"This is pretty much standard for technical positions right now."

The industry average for a skilled technical position, like programmer or systems manager, is about $80,000 a year.

A number of technical positions report directly to the crew chief.

"We like the technical position of the one-year municipal bond market right now."

One of the offers I got was a technical writing position, which paid double the newspaper salary.

Some were demoted to technical positions with a cut in pay.

Specialist or technical positions may have a different grading structure.

The program required undergraduates to work outside the classroom in technical positions for several terms over the course of their college years.

During her 28-year tenure with the organization, she held a number of management, public policy, and technical positions.

"But the management has never been able to get at the financial performance that the technical position deserves."