Dashing Firmware Hunchback just got an amusing quote for stuffing 100 boards with about 120 SMT and four through-hole parts each. (The TH parts are two connectors, a 10M metal film resistor, and a polyfuse.)
Including board fab but not parts, the quotes range from $2400 (PCBWay), $5420 (Advanced Assembly), up to--get this--$22800 (Precision Assembly Technologies).
Yikes.
DFH is also doing a very nice Python/SQL workflow management and database system for us. Once that's done we'll get him designing real products. (It's great to be able to admire your children.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs