Expected Salary?
Throw away account because my coworkers know my handle.
I have 7 YoE, Bachelor's + Master's, PE license.
I engineer anything from simple egress stairways to daya centers, and the infrequent roller coasters.
I manage 3 larger clients and 4 smaller clients. This involves dealing with reviewing and quoting projects, preparing proposals, assigning projects to other engineers, providing guidance to the assigned engineer and making sure the project is on-track for the communicated deadline. A majority of the time, I will end up assigning the project to myself due to the complexity of the projects the clients send me.
My supervisor(s) constantly come to me with questions on how I would approach a project, or what type of fee we should propose. My yearly reviews are constantly "We appreciate all that you do. We know that if we have a complex project, we can assign it to you and trust that you will figure it out and meet the deadline.
My gripe... is the pay. I am currently making $94k/year. I am constantly being told "The more tasks you take on, the more value you provide, and the more we pay you." I feel that I am constantly unable to leave work at work because I am helping out so much. I will even fit some time into my vacations to help out as need be.
I am going to start the conversation with my supervisor that I feel underpaid and ask for a raise. What would you expect to be paid if you were in my role in Washington/Idaho area?