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The "Median Salary" figures are surprising to me for a number of reasons. To isolate Denver specifically (where i live, work and hire routinely) i do not know a single developer who is making Perhaps this figure is brought down from the sheer quantity of code school (Galvanize, Turing, General Assembly) grads we have in the city, but even then i find it hard to believe 50% of the se's in Denver are making south of $6…
Anyone with industry knowledge can look at those median salary numbers and instantly tell that the data set is faulty.
I think many people would still rather make $55k in SF than $91k in detroit, even if these numbers weren't completely bogus
Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked
Why? There are a TON of government jobs there.
This ended up being a bit of a ramble, but it's one (perhaps relevant) transplant's perception.
The "Median Salary" figures are surprising to me for a number of reasons. To isolate Denver specifically (where i live, work and hire routinely) i do not know a single developer who is making Perhaps this figure is brought down from the sheer quantity of code school (Galvanize, Turing, General Assembly) grads we have in the city, but even then i find it hard to believe 50% of the se's in Denver are making south of $6…
"adjusted that according to cost of living data"
Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked
there aren't a ton of software jobs within the city, but there are many software companies paying DC salaries within a 30-60 minute commute to the southwest.
the cost of living in baltimore is also quite low, but many of the neighborhoods probably fall short of what your typical SWE would be willing to tolerate.
Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked
Baltimore suburbs are part of the whole aerospace / defense corridor: NSA, SAIC, Ft Meade, NASA Goddard, and a whole lot more ;)
Being in Washington DC and knowing I can drive to half of those places in 30 mins, I wonder which metropolitan area definition the numbers in the article are using.
Does (NSA, SAIC, Ft Meade, NASA Goddard) really pay that much more than (Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman)?
Edit: Adjusted for cost of living, Baltimore > DC makes more sense.
I think many people would still rather make $55k in SF than $91k in detroit, even if these numbers weren't completely bogus
You're joking right? A quick googling shows the median price of a home in Detroit as $35k. I don't care how bad you are at budgeting, with $91k/y in Detroit you could buy two homes. I don't have to google San Francisco to tell you that you'd be lucky to afford to rent with three roommates on $55k in San Francisco. I get where you're coming from in terms of crime and such, but cost of living is a major part of choosin…