What is a DECENT salary in America?

[sittichai 0]

Just found this when I logged onto our company intranet website "...average median salary of less than $41,673.83, the national average wage index as calculated by the Social Security Administration."

Just remember that this is for ALL jobs in the US which include those CEOs making several millions of dollars.

Hope this helps,

Dave

thanks man

[aayitrun 66]

there are various kinds of support engineers. there are those that answer tech calls for things like cellphones etc. those salaries are in the 30-40k ranges. then there are support engineers for software companies that deal with supporting the product including writing maintenance code etc. those are probably in the 40-70k range.

[ibee 7]

thanks man

$41,673.83 in a small town in Texas could be quite enough to live comfortably... you may even be close to middle class. But $41,673.83 in a large city like DC, NY, LA is close to nothing for a decent life. With all due respect, do you understand that? And that's why people keep asking you where you are. Because it seriously matters.

Maybe this article about middle class can help you: http://www.sfgate.co...ine-3819526.php

Edited August 28, 2012 by ibee

[sittichai 0]

$41,673.83 in a small town in Texas could be quite enough to live comfortably... you may even be close to middle class. But $41,673.83 in a large city like DC, NY, LA is close to nothing for a decent life. With all due respect, do you understand that? And that's why people keep asking you where you are. Because it seriously matters.

Maybe this article about middle class can help you: http://www.sfgate.co...ine-3819526.php

the 41k, is that for two household? or treated as for each single american?

there are various kinds of support engineers. there are those that answer tech calls for things like cellphones etc. those salaries are in the 30-40k ranges. then there are support engineers for software companies that deal with supporting the product including writing maintenance code etc. those are probably in the 40-70k range.

sure man. thnx

[bsd058 296]

so if 650 per week, multiple by 4 its only 2600 usd monthly... is that correct?

No.

$650/week x 52 weeks/year = $33800/year. $33800/year / 12 months/year = $2816.67/month approximately.

Edited September 13, 2012 by bsd058

[ca_babe 129]

I'm in Los Angeles. People told me that I can't get a high paying job like the one I had in Philippines because I'm an immigrant and was advised to look for babysitting jobs. That it's hard here. It's different, that most people who are even born here are having a hard time finding jobs. That my college degree in Philippines doesn't mean anything. I applied for a job in Technology anyways. I'm an engineer and makes $86,000. My husband is also an engineer. We have a household income of over $200,000. My husband has a pension and 401k plan from his work. I have a 401k plan. We also have tuition fee reimbursement. We get annual bonuses, flexible spending accounts, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, legal plans, discounts to multiple companies like AT&T, T-mobile, Apple, Lenovo, hotels.com, travelocity.com, etc. You get free snacks/beverage at work. These benefits are very typical to tech companies here in Los Angeles. Most of my co-workers are Asians and makes at least $60,000 a year. Good luck in your job hunting!

[sittichai 0]

I'm in Los Angeles. People told me that I can't get a high paying job like the one I had in Philippines because I'm an immigrant and was advised to look for babysitting jobs. That it's hard here. It's different, that most people who are even born here are having a hard time finding jobs. That my college degree in Philippines doesn't mean anything. I applied for a job in Technology anyways. I'm an engineer and makes $86,000. My husband is also an engineer. We have a household income of over $200,000. My husband has a pension and 401k plan from his work. I have a 401k plan. We also have tuition fee reimbursement. We get annual bonuses, flexible spending accounts, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, legal plans, discounts to multiple companies like AT&T, T-mobile, Apple, Lenovo, hotels.com, travelocity.com, etc. You get free snacks/beverage at work. These benefits are very typical to tech companies here in Los Angeles. Most of my co-workers are Asians and makes at least $60,000 a year. Good luck in your job hunting!

wow that is incredulous!!!

that's even higher than our system admin and network engineer, w/c only makes around 70k and 65k...

can i know what specific skills and jobs duties that you have as an Engineer?

is is really that high paying there in the mainland compared to here in island? plus the houses are damn so cheap yah!

can i know too how long have u been in IT, and what specific field too, like it is hardware, network, software, sysadmin, support? that pay is really humungous

Edited September 20, 2012 by sittichai

[Darnell 8,478]

incredulous? Not at all. She hunted down that job, found it, killed it, skinned it, brought it home and made it hers.

It takes some work to land that type o job - she was successful in so doing.

[ca_babe 129]

I write software that tests other software. Requires good programming skills. Been doing this job for 4 years. Been programming for 7 years. Sys Admin and Network engineers over here also makes around 70k if they don't know how to write code. But they can easily make more if they do know how to automate their admin work. My husband writes software as well and makes significantly more than I do. He's got over 25 years of coding experience. He started programming when he was in grade school. We picked jobs that we're passionate about. When you enjoy what you're doing, it shows in your work and you get rewarded for it. It also helps to be nice to people in general. All of the jobs that my husband and I have/had came from referrals. People won't refer you if they're annoyed with you.

wow that is incredulous!!!

that's even higher than our system admin and network engineer, w/c only makes around 70k and 65k...

can i know what specific skills and jobs duties that you have as an Engineer?

is is really that high paying there in the mainland compared to here in island? plus the houses are damn so cheap yah!

can i know too how long have u been in IT, and what specific field too, like it is hardware, network, software, sysadmin, support? that pay is really humungous

[sittichai 0]

I write software that tests other software. Requires good programming skills. Been doing this job for 4 years. Been programming for 7 years. Sys Admin and Network engineers over here also makes around 70k if they don't know how to write code. But they can easily make more if they do know how to automate their admin work. My husband writes software as well and makes significantly more than I do. He's got over 25 years of coding experience. He started programming when he was in grade school. We picked jobs that we're passionate about. When you enjoy what you're doing, it shows in your work and you get rewarded for it. It also helps to be nice to people in general. All of the jobs that my husband and I have/had came from referrals. People won't refer you if they're annoyed with you.

would you know how much is help desk support/engineer starting pay there in mainland?

[ca_babe 129]

Around $30k in our area.

would you know how much is help desk support/engineer starting pay there in mainland?

[lovelyalex 99]

www.indeed.com is a good tool to search for jobs that also gives salary expectations for that position.

I switched jobs 6 months after my first job and then 6 months again after my second and basically doubled my salary (and a bit more) in a year when I started my third job (and current still) to get some valuable work experience in the area (Boston) because it was VERY hard to get a job at first with no local experience and expect to make the 'going rate' for the same positions/or relative positions I was doing back home. I wouldn't recommend that route though as I am sure some employers would rather see a long tenure and not think you'd jump ship quickly, but in my defence, I was headhunted and the first two companies I worked for were start-ups with not much stability, and certainly didn't follow Mass employment rules properly!

[Winning23 25]

If you are a qualified with a degree in a sought after career field such as Accounting, IT, Engineering, Applied Sciences.. YOU will get a job in the USA.

My wife recently accepted a position with an accounting company for $65,000. She has an accounting / MIS degree, 4 yrs of experience overseas. She came here on a K1 in March, we got her Green card in few months, and she was working part time in an office til green card came.

She was applying non stop to companies, networking.

The economy is slowing coming back up, but, you need to be persistent and determined to a job. In the meantime, take classes, improve your skills, get certified.. It helps ALOT

[westmeetseast 7]

it really depends on where you live, what you owe in debt, and what your financial plan is and if you are alone or with spouse.

good salary to help spouse is $25k-35K a year on low side. 35K-50k on mid and 50K plus on high side

[Niels Bohr 72]

Entry Level Engineers Ranges from 68K-80K

Mid-Level Engineers Ranges from 80-100K

Senior Level Engineers Ranges from 100k to a few million dollars