u/SarahMagical wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Median salary for North American software and web developers is $105,310, according to bls.gov. I don’t understand how to reconcile this with your figures for bootcamp grads. What am I missing?
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hi! Sorry which figures are you referring to?
The numbers I mentioned above are for Formation, which isn't a bootcamp and is a personal trainer/career accelerator (in the same bucket as Interview Kickstart, Outco, Pathrise, Scalar). But it was meant as an example to show how much experience matters.
So I can speak for Formation that we work with people aiming for truly top tier companies that compensate very highly. [Levels.fyi](https://Levels.fyi) has some examples, and most people we work with are at the E3/E4/E5 level for FB/Google ([https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Facebook&track=Software%20Engineer](https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Facebook&track=Software%20Engineer)).
I don't think that's a complete answer necessarily but happy to explain more!
The numbers I mentioned for Codesmith are available here: https://cirr.org/data
Specifically:
https://static.spacecrafted.com/b13328575ece40d8853472b9e0cf2047/r/d0fbf8d161f5421b8878295d84625dd0/1/Codesmith%20Los%20Angeles%20Full-Stack%20Software%20Development%20H1%202021.pdf
https://static.spacecrafted.com/b13328575ece40d8853472b9e0cf2047/r/b95fdb9a67574dd5ae05641a9a2a0f79/1/Codesmith%20New%20York%20City%20Full-Stack%20Software%20Development%20H1%202021.pdf
https://static.spacecrafted.com/b13328575ece40d8853472b9e0cf2047/r/b81c7587b9264856b5a7a7511906022c/1/Codesmith%20Part-Time%20Remote%20Full-Stack%20Software%20Development%20H1%202021.pdf