Hi to ALL,

I have a bachelor degree in EE from Nepal. I am doing masters in EE here in US.

My current employer is paying me 43,000 per year.
I am thinking to change this employeer. I have been working here for about 2 yrs.
Am I uderpaid? Pls suggest.

I think you are being underpaid if you are working full time with 40 hours a week.

And again, it's not how much you make that's important. Remember, it's how much you save makes you richer.

To make sure if you are being paid right a/c to the market rate, check the salary.com. You haven't mentioned what position you are hired for.That also makes a difference.

I am working 40 hrs/week as an automation engineer.

It depends upon what your employment state/city is. If you're in California then ofcourse you are underpaid. But if it is in Iowa, Idaho, SD, ND then it is reasonable.

who isn't...
we are all underpaid, overworked, disgruntled amrika ko labor haru ho...

Mr BOND,
Regardless of where u are at I think you are definitely UNDERPAID big time!!! thats very low for an EE.. i'm an EE recent graduate with bachelors myself and with no prior experience and am making more than you with a masters plus work experience... if i were you, i'd get myself a username and a password at monster.com and get goin wid a MAJOR JOB HUNT!!!

and plus.. for being Mr.BOND.. that salary can hardly pick up ur bar tab buyin BOND GALS martinies....

You are underpaid no matter where you are working now (City, Company as long as you are in US). Now you already have 2 years of experience so start looking for better opportunity...

That's big time underpaid no matter where you work, electrical technicians make close to that much in my company.

Hey Mr. Bond go and see occupation information at
acinet.org
you will see everything about occupation

Jsut a word for MR.BOND
You added a good thread, I do not think you have not googled for your base salary. If you have g.c. it is time to move ahead else if you are awaiting for a g.c. then get it first.

To apply G.C., your salary must be above market rate otherwise USCIS will reject your application during your LC process

Thapap bro : six figures kamaera pani underpaid bhanee

Bond- Dude Quit the job and try in hollywood
your salary depends on:
1.Location
2.Degree from US?
3.Experience
4.How well you value yourself.

43k ..Do you deserve more than that?Ask yourself ,If yes then yes you are underpaid.

ImI,
of course bro.. with maximum potential of making (six figures)$ 9,999.99 (nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine and ninety-nine cents) makes me highly underpaid, overworked, disgruntled, and vicious graduate student........

wish u ever had to go through being one of those grad students then you would know the pain and sufferings..
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once again
what do i know (O:

You can also check market salary rate at http://www.salary.com

Yes you are underpaid..
u shud have atleast 65k

Either I'm dumb or else the question is not right

He said: " I have a bachelor degree in EE from Nepal. I am doing masters in EE here in US".

Have you completed your masters degree? How did you get a Job with a degree from Nepal if you don't have a degree from the US? Are you doing CPT? Probably not since you're saying that you've been with the company for two years. It's not making sense to me. If you got a job from Nepal's degree then it's the right salary.

Next, what is your area of focus? Automation may mean several things to me. Software/Mechanical/Power, and EE may mean Power/Circuits/Solid State/Communications... which one is yours?

There are too many variables in your question to decide whether you are underpaid or not. Please clarify the above questions and then we all can decide.

And as Thapap dai would say-- what do I know? :o)

No i dont agree to it fountaindew even if he has got a degree from nepal he does not deserve just 43000. you should consider all the indians who do not have us degrees and have come here In h1 are working and are getting paid pretty good. most prob he is not in f1 thats why he is working as well as studying . Id say if pepople with EE digree just get 45000 p. a thna whats the fun of studying so hard all those years one might just become a tech or something else and earn better.

Sidd, I believe in data, and right now I don't have enough data to make the call. First of all I don't know what his EE degree is in, what his (US equivalent) GPA level and project experience is, and on what terms and conditions he was hired by the company.

Indians earn more because they can BS and have a huge network. From what I know, starting salary for a US bachelors in EE degree in the US is 55K, provided that you're close to the median and direct hire. If consultants are giving you the job, then you will be receiving a lot less and 43K sounds okay to me if that's the case.

I would like some more details before I can judge, but in all fairness, if you have a Nepal's degree, and hired by a consultant, then 43K sounds okay to me. But like my other friends said, geographic location could be a factor as well. If I were in his shoes, I would get my masters degree as soon as possible, and then move over to other company with better salary and benifits.

Once again thapap dai, what do I know?? hoina?