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And here I am making $72,000 in New Hampshire...45 minutes from Boston. I have a B.S. in computer engineering and now have 4-5 years of professional experience

And here I am making $72,000 in New Hampshire...45 minutes from Boston. I have a B.S. in computer engineering and now have 4-5 years of professional experience in software (specializing in DevOps). Am I severely underpaid?

s4vi0r 10y ago
These are the actual averages (not adjusted for SF cost of living): https://hired.com/assets/reports/state_of_salaries/img1@2x-2019388cdd8acc250c2dfd42b9b50dfb0476a617d511d8193e96e1fbb1bf1843.png https://hired.com/assets/reports/state_of_salaries/img1@2x-2... IMO if you're happy where you are, and the cost of living is really low (e.g. you can buy a decent house pretty easily for under 200k), no need to be worried. Otherwise I'd probably leave and work in a big but not overly expensive city. I've seen plenty of job listings in Chicago looking for people with like 2-4 years experience paying 100k+, and the good parts of Chicago are pretty damn nice plus it's a cheap city to live in for its size (e.g. Toronto is always compared to Chicago, but rent is much more affordable in Chicago and you get paid more) EDIT: Just realized the 74k on Toronto is USD - these numbers seem pretty weird. I know plenty of people making starting salaries in the ballpark of $134k in SF, but you'd be hard pressed (maybe even impossible) to find somebody in Toronto who'd pay you 97k for you first job out of school. I don't know how SF salaries work though - maybe they start out higher, but they still have the same glass ceiling where very, very few people are making >200k as a developer?
- emodendroket 10y ago
  He does not need to move anywhere to make a lot more money.
remlov 10y ago
Yep. I'm in Plano TX 30 minutes from Dallas. Now increase your salary number by 75%. I have no formal education, however I do have about 11 years of full spectrum full stack experience and am currently in the DevOps space. Forget Dallas and check out Plano/Frisco. It's exploding. Your mileage may vary though because housing prices here are getting ridiculous as well, the worst offender being Dallas.
luizb 10y ago
> (specializing in DevOps). Am I severely underpaid? Yes, in fact we are looking for a devops in NH, send your info.
- SandB0x 10y ago
  How should they contact you?
emodendroket 10y ago
I mean, are you willing to commute to Boston? You could definitely make more money.
sokoloff 10y ago
If you're willing to work in Kendall Square (or lots of places inside Rt 128) and pay MA income tax, you can pretty readily make 33-50% more gross. Whether that's worth it or not is your call.

s4vi0r 10y ago

These are the actual averages (not adjusted for SF cost of living): https://hired.com/assets/reports/state_of_salaries/img1@2x-2019388cdd8acc250c2dfd42b9b50dfb0476a617d511d8193e96e1fbb1bf1843.png https://hired.com/assets/reports/state_of_salaries/img1@2x-2... IMO if you're happy where you are, and the cost of living is really low (e.g. you can buy a decent house pretty easily for under 200k), no need to be worried. Otherwise I'd probably leave and work in a big but not overly expensive city. I've seen plenty of job listings in Chicago looking for people with like 2-4 years experience paying 100k+, and the good parts of Chicago are pretty damn nice plus it's a cheap city to live in for its size (e.g. Toronto is always compared to Chicago, but rent is much more affordable in Chicago and you get paid more) EDIT: Just realized the 74k on Toronto is USD - these numbers seem pretty weird. I know plenty of people making starting salaries in the ballpark of $134k in SF, but you'd be hard pressed (maybe even impossible) to find somebody in Toronto who'd pay you 97k for you first job out of school. I don't know how SF salaries work though - maybe they start out higher, but they still have the same glass ceiling where very, very few people are making >200k as a developer?

emodendroket 10y ago
He does not need to move anywhere to make a lot more money.

remlov 10y ago

Yep. I'm in Plano TX 30 minutes from Dallas. Now increase your salary number by 75%. I have no formal education, however I do have about 11 years of full spectrum full stack experience and am currently in the DevOps space. Forget Dallas and check out Plano/Frisco. It's exploding. Your mileage may vary though because housing prices here are getting ridiculous as well, the worst offender being Dallas.

luizb 10y ago

> (specializing in DevOps). Am I severely underpaid? Yes, in fact we are looking for a devops in NH, send your info.

SandB0x 10y ago
How should they contact you?

emodendroket 10y ago

I mean, are you willing to commute to Boston? You could definitely make more money.

sokoloff 10y ago

If you're willing to work in Kendall Square (or lots of places inside Rt 128) and pay MA income tax, you can pretty readily make 33-50% more gross. Whether that's worth it or not is your call.