I'm with Jared on this one - for western new york, you're going to take a discount - I'd say that gig could be a 150k gig in NYC, so 125k or maybe a little less in western new york. For the folks who are talking about the pool of applicants - as we've been in the midst of hiring a variety of positions for a while, I can tell you - the pool of junior people is very very large. These are folks who spent <4 years working in their various fields and then were unfortunately let go. There are a lot of those people around, and the salaries have dropped accordingly. At the senior end, though, while there are more people running around then there were, oh, 2 years ago, it seems like a lot of people kept their really top-notch senior people. A lot of the more senior people we are seeing are senior in terms of years of experience, but not necessarily in expertise, if the distinction makes sense. Matt ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:09 AM To: Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l-freelists Subject: Re: salary idea On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Zelli, Brian <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello listers........a fortune 100 company recently interviewed me. Below is a job description. They asked what my salary requirements were. I need some help here. What do you think this job is worth? I have my own idea but I just don't want to sell myself short. Fortune 100, big systems, big responsibilities, deep knowledge, deep experience: $125+ IMO. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com