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<div>Lots of different types of developers in lots of different areas, but if you live in New York city or San Francisco and get paid under 6 figures as a developer you are not making a good living. Likewise if you live in Phoenix and make that same $99k you
live like a king. Point being national averages are pretty misleading statistics.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">Paul Mooring</div>
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<div style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: medium; ">www.opscode.com</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>keith smith <<a href="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Main PLUG discussion list <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, May 3, 2013 9:27 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Main PLUG discussion list <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>OT: Developer Pay<br>
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I happened upon this article. It says "According to figures from the Department of Labor, this job fetches a median salary that's just under six figures at $99,000. Those in the bottom 10 percent make about $62,800, and the top 10 percent is sitting pretty
at $148,850."<br>
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Seems a little high. <br>
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<a href="http://education.yahoo.net/articles/six_high-paying_careers.htm?svkid=1O0V0&usid=05e1ed9e-6dfc-4855-8d91-339a0c9b2acf">http://education.yahoo.net/articles/six_high-paying_careers.htm?svkid=1O0V0&usid=05e1ed9e-6dfc-4855-8d91-339a0c9b2acf</a><br>
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