Oregon salaries
Posted By: Patti on 2006-02-10
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I am tired of being called a liar that I embelish my income, etc. So I just called 10 MT's out here in Oregon that I have known for quite a while and they all hit between 45 and 60K this year. Of course we do all the accounts that you a lot of you don't like to do which involve pick-up, delivery, printing, the smaller one to two doctor offices, being friendly and interactive with the staff. And we keep our line charge lower that a lot of you like and some of you have told me that I am bringing the MT world down by working for this amount -- we all charge between 10.5 to 12.5 cpl using Sylcount. Through all of this, and none of us work more than 45 hours per week -- me I am the highest, most work 30 to 35 hours, we have made the money and so I guess we are doing something right. To those that say we are padding our incomes --I think you are all jealous and just don't have the umph to go out and do it. And yes, we have ESL's and some work hospital overflow, surgical center, Wound Clinic, clinics, psych reports. There are other niches out there --ya gotta have the drive and the umph to go and get them.
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For average salaries, hello?
YOU make no sense. Are you a transcriptionist? I did not say ESLs, I said bad dictators. Try reading the post or do a search as the average has been posted here before. YOU are a troll.
Uh-oh ... well, I do not want to get any trouble for broadcasting salaries sm
and then others in the company maybe find out they are not making that and be upset. Not trying to be coy or anything, and I wish I could share. Back in the YOG days, I was making 0.0975 cpl and was patting myself on the back ... then found out another MT I knew was making 10. I didn't jump off a bridge or anything (ha), but probably would have been happier if I didn't know. Of course, when MQ (formerly known as The Squid) took over, I left.
However, for what it is worth, it used to be somewhat "public knowledge" that MDI-MD paid up to 11 cpl, but then I saw a post not too long ago saying that they had changed their max to 10 cpl or something. And I'm told that Futurenet pays 11 cpl for some accounts but I have no personal knowledge of that. Same for JLG -- used to pay 9 or 10 cpl by the gross line, but I do not know what they pay now.
I'd say, keep a close eye on the jobs advertised here, MT Jobs, MT Desk, etc., and there are still a few MTSOs willing to pay top dollar for top dollar. It is a disgrace that most big companies want the best MT with tons of experience, and then offer something insulting like 8 cpl. 
If I could get the top level salaries at MQ, I would consider it. I have not seen $400K EVER.nm
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Some advice about disclosing salaries
Here is a post from craigslist in Austin, TX about disclosing salaries.
"Never reveal your salary. As a former hr director, and now a career counselor, the best thing to do is to tell them your 5 year compensation. For instance, at my last corporate job, I told the hiring manager...
"Over the past 5 years, my compensation has ranged from 65K to 115K not necessarily in that order. I'm sure that you have researched the salary range for this position and that you are well within it.”
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Some people have personally suggested that you should apply for a job even if you don't want to tell them your current salary. Apply and just NOT include that information.
People I know have said not to be specific about salary. Just say that the salary you've received in the past has depended on the job and its requirements. Also say a similar thing when they ask you specifically about what salary you want. Say it depends on the scope of work and the responsibilities, and what is expected of you. You can also say that you know they must have a range of what they would pay and that your salary requirements most likely fall within that range. Hopefully, they'll tell you the range and then you can say that you're interested in the high end ... lol. If the high end of the range is too low for you, tell them that. You can always ask them if they would reconsider that range because of your experience.
All mealy-mouth words, but that's what you have to do. You're both trying to get the information - they want to pay you as low as possible and you want to be paid as well as possible.
I must say that the information I'm giving is not based on MT jobs. It is based on technical writing and editing jobs and several other similar jobs. However, I think the information applies to most jobs.
Good luck!
amelia
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http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/bodmain.cfm
I'm not a member, but if you are, have a look. Maybe their salaries are listed? Or maybe in the financials link?
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that a lot of truckers were foreigners too.
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Providence - I know that they hire only those who live in Oregon. nm
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