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What salary should my wife ask...

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Caveman

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Wife is a degreed CS major with 2-3 years of experience and was one of the top in her class (helped all the Indian guys with their homework 🙂

Job would be low hr part time work on a consulting basis "when needed". The job is primarily Java/OGL programming.

Because of no benefits, etc, I was thinking $60-80/hr. If she were to "work for the company direct", I would think $40-50/hr.

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$80/hr for a part-time job?

Damn, I'm in the wrong line of work.

Assuming a 40hr work week, the difference ($20-$30/hr) in wages listed to compensate for a lack of benefits- when translated into a yearly sum, surpasses my annual salary.

:Q
 
If it was contract work, I would say 60-80 is ok. If it's part time then I think that's really high but I'm not an expert there.

edit: and what region is this CA ratess are very diffrent than MN rates.
 
If an employee's salary is $40/hr, the company is generally putting out 2-2.5X that to cover health benefits, overhead, vacation, etc..

The part time nature of the job ius actually a huge benefit to the company many times as well as it saves them from having to worry about carrying an additional employee on a payroll; much easier to dump a part time employee if necessary.

So... I thought my estimates are probably more in the realm of average than fantastic...
 
Originally posted by: Caveman
If an employee's salary is $40/hr, the company is generally putting out 2-2.5X that to cover health benefits, overhead, vacation, etc..

The part time nature of the job ius actually a huge benefit to the company many times as well as it saves them from having to worry about carrying an additional employee on a payroll; much easier to dump a part time employee if necessary.

So... I thought my estimates are probably more in the realm of average than fantastic...
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That's higher than anything I've ever heard, and I even have a government job. :Q
 
This is contract labor as a "consultant"- probably 10 hrs /week as needed. Job is in Huntsville, AL which has the 3rd largest research park in the world. Salaries are avg to high due to the massive influx of folks from both coasts who have migrated here (with their high salaries).



 
So what IS a good overhead % to use?

I too have a govt job as an ME, and see the 200% number. Most companies easily pay "double" for each employee when everything else is factored in...
 
Also to note... It's not as though the wife is an office noob either... She has another 5 years working as a hottel auditor, and at a dot com answering the phone for tech support, etc... The 2-3 years experience are directly programming related.
 
Most companies offer 1.5x conversion from salary to hourly.

Two to 3 yrs of experience with a CS degree? Thats about 70-75k/yr for fulltime, which is $35-$38/hour, which is about a little over $50/hr converted to part time no bennies rate.

Of course, feel free to ask as high as you can, it's the beauty of the free market, just don't be surprised if she doesn't get any offers.
 
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Most companies offer 1.5x conversion from salary to hourly.

Two to 3 yrs of experience with a CS degree? Thats about 70-75k/yr for fulltime, which is $35-$38/hour, which is about a little over $50/hr converted to part time no bennies rate.

Of course, feel free to ask as high as you can, it's the beauty of the free market, just don't be surprised if she doesn't get any offers.
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It depends of region.

There's no rule. Not without knowing what city we are talking about.
 
General rule of thumb is that benefits are from 30-50% of the base salary.

Also,with 2-3 years of experience, I do not think that she would be able to command a premium.

Find out what the base salary for those types of slots are going for and look at the experience being asked.

Call some tech or HH shops to get a feel - look at Dice to get an idea what the local market is paying.

w/ 20+ years, I was billing out at $80/hr last year.

I would expect the salaries are running about $50-$60K for that experience/work in the Huntsville area (based on profile)

That translates to $30/hr - Figure she may be able to get $40/hr as a part time gig.
 
Originally posted by: BackFlow

Jobs for Computer Science Degree Grads Going Up, Up

More power to you & your wife if she can demand such a salary with less than 4 years experience.
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That article points to a common theme in many industries right now. Employers are finding that new grads and less experienced workers who they can pay 50% or less the salary of the 15+ year veteran are good enough to get the job done for day-to-day operations.

My father is a Mechanical Engineer with 20+ years and he has seen this in his last 4 jobs. Once he gets the major projects under control he usually ends up laid-off and less experienced or even non-degree workers take over the day-to-day operations. He has had 4 jobs in the last 5 years. (almost 6 now) It's been very frustrating for him.
 
Originally posted by: jackace
Originally posted by: BackFlow

Jobs for Computer Science Degree Grads Going Up, Up

More power to you & your wife if she can demand such a salary with less than 4 years experience.
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That article points to a common theme in many industries right now. Employers are finding that new grads and less experienced workers who they can pay 50% or less the salary of the 15+ year veteran are good enough to get the job done for day-to-day operations.

My father is a Mechanical Engineer with 20+ years and he has seen this in his last 4 jobs. Once he gets the major projects under control he usually ends up laid-off and less experienced or even non-degree workers take over the day-to-day operations. He has had 4 jobs in the last 5 years. (almost 6 now) It's been very frustrating for him.
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and they wonder why less women are going into the industry.... lol
 
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Most companies offer 1.5x conversion from salary to hourly.

Two to 3 yrs of experience with a CS degree? Thats about 70-75k/yr for fulltime, which is $35-$38/hour, which is about a little over $50/hr converted to part time no bennies rate.

Of course, feel free to ask as high as you can, it's the beauty of the free market, just don't be surprised if she doesn't get any offers.
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It depends of region.

There's no rule. Not without knowing what city we are talking about.
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He said Huntsville, AL. So if anything I would lower that amount. AL has one of the lowest median incomes. So this guy is dreaming for the money he thinks she can get.
 
Originally posted by: RocksteadyDotNet
No offence, but I wouldn't pay a woman $5 an hour to program.

Edited for spellin.
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OH YEAH... I'm CERTAIN you didn't mean to offend with that one.

What I'm wondering is how a neanderthal like you can use a computer.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
6 figures after 2-3 years of experience?

I picked the wrong major
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a) It's not 6 figures when it's considered part time

b) As a consultant, she'll probably have to estimate her own taxes which takes a nice chunk out of the pay

c) No benefits = less cost to the company = they can stand to give her a little more
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: Caveman
If an employee's salary is $40/hr, the company is generally putting out 2-2.5X that to cover health benefits, overhead, vacation, etc..

The part time nature of the job ius actually a huge benefit to the company many times as well as it saves them from having to worry about carrying an additional employee on a payroll; much easier to dump a part time employee if necessary.

So... I thought my estimates are probably more in the realm of average than fantastic...
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That's higher than anything I've ever heard, and I even have a government job. :Q
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Me, too, I'd say it's 1.25 or 1.5. I know when I worked at a company that billed us out that we wouldn't as a company have made money if overhead was that high.

 
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