2016 Salary Survey in PowerBI

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2016 Salary Survey in PowerBI

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March 12, 2017 at 10:30 pm

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baiju04 SSC Journeyman Points: 89 More actions · Answer 1

hi,

thanks for the post. Can you add the underlying data-set you have used in this tutorial? it would be helpful to do a hands-on

thanks

jorge_vicente SSC Eights! Points: 983 More actions · Answer 2

ifthenelsenullif - Sunday, March 12, 2017 10:30 PM
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Hi,

It is a very amazing post.
Thank you for this. I am from Spain and It's good for me to know which is the average salary and the average education.

Is there any field with the real age of the people (not experience years)?

Thank you again for so good post

Regards

jorge_vicente SSC Eights! Points: 983 More actions · Answer 3

Other thing that I have seen surprisingly is about the certifications
There is a very small difference between people with and without.

It could be a good idea to make a difference of this chart in every country. I am sure that in several countries will can be bigger the difference.

Regards

ifthenelsenullif Mr or Mrs. 500 Points: 552 More actions · Answer 4

baiju04 - Monday, March 13, 2017 6:35 AM
hi,
thanks for the post. Can you add the underlying data-set you have used in this tutorial? it would be helpful to do a hands-on
thanks

Here's a git repo link Thanks for the reply! The raw inital data can be obtained from this site

jorge_vicente - Monday, March 13, 2017 7:50 AM
Other thing that I have seen surprisingly is about the certifications
There is a very small difference between people with and without.
It could be a good idea to make a difference of this chart in every country. I am sure that in several countries will can be bigger the difference.
Regards

It's actually pretty close

However it can be outliers in a lot of places there's just not enough people to make a good estimate.

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125562 More actions · Answer 5

So, our Russian and Irish brothers are at the top of the chart in terms of median salary, even after standardizing to USD equivalent?
Next time you guys are buying the drinks. :rolleyes:

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125562 More actions · Answer 6

One suggestion that would greatly improve the usefulness of the data, so as to accommodate for the relative sparsity of the data, is to limit industry to a selection of 20 or so categories, rather than allowing participants to enter it free-form. For example, I'm seeing 'Telecommunications', 'Telecom', 'IT & Telecommunications' split out separately. Also, 'Healthcare' and 'Healtcare'. There are also several variations of Technology.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

tipums123 SSC Enthusiast Points: 114 More actions · Answer 7

tipums123

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March 13, 2017 at 9:00 am

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Nice article!
Where did you get source data?

Thanks!

jorge_vicente SSC Eights! Points: 983 More actions · Answer 8

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ifthenelsenullif - Monday, March 13, 2017 8:29 AM

It's actually pretty close

However it can be outliers in a lot of places there's just not enough people to make a good estimate.

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Yes, not enough people to make a good estimations 🙁
But, it is a very helpfuly data. Nice work again!

Regards

PD: I cannot fix the "[quo" in the post :doze:

Dan Guzman - Not the MVP Hall of Fame Points: 3757 More actions · Answer 9

I would like to see you put years experience against salary. Does time really equal money? Is there age discrimination? I agree with the category limitation mentioned. Free form is just too many typo's

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Dan Guzman - Not the MVP - Monday, March 13, 2017 12:12 PM
I would like to see you put years experience against salary. Does time really equal money? Is there age discrimination? I agree with the category limitation mentioned. Free form is just too many typo's

Somewhat but again with the limited data and outliers it's hard to say.

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tipums123 - Monday, March 13, 2017 9:00 AM
Nice article!
Where did you get source data?
Thanks!

The source data is here

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Dan Guzman - Not the MVP - Monday, March 13, 2017 12:12 PM
I would like to see you put years experience against salary. Does time really equal money? Is there age discrimination? I agree with the category limitation mentioned. Free form is just too many typo's

Yes!! It is a very good point. I am sure that could be an age discrimination in the salaries!

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125562 More actions · Answer 13

Dan Guzman - Not the MVP - Monday, March 13, 2017 12:12 PM
I would like to see you put years experience against salary. Does time really equal money? Is there age discrimination? I agree with the category limitation mentioned. Free form is just too many typo's

I don't know if this could be measured, but my belief is that, broadly speaking, employers don't pay for experience quantitatively in terms of years in the industry but rather tend to pay for more qualitative metrics like past positions held, roles, and skill-sets. It's easy to say "I've been a DBA for 12 years.", but the problem is that most respondents could not accurately evaluate themselves on the more qualitative metrics. Even a question like what specific technologies the respondent has experience with is subjective. I guess the best way to frame the question would be "Do you use XYZ in your professional career, and do the people you report to at work regard you as experienced with XYZ? Yes / No", rather than simply "Do you know XYZ? Yes / No". It's more about people's impression of your knowledge and experience that determines your salary, not your own personal opinion. It is still possible for talented and experienced people to be under-rated or under-utilized, thus resulting in a lower salary, however, your own personal opinion is still important for other reasons, like giving your the confidence to move on or move up to another position that better leverages your talent.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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Eric M Russell - Tuesday, March 14, 2017 7:29 AM
Dan Guzman - Not the MVP - Monday, March 13, 2017 12:12 PM
I would like to see you put years experience against salary. Does time really equal money? Is there age discrimination? I agree with the category limitation mentioned. Free form is just too many typo's
I don't know if this could be measured, but my belief is that, broadly speaking, employers don't pay for experience quantitatively in terms of years in the industry but rather tend to pay for more qualitative metrics like past positions held, roles, and skill-sets. It's easy to say "I've been a DBA for 12 years.", but the problem is that most respondents could not accurately evaluate themselves on the more qualitative metrics. Even a question like what specific technologies the respondent has experience with is subjective. I guess the best way to frame the question would be "Do you use XYZ in your professional career, and do the people you report to at work regard you as experienced with XYZ? Yes / No", rather than simply "Do you know XYZ? Yes / No". It's more about people's impression of your knowledge and experience that determines your salary, not your own personal opinion. It is still possible for talented and experienced people to be under-rated or under-utilized, thus resulting in a lower salary, however, your own personal opinion is still important for other reasons, like giving your the confidence to move on or move up to another position that better leverages your talent.

O'Reilly did a really amazing Salary Survey which I found after I wrote this. It's here, and it's awesome. It's not database specific as it's data science but they had significant volumes and did the statistics on it so you can see it does matter.
[Quote]Age, Experience, and Industry

Experience and age are two important variables that influence salary. The coefficient for experience (+3.8) translates to an increase of $2Kâ€“$2.5K on average, per year of experience. As for age, the biggest jump is between people in their early and late 20s, but the difference between those aged 31â€“65 and those over 65 is also significant.

Experience and age are two important variables that influence salary. The coefficient for experience (+3.8) translates to an increase of $2Kâ€“$2.5K on average, per year of experience. As for age, the biggest jump is between people in their early and late 20s, but the difference between those aged 31â€“65 and those over 65 is also significant.[/quote]

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