2005 IR Salary Survey

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Brian Lockwood SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4028 More actions · Answer 1

what does XE do? - just straight currency conversion or does it apply a cost of living index

if it's currency conversion i don't think this is so useful as from my experience you spend a pound as fast as a dollar and visa versa. the conversion would only be relevant if man was paid in USD and had to eat the conversion to Sterling (exchange rate is unfavorable to USD).

so i guess what i'm saying is that $90K should roughly equate to (whatever symbol is for sterling)90K ... but i may be wrong

if it is a cost of living index then this is more meaningful. i would infer from your numbers that COL in UK is 2x higher than U.S. - based on home prices here i'd be surprised if this were the case though.

I have a brother-in-law who makes good $ as a director of investment firm in Dublin - this is EU150K. based on this EU90K for senior DBA seems appropriate

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Adam Machanic SSCoach Points: 15370 More actions · Answer 2

I think it's important to note that those numbers are national averages and will vary A LOT depending on locale -- for instance, salary differences between here (Boston) and Denver might be 10% or so. But I know that salary differences between here and northern Florida can be over 40%!

I think salary.com does a pretty good job of tracking salaries on a localized basis, although I often have a very hard time finding one of their pre-defined categories in which I fit, since I'm more of a hybrid DBA/developer. Their categories are very specific in terms of job task.

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Brian Lockwood SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4028 More actions · Answer 3

where do u live in Boston - i "served" 12 years in Boston

i took my 3 bedroom in Norfolk (next to Foxboro) on less than 1 acre and traded straight up for 4 bedroom on 6 acres here in NC

Boston prices are sky high - one reason why we have a lot of Red Sox fans in Chapel Hill, NC!

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Adam Machanic SSCoach Points: 15370 More actions · Answer 4

I live in Davis Square, Somerville (suburb of Boston, right next to Cambridge)... And you're right, prices are absolutely sky high! Too expensive to even consider buying anything right now. Around me, condos (what they're calling a floor of a three-family house) are going for up to $500,000!

We have talked about moving to NC at some point... Between the superinflated prices and the weather, I can't take much more of Boston! I've been here 9 years and am about done...

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Brian Lockwood SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4028 More actions · Answer 5

ping me at brian@apexsql.com - i'm always looking to bring more yankees into NC. we've got a beachhead

NC is a great place to live and work and we're really cranking up the company. I don't have any technical openings (sales, QA, marketing etc) currently but the way things are going that could change real soon

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Summer90 SSC-Dedicated Points: 32891 More actions · Answer 6

I work for a well known company that is not doing so well. It has been announced that sales have been down for two years and severe cuts will be made in the coming months. In the last 5 years IT spending has gone through the roof. The mood here is absolutely rock bottom and everyone is on the watchout for jobs. So far three very good people have left IT. As I look the job market is poor here and I appear to be overpaid. Not a good sign for me.

Adam Machanic SSCoach Points: 15370 More actions · Answer 7

Get everyone else in IT to leave and then you'll have some artificial job security

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Robert Davis One Orange Chip Points: 28027 More actions · Answer 8

Amen!!! I recently turned down a dba job in the LA area that would have paid me around 30K/year more than I make in the Seattle area, but a comparable house would have cost me about 40K/year more than in Seattle.

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Frances L SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4727 More actions · Answer 9

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May 25, 2006 at 6:12 am

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it is good to know.

Robert Meklo Grasshopper Points: 20 More actions · Answer 10

I think it depends on where in MN you are. I'm in a NW suburb of Minneapolis and home prices and taxes are both higher and increasing faster than Southern suburbs of Denver, where I'm relocating to soon. Rural parts of MN (and WI) are noticably less expensive (and colder).