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Senior devs are cracking $150k in Chicago, and it's even higher if you work for a financial firm.
by jackcosgrove 10y ago
Senior devs are cracking $150k in Chicago, and it's even higher if you work for a financial firm.
- le-mark 10y agoWell, yeah I know some in KC making 150k+ w2 in health care here, 110-120 is what I percieve as being common here, from switching jobs a few months ago.
- jackcosgrove 10y agoGlassdoor says the average for a senior dev in KC is $93k. https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/kansas-city-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,11_IM437_KO12,36.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/kansas-city-senior-softwar...
- maverick_iceman 10y agoAnecdata?
- ryandrake 10y agoAn average or median is usually a more helpful guide, rather than what the highest-paid developer is barely "cracking". According to Glassdoor and Payscale, the median/mean for software engineers in Chicago is around $75K: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/chicago-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM167_KO8,25.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/chicago-software-engineer... http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary/6eca1ee4/Chicago-IL http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa... You see this on HN a lot, someone posts about some guy he knows who's brother's wife's roommate makes $300K at Google, therefore most software engineers in the Bay Area make lots of money. Really?
- jackcosgrove 10y agoSomeone who has the choice of working in Silicon Valley or elsewhere will probably be above average elsewhere. Senior software developer salaries in Chicago are 97k on average. https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/chicago-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM167_KO8,32.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/chicago-senior-software-en...
- mattmanser 10y agoWorking in SV magically makes you a better developer now? Wow! Isn't it more likely that there are more bad developers on average in SV than anywhere else as they're so desperate they'll take anyone? If I was struggling to get a job as a developer it'd seem like a natural place to go. You could blame every job loss on startup babble too. "The burn rate was too high so the let our entire team go", "In my 4 month CV gap I was exploring my own idea for a job-sharing-app but failed to find funding", and on and on...
- ng12 10y agoIt makes sense. I would expect the best architects to be in Chicago, the best finance folks in NYC, and the best media folks in LA -- why would tech be any different? The Bay has a lot of extra draw for really talented developers. For the really good developers it's less about "what job can I get" and more about "what job do I want?". When they have the luxury to work at virtually any company they want, SV is the place to be just by the numbers. It makes a big difference to students too -- most hot shot developers out of college are going to take an offer from a flashy Bay Area sweetheart over the local healthcare IT shop any day.
- schrodinger 10y ago> Working in SV magically makes you a better developer now? I don't think that follows from the comment. You've reversed the causality. The comment was just saying that there's a correlation between better developers and living in SV. Not saying I agree, but it seems likely. Wouldn't it be a self selected group of more driven programmers?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoStartup guys are not 'average'. The salary situation for more-than-competent folks are better. I earn better than twice that in Iowa City, without trying. Just consulting part-time.
- Redoubts 10y agoIt's strange. Every time I see a discussion about salaries on HN, I feel simultaneously over- and under-paid.