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Awesome analysis. Thanks for sharing this @whoisnnamdi > 10,355 U.S. based individuals employed as software engineers on either a part-time, full-time, or inde

by jt2190 7y ago

Awesome analysis. Thanks for sharing this @whoisnnamdi > 10,355 U.S. based individuals employed as software engineers on either a part-time, full-time, or independent basis I'm unclear how you're controlling for employment-type pay differences, which can be significant. Independent (1099) workers pay 100% of U.S Federal Income Tax, whereas Employees pay 50%. (Same thing for extra costs, like health insurance, retirement plans, etc.) Edit: I suppose size of employer might be one way to do it.

whoisnnamdi 7y ago
Thank you! Yes this is an important point. I don't mention it there, but I do control for full-time vs part-time vs. self-employed in my analysis. I'll cover this in a coming post, but full-time and self-employed developers make very similar amounts on average, with a slight benefit for full-time employed. I cannot control for the tax effects unfortunately, as I have no data on taxes paid.
- jt2190 7y ago
  > I cannot control for the tax effects unfortunately, as I have no data on taxes paid. In that case I suggest separating the "Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed" group from the , "Employed Full Time" and "Employed part-time" groups. [1] The way that contractors are compensated is significantly different from how employees are compensated. [1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#work-_-employment-status https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#work-_-employ...