until a little over a year ago when I took a fulltime job with a management company. I was getting $500.00 a day as a Hawker contract pilot in either seat. Hawker pilots in other cities were getting more and some were getting less. Contract charts really don't amount to much because the owners/operators are going to pay what they can get someone for. I was doing pretty good contract, but full-time is more secure, or at least it was until the economy hit the skids.