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Need help deciding if this offer is worth moving for. Received an offer from Booz Allen Hamilton for an Associate level Sr. Systems Engineer in Los Angeles for $135k base. I countered $150k and a $15k singing bonus and asked if I could be brought on as a lead associate since I've been a lead/manager for a while in my current company.
Current company TC: $125k in Utah.
YOE: 7 with M.S. and MBA
Is the switching cost/risk and higher COL worth it?
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$750-$900 a day in Chi town is about what you’ll get for 5 years. Always depends on the shop and how good your book is, though.
Advice I’ve followed is to take your salary and double it, divide it up to get a day rate. With a bit wiggle room on either end for indie vs big shops. Hope that helps! Aka I was making about 180k with bonus, so my day rate is $1500 for short term projects, by I charge more for big nasty agency work and less for fun creative studio work etc should be straight forward if you were already working in chicago - if you’re based elsewhere I might Glassdoor and make a guess