Glassdoor Blog » Grad School http://www.glassdoor.com/blog Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Got 5 Years Experience or Less? San Francisco Bay Area’s Top Paying Jobshttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/got-5-years-experience-or-less-san-francisco-bay-areas-top-paying-jobs/ http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/got-5-years-experience-or-less-san-francisco-bay-areas-top-paying-jobs/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:12:37 +0000 Glassdoor Team http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=968

This June, about a million and a half individuals will graduate from college. Not the best timing given the current economic environment, but not much these folks can do about that. So what’s their game plan?

For many universities, graduate school applications are up, as people are looking to prolong their entrance into the working world a few years, with even more education and thus hopefully, more marketability. For others, however, including those who have graduated in the past 5, things aren’t so bad if you’ve found the right position.

Here at Glassdoor we took a look at the top paying jobs in the Bay Area for those with 5 years or less experience. While some of these positions do take an advanced degrees to get in the door, others just take a some hard work.  Take a look:

Glassdoor Report: Top 20 SF Bay Area Jobs by Income (Jobs identified by those who have less than 5 years experience)¹Rank Job Position Base Pay Bonus Total Pay1 Attorney, 4th-Year $206,429 $42,286 $248,7142 Investment Banking Associate $96,833 $119,583 $216,4173 Attorney, 3rd-Year $176,364 $22,364 $198,7274 Attorney, 1st-Year $160,000 $14,429 $174,4295 Attorney, 2nd-Year $155,000 $18,088 $173,0886 Software Engineering Manager $107,800 $39,280 $147,0807 Senior Product Marketing Manager $121,375 $15,288 $136,6638 Senior R&D Engineer $120,143 $12,500 $132,6439 Senior Product Manager $114,493 $14,567 $129,06010 Business Development Manager $109,000 $19,500 $128,50011 Staff Engineer $103,733 $23,033 $126,76712 Principal Product Manager $106,800 $15,900 $122,70013 Principal Software Engineer $119,800 $2,600 $122,40014 Brand Manager $102,429 $19,929 $122,35715 Senior Member of Technical Staff $105,413 $15,331 $120,74416 Research Scientist $106,378 $10,900 $117,27817 Senior Software Engineer $100,599 $12,990 $113,58818 Senior Process Engineer $103,098 $9,750 $112,84819 Product Manager $100,007 $12,520 $112,52720 Investment Banking Analyst $62,632 $49,211 $111,842¹ Data is cumulative from June 2008 [...]

Got 5 Years Experience or Less? San Francisco Bay Area’s Top Paying Jobs is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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]]> This June, about a million and a half individuals will graduate from college. Not the best timing given the current economic environment, but not much these folks can do about that. So what’s their game plan?

For many universities, graduate school applications are up, as people are looking to prolong their entrance into the working world a few years, with even more education and thus hopefully, more marketability. For others, however, including those who have graduated in the past 5, things aren’t so bad if you’ve found the right position.

Here at Glassdoor we took a look at the top paying jobs in the Bay Area for those with 5 years or less experience. While some of these positions do take an advanced degrees to get in the door, others just take a some hard work.  Take a look:

Glassdoor Report: Top 20 SF Bay Area Jobs by Income
(Jobs identified by those who have less than 5 years experience)¹
RankJob PositionBase PayBonusTotal Pay
1Attorney, 4th-Year$206,429$42,286$248,714
2Investment Banking Associate$96,833$119,583$216,417
3Attorney, 3rd-Year$176,364$22,364$198,727
4Attorney, 1st-Year$160,000$14,429$174,429
5Attorney, 2nd-Year$155,000$18,088$173,088
6Software Engineering Manager$107,800$39,280$147,080
7Senior Product Marketing Manager$121,375$15,288$136,663
8Senior R&D Engineer$120,143$12,500$132,643
9Senior Product Manager$114,493$14,567$129,060
10Business Development Manager$109,000$19,500$128,500
11Staff Engineer$103,733$23,033$126,767
12Principal Product Manager$106,800$15,900$122,700
13Principal Software Engineer$119,800$2,600$122,400
14Brand Manager$102,429$19,929$122,357
15Senior Member of Technical Staff$105,413$15,331$120,744
16Research Scientist$106,378$10,900$117,278
17Senior Software Engineer$100,599$12,990$113,588
18Senior Process Engineer$103,098$9,750$112,848
19Product Manager$100,007$12,520$112,527
20Investment Banking Analyst$62,632$49,211$111,842
¹ Data is cumulative from June 2008 through February 2009; Each job title has at least 5 salary reports submitted on Glassdoor.com

As you can see, the attorney compensation is among the highest for those with less than 5 years experience, while investment banking salaries aren’t too shabby, although the latter may see significantly lower bonuses in 2009.  While the number of technology job listings are down from last year, product and engineering salaries are holding up in the Bay Area. While future bonus outlays may not be what they have been, you can see the historical division between base pay and bonuses. If you’re in the job market, you should keep bonus expectations low and try to get as much base salary as possible at the negotiating table.

How is your job search going?

Got 5 Years Experience or Less? San Francisco Bay Area’s Top Paying Jobs is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

Related posts:

  1. Battle Of The Tech Paycheck: San Francisco vs. Seattle
  2. The Highest-Paying Jobs With The Most Time Off
  3. Citi Salaries Up; Bonuses Down

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