[quote=SK in CV]I was wondering whether that $135K was actually the cost of a federal employee doing the work rather than the salary. (those who aren’t as pedantic as I am might think they’re the same thing.) If so, that would make the actual salary probably around $100 to $110K, benefits would increase that to about $135K.
The term “computer engineer” can encompass a whole lot of different jobs. My last gig, I had 130 employees who could all be called “computer engineeers”, though not a single one of them could write code (that I’m aware of). And their average pay was right around $150K, average total cost per employee was $180K (average billing rate around $210/hr. But there were some that earned well over $200K and billed $400/hr. Sadly, we never did any federal govt work.[/quote]
I wonder the same about the $135k. I’m assuming that’s base pay, but I don’t know.
With regards to your $200k and $400/hr example, you and I both know that’s not the norm and we don’t know what is meant by computer engineer. IIRC, you brought this up before and it was some special system architect that is fetching that kind of pay, no? Your average “software/computer engineer” will not fetch anywhere near $400/hr. Using that example is as relevant as me using fresh grad fetching $40/hr. I have to use what the term is really used for in my industry, which means your peon developer.
