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--- Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > Try getting that kind of a raise in the US!! Here, once you
> approach 2X
> > entry-level salary, you become layoff bait.
>
> Not true in all cases, Mike. Only in companies that don't care about
> their employees (and why would you work in such an environment
> anyway).
Then those Indian companies must really, really care about their
employees. To match salary progression of the India survey, salary
after 10 years would have to be > $200K in the US.
Entry-level TW salary in the US is $43K (according to STC's 2003
survey). In my experience, not many salaried TWs make more than that
twice that, although I'm sure there are some at the margins. Once you
approach six figures, you begin to attract the attention of the
bean-counters ("We're paying a TECH WRITER how much??"). That's why
contracting is so attractive for senior TWs.
I don't have access to the full US STC survey...If any STC members
would like to do the comparable math I'd appreciate hearing it (10yr
salary = what multiple of entry level salary?)
Mike O.
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