Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries
John Williams <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dan Minette <[email protected]> wrote: > they give the average starting salary for an EE in the US as 59,646, but in > the SF area it is about 74,700. So, that is about a 25% premium. At > simplyhired.com they state that the average EE salary in the SF area is > $87k/year. That's not bad money, but you can't buy a million dollar house > with it. > > Housing prices are about 6x higher in the Bay area than in the Austin area. > Salaries for engineers are 25% higher. It sounds like the SF Bay area is more likely to appeal to single engineers willing to live in a small apartment and spend all their time at work. As compared to Austin, which sounds like it may appeal more to a young married couple just starting a family. I wonder if the SF tech firms are counting on that.