29 years old with 5-6 YOE, Bay Area, CA

2016- graduated college and worked 2 part time jobs
April 2018: receptionist at large law firm 48k
Sept 2018: promoted to IP practice assistant. Still 48k
2019: 50k
2020: 50k
April 2021: 65k
Sept 2022: job change to small firm- patent assistant 85k
March 2023: job change to very large biotech company - patent paralegal 1 - 100k

It’s amazing to see everyone working hard in this thread from where they started!

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