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Re: Salar.ly - real salary info for tech jobs

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Post by Swizec »

simonsarris wrote: post #13

Since it's getting hammered here's one screencap I just made: http://i.imgur.com/YxDb9Sz.png And here's the top 250 median salary counties as a google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U-opUT1wyVtrWuXxfvARV7xt... Are tech job salaries really correlated to anything at all? When I mention my salary to other software people I get either "I wish I made that much" or "why do you make so little?"

Tech salaries are correlated only to your ability and willingness to negotiate.

That's what happens with a market starved for good people.

Re: Salar.ly - real salary info for tech jobs

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Post by sp_ »

tvirot wrote: post #20

Does it use the same dataset as http://www.h1bwage.com/ ? The results seem different.

We probably used the same dataset but when we developed, most DoL database dumps were 404 links and so salar.ly only has data for 2011 and 2012.

I sent an email to the DoL to fix their links but haven't heard back yet.

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Post by [deleted] »

sp_ wrote: post #18
untog wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this prevailing wage data, or actual wage data? Because they can be very different. I'd be interested to see the data source, if anyone has it.

It's the actual wage data. Actually it's the maximum number of the range that an employer can report to the DoL. Source: I am one of the two people behind the site and for my two H-1B visas the maximum salary that was reported for my visa was what I got paid.

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Post by refurb »

sp_ wrote: post #18
untog wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this prevailing wage data, or actual wage data? Because they can be very different. I'd be interested to see the data source, if anyone has it.

It's the actual wage data. Actually it's the maximum number of the range that an employer can report to the DoL. Source: I am one of the two people behind the site and for my two H-1B visas the maximum salary that was reported for my visa was what I got paid.

The last time I looked at DOL data they also reported the actual wage.

Do they still do that? I'm guessing no since you didn't use it.

Re: Salar.ly - real salary info for tech jobs

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Post by sp_ »

refurb wrote: post #25
sp_ wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the actual wage data. Actually it's the maximum number of the range that an employer can report to the DoL. Source: I am one of the two people behind the site and for my two H-1B visas the maximum salary that was reported for my visa was what I got paid.

The last time I looked at DOL data they also reported the actual wage. Do they still do that? I'm guessing no since you didn't use it.

They do report the actual wage. Except that's the employer can choose to specify it as a range between a minimum and a maximum. This is optional, it's also possible to specify just one number.

Re: Salar.ly - real salary info for tech jobs

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Post by makmanalp »

sp_ wrote: post #22
tvirot wrote: post #20

Does it use the same dataset as http://www.h1bwage.com/ ? The results seem different.

We probably used the same dataset but when we developed, most DoL database dumps were 404 links and so salar.ly only has data for 2011 and 2012. I sent an email to the DoL to fix their links but haven't heard back yet.

I did this too. It's been that way for months. It's outrageous. Maybe they don't read their e-mail.
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