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One reason for that is way more variability in developer compensation. A company hiring a senior SWE in SF might be paying 130k or 400k. But until recently ther
by ditonal 6y ago
One reason for that is way more variability in developer compensation. A company hiring a senior SWE in SF might be paying 130k or 400k. But until recently there wasn’t much transparency.
My buddy is a nurse in Bay Area with a CRNA, it’s pretty much understood you make 225k plus any overtime so there’s not much more to discuss.
- fyfy18 6y ago$225k for a nurse? And I thought there was a lot of desperaity of tech wages between Europe and the US... The average salary of a nurse in the UK is £25,000.
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- lytedev 6y agoI know a dozen nurses making far less than six figures in the US. San Francisco and the Valley should be considered almost its own economy at this point.
- devmunchies 6y agoyeah. I know of a firefighter making over 200k in SF (firefighter salaries are public).
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoThat is a nurse anesthetist, very different from someone who is an RN (registered nurse) which is (in my incomplete understanding) an "average" nurse.
- asdff 6y agoThat's for a CRNA. A regular RN in a city like Los Angeles will be making 60k and up.
- fma 6y agoCRNA is an upper extreme of nursing salary, and education/experience requirements
- oh_sigh 6y agoCRNA is a very specialized/advanced nurse, and OP used one of the highest cost of living areas in their example. CRNA nurses are called "medical nurse anesthetist" in England, and make around £100K/yr.
- digianarchist 6y agoNurses can pull $120,000 a year here in Toronto https://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2020/09/21/at-33-this-nurse-practitioner-earning-120000-a-year-wants-to-make-a-huge-life-change-and-move-to-europe-but-where-to-start.html https://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2020/09/21...
- tsss 6y ago225k for a nurse? Nurses in the US must be way more qualified than here to command that kind of salary.
- lgregg 6y agoCRNA is very specialized nurse that is near the top of the ladder of education and credentials. Then tack on a bay area salary and you have 225k.
- kilbuz 6y agoIt's not the US, it's the Bay Area... prices for many things, including wages, are very different here than elsewhere in the country.