wages

[Enrique Arredondo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Silas Martinez" <silasm at gmail.com>
To: <Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: wages


> 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.
>

What would your employer do if you asked them for a 15-20% raise so you 
reached the median wages in So.Cal (which is about $65K after doing my 
research). Would you consider going for it ? (we're talking Gross pay right 
? or take home net ?)