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Subject:FWD: Salary Survey from STC From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Jun 1998 05:48:37 -0600
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> From: Tracy Boyington[SMTP:tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG]
> To: TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
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> Has *anyone* found the STC salary survey to be accurate for their
> particular situation? I'm not talking about contracting vs
> non-contracting, but whether the survey results that are supposed to
> apply to you seem reasonable.
It's been a while since I looked at the survey, but I remember that it
was fairly accurate in my case. I live 20 miles from downtown Seattle.
A new house goes for about $130,000, and there's no shortage of them. I
rent a nice 2-bedroom apartment for $515/mo. My annual gross, as a
contractor working as an employee of an agency, is $64,480. That
includes a time-worked bonus equal to two weeks pay (so I basically get
two weeks paid vacation). I pay my own medical insurance. The agency
provides a good 401K plan.
