| Totally dependent on the market, in NYC, in the past few companies I've been with
New VoIP engineer with no networking experience: 65k
New VoIP engineer with 3-5 years networking experience: 80-85k
Experienced VoIP engineer (Cisco): 120-125k
Experienced VoIP engineer (Avaya or Nortel): 130-150k
All of the above have benefits.
Avaya and Nortel have a much smaller market share, so when looking for a Nortel/Avaya engineer, companies are typically a bit more desperate as they're MUCH harder to find. This due to the fact that Avaya's TDM-based PBX BLOWS. |