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Subject:Re: Salary info from Coopers and Lybrand survey From:Jeanette Feldhousen <jeanette_feldhousen -at- MENTORG -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 1 Aug 1997 13:29:41 -0700
On Aug 1, 11:43am, Linda Laurie wrote:
> Subject: Re: Salary info from Coopers and Lybrand survey
> This is interesting, but I'm curious about experience levels. No entry level
> tech writer will get to $46,000 out here in Seattle (especially not by me),
> unless they contract. Even so, you need some experience to get that first
> contract. I know some senior writers who can't get to $46,000 with lots of
> experience. This list seems a little skewed.
Maybe because unlike most surveys, they lumped the pacific northwest in
with California as the "west coast". The average salaries are probably
heavily skewed toward the bay area.
--Jeanette
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Jeanette Feldhousen jeanette_feldhousen -at- mentorg -dot- com
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 SW Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070
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