If you want to play salary comparison, here's another one: the bus drivers in my town earns about $50K/year. I know a lot of programmers who makes a lot less than that. To top it off, they go on strike about every year because they want more.

What about nursery workers who makes about half what the bus driver earns? They have great responsabilities, lot of stress and need higher education than a bus driver.

We can find a lot of exemples of injustice in the market, not only in the computer business. Few are getting what they are really worth.

>$11 per hour, for a 40-hour week and 48-week year (even contractors take holidays) works out at $21,120 per annum.
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>This values our 6 month VFP 7 experience, OO and Client/Server contractor at the bottom end of someone sweeping up leaves – a Park Attendant gets $19k to $26k per annum (http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18838).
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>The data entry Clerk can expect to make more at $21k to $34k (http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18856)
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>Even an experienced Toll Collector is likely to make more at $19k to $28k (http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18869).
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>But what do the IT positions pay?
>Senior OS Programmer : $61k - $93k
>http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18853
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>Senior Systems A/P : $53k - $84k
>http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18851
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>Web Designer : $46k - $76k
>http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18821
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>Web Publisher : $42k - $70k
>http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/jobs/pgeJobDetail.asp?id=18822