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Current position: Executive director.
The average pay for a software-development manager in the Seattle area is $104,735, with most making from $93,000 to $120,000 a year, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.
Current position: Career counselor.
Contrary to what many might think, customer-service representatives don't get yelled at by frustrated customers all day long. Most calls that representatives in Bellevue's Verizon Wireless call center deal with concern less-emotional issues such as changing price plans, finding out how many minutes are used, asking about new products and how to add or remove functions.
The average pay for an apartment manager in the Seattle area is $37,897 a year, with most making from $30,000 to $48,000 a year, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.
Current position: Vice president for instruction, chief academic officer of Edmonds Community College.
After 26 years of driving school buses, Rebecca Lopes, 52, is a pro. The Laidlaw employee trains new drivers and has even gotten to know the families of the children on her routes.
It's just before 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, and Erik Jensen has been working for hours, already on his second day of vacation from his graphic-design job.
The average salary for a pilot of a corporate jet in the Seattle area is $87,167, with most making from about $77,250 to $94,750, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.
Current position: Manage communications for the law offices of Graham Lundberg & Peschel.
