On 10/31/07, Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org> 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%)?
>

This is still way too high if comparing with Singapore even after
two big changes.
1) Cut the above by 1/3 because of higher tax in USA
2) Consider US$1.00=S$1.0 (the real exchange rate is about
US$1.00=S$1.50)

I believe my friends in California are earning higher than the above
figure but the housing price offsets pretty much of the higher pay.

Xiaofan (a poor engineer in Singapore)
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