Mobile and Cloud Developers–they are hot, but do they pay?

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After my last post, I got some email asking me to add on mobile developer. I added some cloud jobs to the list. The results are below.

 

Job Number of Jobs (Washington) Salary (Average)
Blackberry Developer

241

 $64K
iPhone Developer

650

 $83K
Windows Phone developer

750

 $81K
Android Developer

580

 $85K
IOS Developer

198

 $86K
Windows Mobile Developer

800

 $83K
Azure Developer

704

 $80K
Cloud Developer

2500

 $88K
EC2 Developer

463

 $87K
Solution Architect

3600

 $98K
.Net Architect

790

 $95K

 

One of the nice thing that Indeed.Com does is also cite how the rates compare nationally. In general I am seeing Washington jobs are 11% below the national average. If you are single, renting then you can likely increase your earnings by 20-30% by moving. Bellingham is 19% below the national average. So the average developer would earn $6K more (or $500/month) by working in Seattle. There are some folks whose jobs are moving to Vancouver, WA – this is 16% below, so they should expect a 3% salary increase (and don’t expect higher wages by crossing into Oregon.. it’s also at 16% below).

 

Moving for work or the money

The following are spot checks of ‘developer’’ salaries at various spots.

Location From National Average
Washington -11%
Bellingham, WA -19%
Spokane, WA -7%
Redmond, WA -13%
Seattle, WA -13%
Vancouver, WA / Portland OR -16%
Boise, ID -26%
Washington, DC +12%
New York City +21%
Phoenix, AZ -18%
San Francisco +20%
San Jose +22%
Los Angeles +3%
Reno, NV -13%
Las Vegas -16%
Vancouver, BC +25%
Salt Lake City -15%
Tampa, FL -10%
Boston, MA +10%
Alaska -20%
North Dakota -2%
South Dakota -11%
Eugene, OR -6%

 

Note: Vancouver BC is 25% above average, so some one with dual citizenship or a simple NAFTA work visa could be pulling in 44% more by commuting across the border from Whatcom. I was back channeled by someone who confirmed that there are low skilled folks doing that from Whatcom Co. now. Vancouver has a very high cost of living (average house price is over 1 million dollars – 5x Bellingham), so high wages. It is much easier for a US person to work in Canada than for a Canadian to work in Canada and live in the US (i.e. they would lose their BC Medical insurance etc).

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