Re:The boy who stole Half Life 2 source code (2011)
by psykotic on Monday June 02, 2014 @01:15AM
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From what I know, the three major salary surveys are from IGDA, Developer and GDMag (now defunct). Here's the summary of GDMag's 2012 survey: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/189893/Industry_in_flux_W...
It puts the US average at $84,337. The 2012 averages I can find for web developers are significantly less than that ($60,000-80,000). Part of the problem with these comparisons is that "web developer" is a much wider category.
> It seems like a webdev outside the Valley who has 6+ years experience should be making more than $103,000.
I don't see why, unless you are in a special high-demand bracket of web development. That's a very respectable salary in most areas!
It's from 2012. Average salary for devs with less than 3 years experience: $66,116. The average for 6+ years experience is $103,000.
Here's a survey from 2001 with 1,801 datapoints: http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010715/Salary_Survey_200...
Average salary in 2001 for the same position: about $55,000. For those with 6+ years, it was about $70,000.
It seems like a webdev outside the Valley who has 6+ years experience should be making more than $103,000.
If those surveys are to be trusted, it sounds like your $85k starting salary was about 50% higher than average at the time.