Another thing, cost of living causes a BIG variation in starting salary. When I was last looking for a job, my offers for an EE position ranged from $35K USD to $62K USD. When ranked in order of size of the city where they were located, it lined up exactly with the magnitude of the salary. I went with the highest one (although the main factor was that that job was also the most interesting), and the first year I had a substantial raise, but since then raises have been minimal or non-existent, largely due to the economy. I don't know what we are presently offering fresh-outs. Sean On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Nathan House wrote: >>80k starting salary? Who told you that? Even in the best job markets >>no EE/CE starts out at 80k unless (possibly) they have a PhD. > Check out these: > > http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm > http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos267.htm > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist