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Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by hereiam123 on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:31PM (#13610062)
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?
Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by s4vi0r on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:40PM (#13610150)
These are the actual averages (not adjusted for SF cost of living): 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?

Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by emodendroket on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:37PM (#13610693)
He does not need to move anywhere to make a lot more money.
Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by remlov on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:41PM (#13610167)
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.
Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by luizb on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:26PM (#13610588)
> (specializing in DevOps). Am I severely underpaid?

Yes, in fact we are looking for a devops in NH, send your info.

Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by SandB0x on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:28AM (#13614252)
How should they contact you?
Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by sokoloff on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:29PM (#13610617)
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.
Re:2017 State of Global Tech Salaries by emodendroket on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:28PM (#13610605)
I mean, are you willing to commute to Boston? You could definitely make more money.