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Subject:Re: Salary Survey from STC From:Julie Knoeller <jknoelle -at- CISCO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:52:14 -0700
Remember that you're talking about CONtracting and not employment.
Contractors without benefits should be making close to double their
employed counterparts. At least that's the rule of thumb that I've seen
applied over the years.
I realize that Silicon valley is kind of a world apart, but the emPLOYed
salary range for the lowest senior writer/editor grade in the 3 companies
I've worked for here is $59k to $91k. Since the competition to hire writers
here is so intense, it would follow that that range is pretty common
(here). I've also talked to a few contract agencies and found no trouble
with hourly rates beginning at $45.
Another $0.02
At 01:10 PM 6/10/98 -0500, Taylor, Steve wrote:
>Original comments below...my response.
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>Chart 3 indicates an average national contracting rate of 48.50. The average
>person works 2008 hours a year. That is $97,388. If that's low, I am doing
>something wrong.
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>Dallas has an average figure of $41, but we have a lower standard of living
>cost that east coast or west coast. That is $82328 per annum. There are no
>tech writers I know that make that kind of money. There are probably some
>web masters/programmers making that...but.
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>Steve Taylor
>Consultant for Technical Directions, Inc.
>On location at:
>Allegiance Telecom, Inc.
>Dallas, TX
>(214) 853-7182
>steve -dot- taylor -at- allegiancetelecom -dot- com
>http://www.alegiancetele.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Miller [SMTP:smiller -at- CORP -dot- PORTAL -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 1:06 PM
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject: Re: Salary Survey from STC
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>> Are we looking at the same survey? 1997? STC? Those salaries are wayyyyy
>> low. Also, where does the 100K come from that you mention? The highest
>> number I found was 74,850, which is for senior management at the 90th
>> percentile. As if!
>>
>> - Scott Miller
>> smiller -at- portal -dot- com
>>
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>> > I agree with Mark. I looked at that survey, and found, in my
>> > experience over
>> > the last two years, the salaries quoted there aren't median, but
>> > high-end.
>> > I don't know of any of my contemporaries who are earning that kind of
>> > money.
>> > I know of database programmers who might, but not technical writers...
>> >
>> > I found the same with the local chapter's salary survey. The figures
>> > seemed
>> > high.
>> >
>> > I think if we did our own unofficial survey, we'd find things
>> > different. How
>> > many technical writers out there, either independent or otherwise, who
>> > make
>> > 100K a year (gross)? Remember, according to the survey, that's a
>> > median,
>> > which means half of all salaries are higher...not in Dallas, there
>> > aren't.
>> >
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