2013 IT salaries: 15 titles getting the biggest pay raises

By Ann Bednarz – Certain IT titles will be getting sizable salary hikes, according to data from recruiting and staffing specialist Robert Half Technology. At the top of the heap, based on percentage gains, are mobile application developers and wireless network engineers, who can expect a 9% and 7.9% increase in starting salaries, respectively.

• Mobile applications developer – Net: 9% increase
• Wireless network engineer – Net: 7.9% increase
• Network engineer – Net: 7.8% increase

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What are we paying members of Congress $285,000 per year for?

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By MacMillin Slobodien and David Williams – The end of the fiscal year has come and gone and yet again Congress has failed to enact any appropriations bills and the country is deeper in debt.

Unlike the private sector, where salaries are earned from willing customers, Congressional salaries and benefits are taken out of the pockets of the struggling taxpayers. And, also unlike the private sector, members of Congress are not paid for performance, as evidenced by the $14.5 trillion debt that they have accumulated over the years. Any manager in any private-sector business would not stay employed for budget overruns like these. more> http://is.gd/dnKylA

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