Re: Salary question

I would have to agree. I'm a consultant working on short-term engagements in the Kansas City area and I haven't had one engagement at less than $150/hour. In fact, I've worked for as much as $210/hour in one engagement (only 80 hours, though).

Of course, I think that the $50-$100/hour range is more normal. My firm is priced higher than most firms in our area, but we also employ only the best people in the KC market. So, our customers are routinely saying things like "You get what you pay for."

I don't think that $60K/yr is inflated at all!

Dan

James Arvigo <Hooper_X_at_Spam_Rage.com> writes:

>Ryan,

>I'm a contractor, and so my figures may be slightly inflated in comparison
>to a full-time employee.
>However, it has been my experience that Oracle DBA's are amongst the
>highest earning positions in the computer programming / software / database
>industry.

>When I felt that I had topped out my wage possibilities as a C/C++
>programmer, I started focusing more on database design / DBA jobs.

>My info, is that in New York and California a good Oracle DBA can *easily*
>earn in excess of $60 K/year, with most of them anticipating salaries
>starting at $70K and going as high as $150K for high-pressure jobs.

>As a contractor/consultant (not private, I work for a firm that finds me 6
>mo. - 1 yr contracts), I and all the other DBA's that I know in the field,
>would not even consider an Oracle DBA position for less than $50/hour
>which, because so many better opportunities are out there. Doing the math,
>that is $100K/yr, if you only work 40 hour weeks as a contractor. DBA
>friends of mine who are more experienced than myself are earning $60 to
>$100 an hour. That's $120K to $200K per year. And I have heard a friend
>speak of a friend (*grin*) who, in the Frisco/San Jose area was earning
>$150/hour.

>Those figures are in regard to people I know working in Chicago, Austin,
>Dallas, Seattle, and California in general.

>TTFN

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>James Arvigo

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> Ryan wrote:

>> I am sgetting ready to start doing Oracle 8 where I work. I have always
>> seen these ads stating that 3 years experience could bring you an app.
>> salary of $60k. I heard from some people I know that are not in the
>> business of oracle but are in the programming business that say these
>> salaries are falsly inflated. Is this true? I know salary depends
>> greatly on your region but you can't help but hear/read about the
>> shortage of IT people.
>>
>> I would really appreciate anyone's comments on this.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ryan
>> Oklahoma City
Received on Tue Aug 04 1998 - 07:59:16 CDT