Where are the $100K jobs?

[fuggy]

My husband applied for a job in SD a few years ago. He had 20 years experience in the extreme niche area in which the engineering employer had an opening.
My husband asked for $120K.
My husband was disregarded for the job. California employers like to employ locals who bought their home in the 1970s. Cuz you can pay them little.
I know the engineering company wants to pay an engineer with 15+ years experience $70,000. So small old homes should cost $210,000…
Or am I wrong? Are new, secure, full time jobs available for $100+?

[SDEngineer]

Without knowing what field your husband is in, I don’t know why he wouldn’t be able to command at least 100K (and probably more).

I have 14 years of experience and make just a bit under what he was asking for as an automated test engineer (QA) with a background in embedded systems design (I work in hospital equipment design). My brother has similar years of experience in DSP and makes a bit more than I do (working for a satellite video equipment manufacturer). I would say the normal wage for a senior software engineer (someone with 12+ years experience) in this area is probably around 95-105K. I think mechanical and hardware engineer’s average a bit lower, but 70K would definitely be very much on the low side.

Of course, it depends on his field – sometimes if you get overspecialized, it can actually work to your disadvantage if theres not a large enough market for those skills at the moment (something I learned a few years back myself) – after all, if there’s only one company hiring in an area for a particular specialty – and that company knows it – they can turn that to their advantage.

[SDEngineer]

Without knowing what field your husband is in, I don’t know why he wouldn’t be able to command at least 100K (and probably more).

I have 14 years of experience and make just a bit under what he was asking for as an automated test engineer (QA) with a background in embedded systems design (I work in hospital equipment design). My brother has similar years of experience in DSP and makes a bit more than I do (working for a satellite video equipment manufacturer). I would say the normal wage for a senior software engineer (someone with 12+ years experience) in this area is probably around 95-105K. I think mechanical and hardware engineer’s average a bit lower, but 70K would definitely be very much on the low side.

Of course, it depends on his field – sometimes if you get overspecialized, it can actually work to your disadvantage if theres not a large enough market for those skills at the moment (something I learned a few years back myself) – after all, if there’s only one company hiring in an area for a particular specialty – and that company knows it – they can turn that to their advantage.

[SDEngineer]

Without knowing what field your husband is in, I don’t know why he wouldn’t be able to command at least 100K (and probably more).

I have 14 years of experience and make just a bit under what he was asking for as an automated test engineer (QA) with a background in embedded systems design (I work in hospital equipment design). My brother has similar years of experience in DSP and makes a bit more than I do (working for a satellite video equipment manufacturer). I would say the normal wage for a senior software engineer (someone with 12+ years experience) in this area is probably around 95-105K. I think mechanical and hardware engineer’s average a bit lower, but 70K would definitely be very much on the low side.

Of course, it depends on his field – sometimes if you get overspecialized, it can actually work to your disadvantage if theres not a large enough market for those skills at the moment (something I learned a few years back myself) – after all, if there’s only one company hiring in an area for a particular specialty – and that company knows it – they can turn that to their advantage.

[SDEngineer]

Without knowing what field your husband is in, I don’t know why he wouldn’t be able to command at least 100K (and probably more).

I have 14 years of experience and make just a bit under what he was asking for as an automated test engineer (QA) with a background in embedded systems design (I work in hospital equipment design). My brother has similar years of experience in DSP and makes a bit more than I do (working for a satellite video equipment manufacturer). I would say the normal wage for a senior software engineer (someone with 12+ years experience) in this area is probably around 95-105K. I think mechanical and hardware engineer’s average a bit lower, but 70K would definitely be very much on the low side.

Of course, it depends on his field – sometimes if you get overspecialized, it can actually work to your disadvantage if theres not a large enough market for those skills at the moment (something I learned a few years back myself) – after all, if there’s only one company hiring in an area for a particular specialty – and that company knows it – they can turn that to their advantage.

[SDEngineer]

Without knowing what field your husband is in, I don’t know why he wouldn’t be able to command at least 100K (and probably more).

I have 14 years of experience and make just a bit under what he was asking for as an automated test engineer (QA) with a background in embedded systems design (I work in hospital equipment design). My brother has similar years of experience in DSP and makes a bit more than I do (working for a satellite video equipment manufacturer). I would say the normal wage for a senior software engineer (someone with 12+ years experience) in this area is probably around 95-105K. I think mechanical and hardware engineer’s average a bit lower, but 70K would definitely be very much on the low side.

Of course, it depends on his field – sometimes if you get overspecialized, it can actually work to your disadvantage if theres not a large enough market for those skills at the moment (something I learned a few years back myself) – after all, if there’s only one company hiring in an area for a particular specialty – and that company knows it – they can turn that to their advantage.

[fuggy]

We had a different experience with SD salaries. In your field do they also pay for your move? Not in my husbands’ (aerospace). Do you feel that $300,000 is then an excellent price for a 3/2 or would you find it hard to save up the $30-$60K for the down payment?

I think the housing market will not be able to sustain price growth until we have single payer health insurance in the US.

Working so hard to put money into a home, instead of blowing it on a cruise, is futile if anyone in your family cannot obtain health insurance. The hospitals will treat you, sure, but will then put a lein on your home.

[fuggy]

We had a different experience with SD salaries. In your field do they also pay for your move? Not in my husbands’ (aerospace). Do you feel that $300,000 is then an excellent price for a 3/2 or would you find it hard to save up the $30-$60K for the down payment?

I think the housing market will not be able to sustain price growth until we have single payer health insurance in the US.

Working so hard to put money into a home, instead of blowing it on a cruise, is futile if anyone in your family cannot obtain health insurance. The hospitals will treat you, sure, but will then put a lein on your home.

[fuggy]

We had a different experience with SD salaries. In your field do they also pay for your move? Not in my husbands’ (aerospace). Do you feel that $300,000 is then an excellent price for a 3/2 or would you find it hard to save up the $30-$60K for the down payment?

I think the housing market will not be able to sustain price growth until we have single payer health insurance in the US.

Working so hard to put money into a home, instead of blowing it on a cruise, is futile if anyone in your family cannot obtain health insurance. The hospitals will treat you, sure, but will then put a lein on your home.

[fuggy]

We had a different experience with SD salaries. In your field do they also pay for your move? Not in my husbands’ (aerospace). Do you feel that $300,000 is then an excellent price for a 3/2 or would you find it hard to save up the $30-$60K for the down payment?

I think the housing market will not be able to sustain price growth until we have single payer health insurance in the US.

Working so hard to put money into a home, instead of blowing it on a cruise, is futile if anyone in your family cannot obtain health insurance. The hospitals will treat you, sure, but will then put a lein on your home.

[fuggy]

We had a different experience with SD salaries. In your field do they also pay for your move? Not in my husbands’ (aerospace). Do you feel that $300,000 is then an excellent price for a 3/2 or would you find it hard to save up the $30-$60K for the down payment?

I think the housing market will not be able to sustain price growth until we have single payer health insurance in the US.

Working so hard to put money into a home, instead of blowing it on a cruise, is futile if anyone in your family cannot obtain health insurance. The hospitals will treat you, sure, but will then put a lein on your home.

[raptorduck]

It really depends on the area he is in. Chemical Engineers are generally the highest paid in the profession. It used to be that vacume engineers were paid a lot, but now they have fallen down the engineering earning list some.

Here in Silicon Valley, sofware, EECS, and EE’s, make a great deal due to demand with folks with that kind of experience making well above what he was asking for. But I don’t know the SD levels.

[raptorduck]

It really depends on the area he is in. Chemical Engineers are generally the highest paid in the profession. It used to be that vacume engineers were paid a lot, but now they have fallen down the engineering earning list some.

Here in Silicon Valley, sofware, EECS, and EE’s, make a great deal due to demand with folks with that kind of experience making well above what he was asking for. But I don’t know the SD levels.

[raptorduck]

It really depends on the area he is in. Chemical Engineers are generally the highest paid in the profession. It used to be that vacume engineers were paid a lot, but now they have fallen down the engineering earning list some.

Here in Silicon Valley, sofware, EECS, and EE’s, make a great deal due to demand with folks with that kind of experience making well above what he was asking for. But I don’t know the SD levels.

[raptorduck]

It really depends on the area he is in. Chemical Engineers are generally the highest paid in the profession. It used to be that vacume engineers were paid a lot, but now they have fallen down the engineering earning list some.

Here in Silicon Valley, sofware, EECS, and EE’s, make a great deal due to demand with folks with that kind of experience making well above what he was asking for. But I don’t know the SD levels.

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