Re: USA DBA salaries

Denham.M@amstr.com wrote: > All, > > Does anyone have any views on whether the salary offered for the > skills asked for here > is good/bad? > > Personally I would think it kind of on the low side, but i'm not > necessarily a good judge > of US rates. > Starting salary to $55,000 with a great benefits package and > relocation.Rapid hire process!! Requires 3 years of professional DBA > experience with one year as Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. > Excellent communications skills including both programmer and user > interface. Database design experience. Three years experience as > DBA in an Informx environment using both 5.x and 7.2. HP-UX systmes > administration experience under release 10.x Experience building a > Data Warehouse or exposure to the principles. Exposure to GIS > systems. Client/Server experience utilizing INET and ODBC from > Access, Powerbuilder, and EXCEL. Familiarity with PowerBuilder and > a client tool. OLAP tool familiarity. Knowledge of or exposure to > Universal Server. Well there is a lot to consider when you talk about whether some salary is "good/bad". I don't happen to think there is a standard that can be placed on such things. If I were an employer I would try to buy the best I could get for the least amount. If I were considering the position I assess my position by asking myself how much I want for what I am being asked to do? If the position looks like it is really going to 80+ a week I am going to trade a lot. What is that worth? Am I going to gain significantly professionally? Is this a company where I want to make a mark and move on or am I going to stay a long time? The longer I stay, the more it's worth? Further, what area is this job located in? What does it cost to live there? What size is the company? How old? How well established? Are there less tangible benefits and compensations? What exactly am I being asked to do? How well suited am I for the position? It may be a position where a person with a little less experience can talk themselves into a position where they can advance. That is a form of compensation.