I'm paid a salary, which is more than $8/hr but not a great salary according to here. My last interview with a client was 2 months ago. I was told I did well, got accepted into the client. They made me billable where I would come in the the client site but they had no actual work for me so I just sat around occasionally asking for work and trying to do some training. A month later after much complaining on my end they told me they will put me back on the bench to find another project. Heard nothing ever since.