Depends on the company you work for. CAE and Alteon (sp?) are slightly different, as are Airbus and FSI.
I worked for FSI for a while in the Gulfstream program. Starting pay was $70K salary and the people and place (SAV) were great. OTOH, the schedule was not what an airline guy would be used to. When they interviewed me they said not to worry about the schedule as I would be there every day. Dangit, they were right! I talked with the Airbus guys in MIA a while back and they made a similar salary but had a better schedule with most weekends off.
Sorry, I don't know much about CAE and Alteon...
Good luck. It ain't like flying the line. There is an interesting time shift between the front two seats and the back seat in a sim. Time flies up front, crawls real slow in back. Especially after you've been on duty for 9 days straight...