[Hidden-tech] Local pay rate question

[Tess Gadwa]

My experience is that salaries are across the board about 40% lower in the
Valley than in Portland, OR, where I am now.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 9:37 AM Aaron Taylor-Waldman via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> https://designcensus.org/ could be useful as a reference point, though
> geared more towards design than development. It factors in region,
> discipline, vertical, experience level, etc.
>
> Previous research I had done in 2018 showed that Springfield, MA is
> generally about the median salary in the US in terms of design jobs.
>
> An interesting read, FWIW:
> Minimum pay at Basecamp is now $70,00
> https://m.signalvnoise.com/minimum-pay-at-basecamp-is-now-70000/
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:15 AM Daniel Fried via Hidden-discuss <
> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
>> Robert Half publishes a yearly salary guide that has information for the
>> whole country with regional modifiers (it matters that Springfield area is
>> considered separately from Boston for salary purposes).  They tend to get
>> information from larger companies so it may be a little on the high end,
>> but it's the best resource I've found.
>>
>> https://www.roberthalf.com/salary-guide
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:48 AM Steven Aronstein via Hidden-discuss <
>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm helping a friend do some market research re IT jobs in the Valley. I
>>> know what clients pay, but I don't have a sense of salaries:
>>>
>>> Can anyone share with me their sense (or expertise) on what a starting
>>> salary for a web developer is in the Northampton area? I mean someone going
>>> to an established company and getting a salaried (or hourly full-time)
>>> position. By web developer here I mean an experienced, advanced site
>>> builder — someone who gets hired as designer, architect, and builder of,
>>> say, Wordpress or Drupal sites (but not someone who's coding apps and sites
>>> in PHP or other language from scratch).
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
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