{"id":743,"date":"2007-08-02T21:45:49","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/02\/unscientific-salary-comparison-charts\/"},"modified":"2007-08-03T10:19:52","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T18:19:52","slug":"unscientific-salary-comparison-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/02\/unscientific-salary-comparison-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unscientific Salary Comparison Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been spending quite a bit of time advancing my web development skills on various technologies such as Web 2.0 standards, Unobtrusive Javascripting, and object-oriented PHP programming. But all that self-education left me wondering how much I&#8217;d actually be worth in the job market today if I were to be eligible for a full time job knowing what I know today. So I did a little searching. While I am not sure how scientific the results are, I am pretty happy with what I saw (granted this is unscientific as hell; and they only take into account the title of a position).<\/p>\n<p><!-- BEGIN INDEED SALARY GRAPH --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:196px;\">\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #ccc;padding: 1px; margin: 0 0 3px 0\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+PHP+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer PHP in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$79,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 66%; background-color: #ff6600;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;border-top:1px solid #fff;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+java+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer java in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$96,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 80%; background-color: #2164f3;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;border-top:1px solid #fff;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+PHP+web+2.0+ajax+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer PHP web 2.0 ajax in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$102,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 85%; background-color: #3bb000;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- END INDEED SALARY GRAPH --><\/p>\n<p><!-- BEGIN INDEED SALARY GRAPH --><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:196px;\">\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #ccc;padding: 1px; margin: 0 0 3px 0\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin:0;width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+PHP+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer PHP in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$79,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 66%; background-color: #ff6600;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;border-top:1px solid #fff;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+java+web+2.0+ajax+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer java web 2.0 ajax in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$103,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 86%; background-color: #2164f3;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 4px 6px; border: 0;border-right:1px solid #fff; width: 50%; text-align: right;border-top:1px solid #fff;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000; font: bold 10px\/1.2 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:underline; color:#00c; background-color: transparent;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=Web+developer+PHP+web+2.0+ajax+in+San+Jose%2C+CA+95126\">Web developer PHP web 2.0 ajax in San Jose, CA 95126<\/a> <span style=\"display:block;\">$102,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color:#f8f8f8;\">\n<div style=\"height: 20px; margin: 0; margin-top: 2px; width: 85%; background-color: #3bb000;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- END INDEED SALARY GRAPH --><\/p>\n<p>Source [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/salary?\" target=\"_blank\">indeed.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>(Note: I don&#8217;t really know Java that well. But the rest of the stuff in the titles I am pretty good at. Now guess which salary range I fall under? ;))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been spending quite a bit of time advancing my web development skills on various technologies such as Web 2.0 standards, Unobtrusive Javascripting, and object-oriented PHP programming. 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