I currently work in Denver, Colorado, at an oil company, making $350
per day as an independent contractor.  I have reason to believe this
company will offer me a salaried job in the near future.  My question
is, how much will they likely offer me (assuming they are reasonable
and wish to keep me)?  You should consider both what I'm making now
and what is standard in the industry, if possible.

I work in the land department of my company, as a tech.  More common
kinds of techs are geology techs and engineering techs.  Some of them
have degrees.  I do not.  I have ~ 6 years of industry experience,
with 4.5 years at my current company.  I would say that, compared to
other land department positions, my job is about as
technical/difficult as being a lease analyst or division order
analyst.  I think my job is also comparable to that of an engineering
tech.

I realize that the accuracy of this answer is impossible to guarantee,
and I won't hold you liable in any way if you take a good stab at the
question and end up being off from the eventual figure.  So, have fun!

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 06 Feb 2003 16:14 PST

Dear tamkins-ga:

As you can imagine, not every occupation is classified individually. A
preliminary search indicated that yours may be one of those that
requires a search of the nearest possible match, such as a Petroleum
Engineer I (a subclass of the Engineering profession). Unfortunately,
you would have to be the one who must select the nearest match as only
you know what your daily job requirements are and the educational
requirements are, etc.

I can direct you to a method of doing this, that will also project
potential benefits, bonuses, etc. It also breaks down the salary
expectations to the 25th percentile, the median and the 75th
percentile. In addition, this method will also compare the position
against positions that traditionally supervise and those who
potentially work under you (below your salary). By doing it yourself
you can also run reports of a number of different occupations that
"sound" like they might be yours as opposed to me trying to guess and
select one in your behalf.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

Dear tamkins-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

I decided to go ahead and post this for you after experimenting with
it a bit more. I was very impressed with the information it is capable
of providing. I felt certain that this is the tool you are looking
for. I found this site to be a very simple, yet comprehensive tool for
determining relative income according to occupation and geographical
location. Be sure to read the tool methodology and you will be amazed
at the sources this information comes from. It appears to be both
reliable and accurate:

SALARY.COM
http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp

SALARY.COM – METHODOLOGY
http://www.salary.com/aboutus/layoutscripts/abtl_display.asp?tab=abt&cat=nocat&ser=Ser34&part=Par74

There are a number of these devices on the Internet and almost all of
them use the same sources from which they calculate salary based on
input. Others are TOTALJOBS.COM and, WORKTHING.COM but there are more
of them out there. You are likely to get the same results from most of
them.

“Salary.com” offers much more than just an income estimate. It also
offers estimates on bonuses, benefits, comparisons to other positions
in the same occupational class in your area as well a salary
comparisons to the same occupation in other geographical areas using
both data summary, graphs and explanatory text.

Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga


INFORMATION SOURCES

SALARY.COM
http://www.salary.com/salary/layoutscripts/sall_display.asp

TOTALJOBS.COM
http://www.totaljobs.com/salary_checker/salary_checker.asp

WORKTHING.COM
http://www.workthing.com/sc/servlet/SalarySurveyInput

SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:

SALARY CHECKER

SALARY ASSESSMENT

SALARY WIZARD

Thanks much!