I'm not sure if there is a definitive guide to programmer salaries but articles like this might help: http://esj.com/Enterprise/article.aspx?EditorialsID=2052.
As for the internal argument -- in an egalitarian world where everything is equal, that might be true but the reality in our area (for instance) is that technical people are fairly scarce at the moment and in general, a technical person with an undergraduate degree (Engineering or Computer Science) will typically make 10-15k more per year starting than someone coming out with a humanities graduate degree. Tim --------------------------------------------- Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digital Object Repository Technology Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary (403) 220-8975 ytau(at)ucalgary(dot)ca Ari Davidow wrote: > We're having a bit of an argument here about appropriate salaries for > programming staff. We are considering hiring our first developer. The > internal argument goes something like, "this person is just out of school > and we can't pay him as much as someone with a Masters" - ie, we can't pay > as much as we pay our starting humanities graduates. The reality is that we > could then be offering someone in the very low $30k range, which is, by my > quick glance at Boston salaries, about 10k (or more) lower than such people > get outside of our field. > > For those people who have hired staff developers, what do you pay for what > skills at what level? -- I imagine paying less for PHP developers than Java > developers, for instance. Where are there some salary tables that I can look > at to get a sense of what an expensive city (Boston) pays for these skills > in the non-profit world (recognizing that most non-profits do not hire staff > developers). > > ari > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > >
