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Battle Of The Tech Paycheck: San Francisco vs. Seattle

Posted by • April 12th, 2010 • 16 Comments

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported fewer job losses in March – the smallest loss in three years. But this only shows part of the story.

According to the Glassdoor Employment Confidence survey, fewer employees reported layoffs (48%) than prior recent quarters yet more employees (55%) said their employer made changes to the number of staff, organizational structure, compensation and benefits, or other perks in the past six months. In fact, 28% said that their own pay was reduced in some way in the past six months. So while the recent jobs data is a positive step, employees may still be wary of what’s ahead: in fact, 76% said they would be willing to take a pay cut to keep their job and 88% of unemployed job seekers would take less than they want.

Since many of the “rules” for pay have changed in the past two years, we decided to run some analysis and found some interesting notes for those in the tech sector.

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Job Resource Sites See Traffic Increase

Posted by • March 9th, 2009 • Leave a comment

In an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, the reporter highlights the fact that traffic numbers are up on popular job posting sites. It states “traffic to job search sites, for instance, grew 51 percent in January from the same month a year earlier.” In addition to pointing out job posting and social networking sites, the article provides some other useful pieces of information for job seekers, including:

Areas of opportunity: ”The sectors that held up the best were health care, which was down 8 percent to 581,625 job postings, and education, in which job postings fell 9 percent to 62,933.”
Job/Company Insider Resources: Glassdoor.com is referenced in the article as a “resource that can give users an inside look at companies.”  As many of you may know the reviews on Glassdoor list the pros and cons of a workplace, but can also let potential hires know what questions to ask during the interview process.  

Are you looking for a job? What have you noticed in your job search?  What resources have you been tapping to research jobs?

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Got 5 Years Experience or Less? San Francisco Bay Area’s Top Paying Jobs

Posted by • February 27th, 2009 • 4 Comments

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

Rank
Job Position
Base Pay
Bonus
Total Pay

1
Attorney, 4th-Year
$206,429
$42,286
$248,714

2
Investment Banking Associate
$96,833
$119,583
$216,417

3
Attorney, 3rd-Year
$176,364
$22,364
$198,727

4
Attorney, 1st-Year
$160,000
$14,429
$174,429

5
Attorney, 2nd-Year
$155,000
$18,088
$173,088

6
Software Engineering Manager
$107,800
$39,280
$147,080

7
Senior Product Marketing Manager
$121,375
$15,288
$136,663

8
Senior R&D Engineer
$120,143
$12,500
$132,643

9
Senior Product Manager
$114,493
$14,567
$129,060

10
Business Development Manager
$109,000
$19,500
$128,500

11
Staff Engineer
$103,733
$23,033
$126,767

12
Principal Product Manager
$106,800
$15,900
$122,700

13
Principal Software Engineer
$119,800
$2,600
$122,400

14
Brand Manager
$102,429
$19,929
$122,357

15
Senior Member of Technical Staff
$105,413
$15,331
$120,744

16
Research Scientist
$106,378
$10,900
$117,278

17
Senior Software Engineer
$100,599
$12,990
$113,588

18
Senior Process Engineer
$103,098
$9,750
$112,848

19
Product Manager
$100,007
$12,520
$112,527

20
Investment Banking Analyst
$62,632
$49,211
$111,842

¹ Data is cumulative from June 2008 ...

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