'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94. MINNEAPOLIS â Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running Dear Abby advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.
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Average Computer Programmer Pay vs. Other Best Jobs. Computer programmers made an average salary of $80,930 in 2013, which is less than some of the other Best Technology Jobs. Few can compete with the hefty $132,570 average salary of an IT manager.Still, the pay for programmers is comparable to salaries of similar occupations on our list. For example, database administrators earned an average of $80,740 in 2013, and Web developers earned a mean salary of $67,540.he BLS reports the median annual wage for computer programmers was $76,140 in 2013. The best-paid 10 percent in the field made approximately $123,490, while the bottom 10 percent made approximately $43,640.