wages

[Silas Martinez]

Without looking at that URL, I'd note a couple of things -

in '02, we still had some gleam in our eyes from the dot com bubble.
It hadn't finished deflating from that burst yet. I wouldn't consider
wage reports from that time frame to be an accurate indicator.
Secondly, it is very very much dependant on the size of the company
you work for, and the industry - even within a given location. I work
for a small to midsized company, I do sysadmin, development, filepro
admin, and a host of other things (while I was typing this a coworker
came in asking me about the phone system). My title is 'IT Manager'.
We're located about 60-90 minutes north of Sacramento - not So.Cal,
but not too far from there. I'm making in the mid 50s/yr.

It is possible that I could be making a bit more if I played the
shopping around for employers game, but this place is basically a good
fit for me. I'm making what is considered low-average for this area
and my skillset. I would probably take a better offer if it were
dropped in my lap, but I'm not really looking for one - and really,
jobs that you wouldn't take the better offer over can be rare in this
day and age.

-SM

On 10/26/05, Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com> wrote:
> At Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:12:40AM -0700 or thereabouts,
> suspect Enrique Arredondo was observed uttering:
> >
> > Thanks for that, For example what does it averages in Southern California.
> > I'm just checking to see if I'm at an average level because I think I'm not
> > getting paid enough right now. So I can negotiate with my employer or start
> > looking somewhere else if they're not interested in keeping me.
>
> -Just- taking into account system administration, you might look at the
> following URL:
>