Salary for entry-level tech position

[CanOWorms]

Say you want a salary that is commensurate with your abilities, experience, education, etc. Say that you would look at features in the overall package such as benefits, personal/professional development, chance of promotion, etc.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: bozack
Descartes, can you give me a list of those companies so I know not to do any contract work with them??

If you see cube farms in their facilities, I'd avoid them 🙂

Originally posted by: ElFenix
friend of mine got an entry-level job that pays ~60 in houston. no one wants to work in oil exploration these days, so the companys that do it pay some big $$$. and houston is a dirt cheap place to live

It must be the humidity 🙂 The humidity is bad enough in Tulsa, but I've heard it's worse in Houston.

 

What others said. Many folks here at Silicon Valley became jobless. Some were even demoralised. Many had to move to afford a place to rest their heads. So many tech businesses that expanded, bought spaces and changed the map of Silicon Valley are now closed down. When sending references, I see people who worked for those tech companies before but now are reduced to working at lower pay but stable jobs in another field.

So to answer your question: Yes, it depends upon area, as others already said. However, you'll hardly find any place offering $50-60K for entry level tech positions as they once did. And you'll hardly find positions for job titles that were once luxuries.

I'm glad I didn't dive into the tech business. I am happily working in the healthcare industry and there's always demands for nurses and the money flowing. Yes, things slow down, but not half as bad as it affects the tech industry.

 

[human2k]

$3.95 An Hour.

 

[CrazyDe1]

Originally posted by: DonIsHere

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
salary.com

usually if a position is NCG, they'll pay you 48-55k

What's NCG mean?

New college graduate...

Anyways, of the people I know who have gotten offers twogot 48, another got 54, and another got 52. Basically almost anyone around me graduating is getting a job...all three are hardware testing and design jobs and the last guy was a network admin guy with no practical experience...

Of course I dont' have a job yet so I shouldnt' be talking🙂

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: bozack
Descartes, can you give me a list of those companies so I know not to do any contract work with them??

If you see cube farms in their facilities, I'd avoid them 🙂

Originally posted by: ElFenix
friend of mine got an entry-level job that pays ~60 in houston. no one wants to work in oil exploration these days, so the companys that do it pay some big $$$. and houston is a dirt cheap place to live

It must be the humidity 🙂 The humidity is bad enough in Tulsa, but I've heard it's worse in Houston.

houston was built on a swamp, but i'm refering to the land value

 

[jorken]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
I made $12 a hour at my first "real" job as an intern at a web company. I soon graduated upto $15 an hour, then got a raise to my current $16.50 an hour. I'm in Alaska, so cost of living is pretty high here. I've heard of people starting out making like $7-8 an hour...:Q

Jugs

A little off-topic... but cost of living in Alaska is high? I would have thought it to be pretty low.