POLE: Salary range and education level survey

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: forcesho

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: forcesho
200001+ - BA/BS (University)

Systems/Network Admin and I didn't even major CS (CounterStrike), Major in Economic & Pol Sci

WHAT?!?!?!?! You're makign 200 grand as network admin?!?!?! Wtf are your job responsibilities?

Easily, trading firm pays high

Granted, im not the CTO, he gets 500k
Currently in charge of

IPC Trading Turrets
Nortel Option 11C PBX
Nortel MICS 5.0 PBX at DR Site
Wiring, CAT5 and 110/Phones/etc
Build and maintain 40 Server and 70 workstations in US
Build and maintain 5 Server and 15 workstations in UK
Build and maintain 25 Server and 30 workstations at DR
Full disaster recovery planning & deployment
Netscreen/MSFT VPN
Cisco VPN/Router/BGP/CEF/VLAN / Bay networks/etc
Maintain 14 T1, 4 DS3
Maintain budget & purchasing of hardware,
Hardware & software evaluation, 4-8 way processors, etc..
Bloomberg/Reuters/Hyperfeed data feed

I can get a lot higher than 200k, im not a consultant, I work 8AM - 6PM regularly but sometimes upgrades will take me to 10PM - 12AM on certain nights.

Cough ... Cough ... B.S. Just don't get too used to making that much salary - if you actually do. Besides, it has not been my experience that companies tend to pay well over 100% the going rate of the market salary. Companies usually monitor the salary surveys quite well - and usually at best, you'll get 10 - 15% over the market rate.

 

[darkamulets]

Telecommunications Engineer

 

[Chaotic42]

1-$25.000

Geospatial analyst.

Even with the raise I got.

 

[mrCide]

heh.. low 40s, HS with mcse.

 

[Kelemvor]

I bet most of us have more education than the OP who started this "pole".

But anyway, where's the Associates Degree / Tech College option...

 

[tallest1]

Gonna be an Assistant Grocery Store Manager in a month. My first real job

 

[Atomicus]

THe OP left out PEs :|

 

[ManSnake]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
THe OP left out PEs :|

Professional Engineer is not a degree :|

 

[nageov3t]

that's a hell of a poll.

35K working as a data center tech.

graduated with a BA in English Lit.

 

[AtlantaBob]

Graduate research assistant - taking a break from writing my final paper this term... sigh.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: ManSnake

Originally posted by: Atomicus
THe OP left out PEs :|

Professional Engineer is not a degree :|

But you can't attain PE unless you're educated. Besides, a degree is something that says you've done this and that and is recognized by a higher authority. Since getting your PE licensing is just that, why shouldn't it be entitled to be a part of the poll?

 

[amdskip]

Went to community college first, got my associates. I'm working on my cs degree now, hopefully have it spring of 06. I'm a helpdesk monkey and retail worker while not at class.

 

[toekramp]

software engineer

 

[faenix]

Nice poll.

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: AutomaticErik
Hooray for CIS with Honors...and I'm a library assistant...gotta love a crappy job market.

If my company starts taking off, though, it could increase rapidly in the next 6 months. Speaking of which *begin shameless plug* CLICK ON THE BUY INDEPENDENT MUSIC LINK IN MY SIG!!!*end shameless plug*

Library Asst. here too, hooray :roll:

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
How about this. After 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of med school. I will be making ~$2000 more than I am right now as an EMT. Bringing the grand total to somewhere around $25,000.

Yeah, and after another 4 years of residency, your salary will increase by 600%.

Originally posted by: Atomicus
But you can't attain PE unless you're educated. Besides, a degree is something that says you've done this and that and is recognized by a higher authority. Since getting your PE licensing is just that, why shouldn't it be entitled to be a part of the poll?

Because if you include every kind of license and certificate, the poll would be 20 pages long.

 

[I rule]

I'm going to vouche for my dad. High School and $200k

 

[Nitemare]

Associate in Science + Certifications 50-75k range

 

[aircooled]

High School drop out... 75-ish

edit: computer hobby turned career

 

[shilala]

Plumber/pipefitter, business owner, slumlord

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: I rule
I'm going to vouche for my dad. High School and $200k

Can your dad spell vouch?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Fluffer for women: Los Angeles, CA.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

BS - Accounting

Public Accountant - Experienced Senior Associate

 

[toekramp]

anyone think it's odd that there are more HS people making 200k+ than anyoen else

 

[Babbles]

$335 a week that the State of Texas pays me for being unemployed with a BS!