"Salary Requirement" Headache

[Shrain]

To Stacer (and other in-the-know people):

Um, I'm getting awfullly frustrated with trying to estimate the "salary requirements" for different publishing jobs when the Monster Salary Center and the Salary.com site just don't have matching categories. grrr. All I really need is a baseline for EA type positions located in NY or Boston that involve more responsibilities than most. I mean, I know EA's are the "gophers" of publishing, but I've come across a lot of EA positions that seem particularly involved.

I'm thinking it's at least somewhere in the 30-40k range, but I don't want to come off like an idiot by giving a salary req. that's way high or way low, esp. given all my experience. *sigh* Help!

[stacer]

EAs usually range from 28-32,000, depending on the company and the experience. Houghton only pays about 28,500 for an EA, and I think it only goes to about 30,000 in New York. I know you're hitting assistant/associate editor range when you get above 32.

[The Lost One]

It is usually better to go high then to go low. If you go low, then people think something is wrong with you. If you go high, then they will think that you have a high opinion of yourself or that you really are the best.

[Shrain]

Houghton only pays about 28,500 for an EA, and I think it only goes to about 30,000 in New York.

Okay. That's very helpful, stacer. I suppose I should just go with 30,000 so as not to give the impression that I have a low opinion of myself. It's a relief to have a better idea of the wage range. Thanks!

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I guess I make good money... >_>

[Spriggan]

So I have a question, I'm applying to a jr php developer position and the salary is listed on the website as DOE which I do not know the meaning of.

[stacer]

DOE=Depends Upon Experience.

[JP Dogberry]

Wouldn't that be DUE?

[stacer]

Yeah, sorry, meant Depends On Experience. I blame the painkillers. On the bright side, I'm feeling better than I have in months, other than the obvious face pain stuff. I think once that's healed I'm going to be feeling awesome.

[Shrain]

I think once that's healed I'm going to be feeling awesome.

Yay! I was just going to ask how you were holding up. How long did the dr. say it would be before it's all healed up?

[stacer]

Recovery time is supposed to be a week, but I think they meant the time to get up and moving again, now that it's Monday and I'm still sleeping every few hours and no way am I going back to work today. I feel great, in that I know I'll feel better in a few days, but I'm still recovering and trying not to push it. I have a bad habit of making myself get up and going even when I feel terrible, so I'm trying to allow myself the time to heal so I can get up and going without being knocked out again later, you know?

To help with that, I think I'll also do a few sessions with a personal trainer at work (we get really, really good rates, especially if we have a training partner). That'll get me moving again with a regimen designed for me where I'm at, so I don't push it. I tried exercising again in January after being sick with that virus, and a half hour on the elliptical--which I'd thought before getting sick to be an okay workout, but not too trying--that half hour on the elliptical was too much and knocked me back. If that was overdoing it, I want to be sure I start right.

[Shrain]

Yep. Trainers can really help, but, like you said, you have to go easy on yourself until your body's up to it. I have to be careful with that too because of my CFS. Anyhow, I'll stay tuned. Hope the kitties are behaving while you're on the mend.

[FirstMateJack]

For what it is worth, I am a technical recruiter in SLC, I look at salary's of people all day in Computer related fields, I can tell you what everyone else is looking to make in any given area and what you an probably expect to make based on your experience.

[stacer]

There you go, Sprig.