Also keeping in mind that these were last year's figures, I'd say just right. Keep in mind that Jack Ganssle's survey may be somewhat self selecting - I suspect that the engineers that read him are likely above average in a number of areas - too many average and below average engineers don't care to 'sharpen the saw'. I doubt the variation is great, though. -Adam On 10/30/07, Vitaliy wrote: > M. Adam Davis wrote in "[EE] Help writing a PIC job ad": > > > > http://www.ganssle.com/salsurv2006.pdf > > Chances are you're looking for 5-9 years experience, so should expect > > to be paying around $82,000/year with variation based on cost of > > living in your area, demand, etc. Software engineers are paid better > > than firmware engineers, which are paid better than hardware > > engineers. > > Summary (rounded off): > > 0-4 years of experience: $65k/year > 5-9 years: $85k/year > 10-14 years: $95k/year > 15-19 years: $100k/year > 20-24 years: $130k/year > 25-29 years: $100k/year > 30-34 years: $95k/year > 35-39 years: $95k/year > > Question: based on your current salary, would you say that the salary > figures given are too low, too high, or just right (+/- 5%)? > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moving in southeast Michigan? Buy my house: http://ubasics.com/house/ Interested in electronics? Check out the projects at http://ubasics.com Building your own house? Check out http://ubasics.com/home/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist