Recruiters take (placed 8 Sr Dev's (mostly Java, as well as "lost" 4 or so offers of the same ilk), IT Admins, etc).
For Software Developers, the average was 80-100k in lower cost of living area's. In higher, 90-120k.
"Senior" meaning 4-15 years. The four year folks were deemed "above average" in their technical fly-out interviews (with other programmers). Edit: the average length of experience was 5-7 years (a "sweet spot" for technical hiring managers).
I never worked on 50-70k Software developer positions.
These were top-3 finance firms (NYC and SLC) as well as 4/5 top e-Retailler firms as well as a few local funded startups.
I was never able to pull a Googler or FaceBooker :)
Netflix as an individual contributor made $160k or so, the highest I saw as pulling candidates from competing top 3 eCommerce / finance firms.
Note, in the finance firms, "Architect" or "Leads" were on a much higher magnitude (120-180k base, bonuses were sometimes 20%-200%).
For Software Developers, the average was 80-100k in lower cost of living area's. In higher, 90-120k.
"Senior" meaning 4-15 years. The four year folks were deemed "above average" in their technical fly-out interviews (with other programmers). Edit: the average length of experience was 5-7 years (a "sweet spot" for technical hiring managers).
I never worked on 50-70k Software developer positions.
These were top-3 finance firms (NYC and SLC) as well as 4/5 top e-Retailler firms as well as a few local funded startups.
I was never able to pull a Googler or FaceBooker :)
Netflix as an individual contributor made $160k or so, the highest I saw as pulling candidates from competing top 3 eCommerce / finance firms.
Note, in the finance firms, "Architect" or "Leads" were on a much higher magnitude (120-180k base, bonuses were sometimes 20%-200%).