“Is $23/hr a low pay rate for entry-level IT jobs in the Seattle metro area? Should I consider this desktop support role at a medical center despite the salary?”
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Considering a Desktop Support Role
Current Situation:
– Being courted by a recruiting company for a role in a medical center
– Interested in local, reliable work due to current industry’s travel demands
– Puzzled by $23/hr salary offer
Concerns:
– $23/hr seems low compared to other positions
– Wife earns more as an office administrator
– Worried about salary expectations in entry-level IT roles
Seeking Clarity on Salary Expectations
– Is $23/hr standard for entry-level IT roles in Seattle?
– Should salary be a deciding factor in choosing a job?
– How does the salary for this role compare to industry averages?
By asking questions and seeking more information, you can make an informed decision that aligns with your career goals and financial needs.
Supply and demand. This happens because the entry level market is oversaturated. Every day we see people with no IT experience making posts on how to break in to IT because they see it as an easy path to six figures with cool perks like being able to work from home.
Also offshoring IT jobs to countries like the Philippines has destroyed the playing field for entry level and companies flat out do not value technical support stateside when they can pay someone in the Philippines or India for half the rate.
i will say take it and gain the experience. I currenly have a $27 job but i have to drive 48 mins 3 days a week and 2 days at home. I will take the experience while continuing to look for something closer.
That’s just under $48000/year. Desktop Support is generally an entry level IT position. Depending on the area you live in, it sounds reasonable.
Compare that to other listings you see for desktop support, tier 1 help desk, and such.
The job pays more, but the recruiting company is getting their cut. Try negotiating, but anything you get is cutting into their profits.
It’s not too bad considering the market and if you are keen on breaking in. I’ve seen people getting $15-18/hour jobs in LCOL areas
I make $23 an hour in an entry-level help desk role. Where the fuck you do all live that McDonald’s pays 23 an hour? McDonald’s is like 12 to 14 an hour here. $23 isn’t great, but I’ve seen help desk jobs as low as 15 an hour in my area.
McDonald’s can pay more because they cap your hours.
Welcome to this economy. That’s definitely better than most entry level help desk roles.
Usually it’s $18-22 an hour.
Not a bad starting salary for an entry level job in a saturated market, but it also depends on where you live. In a LCOL area that’s a livable salary for a single person or a family with dual income.
I make $18/h in a fairly HCOL area. McDonald’s is $16/h here.
Benefits and training I’m getting are awesome, though.
I was doing help desk for $21 back in 2014. $23 is probably on the low end but if I was trying to break into IT, I would take it. Just start studying for whatever cert will help you get to the next level.
whats your experience and background?
23$ is fine for someone with little to no experience but if you been doing support for a few i would be looking for more pay
Gotta eat shit for a few years to get into the door. The experience you’ll get will help you for the next job. IT isn’t going to pay you well until you can solve higher level problems than desktop support.
Where? The number alone means nothing with out the location. You are not going to get the same pay in Readstown, WI as you would in White Plain, NY even if you are doing the same job.
T2.5 at msp making $70k
My first IT job was 11/hr for a MSP
You’re asking a question about cost-of-living without stating where you’re living at. This is a low-level question that cannot be realistically answered without more details.
I’m assuming you live somewhere with a HCOL if $23/hr is McDonald’s wages.
More than I make for the same job lol
What metro area? I think that’s good pay for an entry level job …unless you are in one of those big 5 cities.
$12-$18/hr is more accurate near where I’m at. If you’re in a LCOL area it’ll be hard to find better.
I started $13 an hour for my first role consider yourself lucky. Just take it, learn from it, grow from it and move on to a better title and better pay.
18-25
Depends on local market
That’s a normal pay
lmao.
Depends where you live but anything under 60000 in Australia, is horse shit
For entry level that sounds about right….I’m currently a 3 at 33 an hour
Bruh im doing tier 3 work for 23.xx that’s a good entry level pay
I started at 31k
It’s more than the $15-17 fast food pays here and it gets your foot in the door experience wise
Of course it probably also wants a degree ~~or~~ and 5 years experience for that role, but besides that sounds great tbh I’d gladly take it if I could
That’s really good for entry level work
That by my Knowledge is actually considered a sweet spot. It’s not a specialist role so $23 is relatively high
That seems pretty decent for Desktop Support. I was Helpdesk T1 and got $25/h in Boston. Usually lower end positions like that go as low as $15 and maybe average between $18-20 so $23 is pretty decent.
Not bad given the state and of the industry right now.
It’s fine
Take the job, build and improve your own lab, move on to Systems Administration. Desktop Support is a step up from Help desk. It’s looked at level 2. Take it but plan to get the hell out as soon as you’re qualified.
Sounds about right starting out. I was just recently offered $27/hr as an IT Support Specialist.
I make 65k in NJ as a desktop support tech
I’m more intermediate level than entry. I got paid $21 an hour on my first year so 22 sounds about right. Got to 60k salary my second year then 65k my third
I got paid that for my co-op IT job so I’d say yes. I just got interviewed for IT jobs tier 1 that are paying 30-35 dollars per hour
I wish I made that much I only make around 17/18 an hour commision for milage is what saves me
Newbies come into IT with no experience thinking they gonna make 75k-100k at entry-level. LMAO
Bro, if you need experience, take what you can, work for about 6 months to a year or two, then get something better. Upskill, learn more, you’ll get there eventually. But you not making a lot at entry-level without a good education (degrees and certs) and experience.
Like what credentials do you have to justify much higher pay?
I do the same and am 52k salary
With $20/hr as minimum wage in CA, yes.
Yeah desktop support people get paid less than warehouse workers, it’s a crazy economy. And yet they ask for bachelors degrees and 5 years of experience
Too much labor supply and too few jobs leads to lower wages.
But your first desktop job is not where you get rewarded, that’s where you get a chance to build your resume and upskill. If you work 40 hrs a week plus 20 more hours a week at home on certs you get to leave desktop support in a year for probably about a 30% salary increase. My first increase off of helpdesk was 53%.
Keep switching jobs every two years and putting in that 20 hours a week study time at home and you’ll be at $100K in 5 years, $200K in 8 years.
But 60 hour weeks of work and studying, it’s a bitch right? But it’s that or stay stuck at $23 – $25 an hour.