Size Matters

In general from the salary survey, it appears that the larger the company, the higher the compensation. Help developers in large organizations of 1000 of more employees received $10,000 more per year than their small company (less than 50 persons) counterparts. Most of us are on the positive end of this disparity with 47% of the respondents working for organizations with 500 or more employees; only 10% of the respondents work where there are less than fifty people. The survey asked the respondents to separate their benefits from their salary and bonuses. So, the higher salaries at the large companies represent a higher wage scale and not just an overall better compensation package.

The survey also asked respondents how many people are directly involved with Help development at their organization. The majority of us, 58%, work in organizations having five Help developers or less. Only 15% work at organizations with 25 or more Help developers. Yet, the organizations with the largest number of Help employees also compensate them the best—an average annual salary of $66,000. This is an enormous bump over the one-person Help department earning $52,000. To find those big Help staffs you need to go looking at the large companies. Organizations with 1000 or more employees host 88% of the large Help departments.