IT (And Other) Salaries On The Rise In The U.S.

pertinax18 writes "CNN Money is reporting that salaries for most college grads are on the rise once again. Especially interesting to collegiate (and other) /. readers may be the 4.1% increase in pay for CS grads, and 10.7% increases in pay for others in the field. From the article: 'If those numbers sound enticing, it's probably because computer science graduates are long overdue for a pay increase. "They haven't seen an increase since 2001 and this is the first year, in all four reports, that they showed an increase," Koncz says.' Are things finally starting to look up for us?"

Oh great...

[Anonymous Coward]

Now President Bush is submitting stories to Slashdot!

How come I aint not get no raise?

[Anonymous Coward]

Im went to ITT school for HTML intraweb programming and Im stil only get 5.45 per hour?!?

I'm confused

[lucabrasi999]

What does salary increase mean?

And history drops almost 5%

[nathan s]

I think it's more interesting to see what fell than what rose. Computer engineering, mechanical/industrial engineering, and history. Any ideas why those would fall?

Although in this political climate, doesn't seem like much attention is being paid to history, as the same mistakes keep being repeated.:-P

keep in mind that

[Triumph The Insult C]

that 4.1% increase comes out to about 23 rupees

Re:And history drops almost 5%

[stratjakt]

What job, exactly, does a history major apply for, other than history teacher or museum curator?

I hardly ever have an experience at work where I'm working on a design document or expense report or something, and all of a sudden it's like "OH SHIT! I'm gonna miss the deadline! When did Hannibal cross the Alps!?"

I'll tell you why

[paranode]

He eats babies, simple as that.

Re:IT Salaries

[Anonymous Coward]

Peel yourself away from Slashdot, get back to work, and maybe you'll make more money.

Re:I call shenanigans...

[enjo13]

Unemployment in the IT sector is up (due to both outsourcing AND the struggling economy), so who cares if the people with jobs are getting a bit more money?

Speaking as someone with a job in IT.. I do.

Thanks.

Re:Got to be an average.

[rk]

In related news: A statistician from the local college drowned today in a lake with an average depth of 7 inches.

what it means...

[Rob Nance]

Salary increase is when you get laid off and come back as a contractor for a few bucks more after being out of work from said company for several months.

Re:Bush's Fault

[cynic10508]

John Kerry says: "And it's Bush's fault that IT salaries are on the rise! When I'm made president I'll make sure that IT salaries are kept low! Just don't ask me how I intend to do that..."

Re:I'll tell you why

[cynic10508]

He eats babies, simple as that.

Are you kidding? He got the recipes from Nixon.

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Those poor, misguided Psych grads

[prgrmr]

From TFA:

Psychology majors enjoyed a 2 percent increase with entry-level salaries averaging $28,230.

Is this some strange useage of the word "enjoyed" with which I was not previously familiar?

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No so fast Billy Ray...

[mabu]

1. Eliminate four positions, increase one person's salary by 20% Give them four times more work. Solicit young college grads instead of older people who don't know they're getting shafted.

2. Send out a press release showing the economy is doing great because salaries are going up.

3. Profit

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Re:You can't blame stuff like this on ANY presiden

[leadsling]

HOLD ON THERE! Don't let something like economics get in the way of someone's pet theories. Next thing you know, you'll be wanting journalists to have proof for their stories before they're published! (couldn't resist ;>)

Re:A Big Helping of Hypocrisy

[Maul]

Another prevailing view is that because the market is no longer willing to pay six figures for a HTML jockey who once flipped through "C++ in 21 days", then the market is shot to hell

Not correct. The market is shot because idiot HR departments assume that everyone who applies is an HTML jockey who once flipped through "C++ in 21 days" unless they have a PHD and have 10+ years experience with .NET, are graphic artist experts with all Adobe and Macromedia software, have experience designing and adminning on all major databses, and can perform hardware maintainence on legacy mainframe machines from the 80s.

Okay, I may be exaggerating, but I see a lot of job postings in my area with insane requirements requiring the ideal applicant to basically be able to wear all the hats. The pay may be nice for these positions, but the person they hire is probably lying about their skill set and will likely be working 80 hours a week doing all of this crap.

Case in point a recent job I applied for in my area. The description of the job was to do work designing and maintaining a database that would be accessed from a web interface.

Over the phone they made it sound like the tasks of designing the actual page and all the coding outside of the DB would be handled by other people and I'd be working together with those people as a team.

But I start getting asked questions at what experience I have with graphic design and Active X during the interview. The interview was conducted by an HR person who admitted that she had no technical experience.

I answered honestly that these aren't my areas of expertise. Needless to say, I wasn't called back for a second interview.

Maybe I was mistakenly interviewed for the wrong position, but it seemed to me that they were hoping for a single person that could create them a dynamic, database driven website from scratch by themselves.

Re:Ah, who should I believe?

[mabu]

CNN or my paycheck?

Your paycheck is obviously part of the liberal media. You are either with CNN or against democracy(tm).

Re:New graduates don't have a clue...

[Darlok]

Dear cog:

In light of recently discovered developments, you may hereby consider your position terminated. Your salary will go directly to supplement my bonus, and your work will be farmed out to Abu Dabhe.

As it is only September, your final paycheck will be docked for 1/4th the value of last Christmas' company gift.

Regards,
The Mgmt.

Re:What a Crock

[coopaq]

And everyone said I was nuts to go working for a university with mainframes during the dot com boom, who is employed now, beyotch? :)

What? Your mainframe talk is confusing me.

I'm still trying to get over all the trips around the world, the hookers and the drugs the Venture Capitalist's money provided me.

Ahhh... good times. Now I'll have to smooze the dean and replace you at the university.

The Way of the Weasel!

Re:Actually, you CAN kill the economy in 2 months.

[tkg]

I think some people's political biases are starting to affect mod points here.

If you've only just noticed this I'd have to say you're a bit slow on the uptake. ;o)