How much did you make in your first job, and how much do you make now, and how many years of experience do you have. First job was $40K in 2008, and in 2021 I make $180K.

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Lol, y’all actually got your first jobs after college?! My first job was bailing hay for a farmer and I made $20/day, come to find out the $20 was actually from my dad and my labor was traded for a discount on that hay. I wasn’t even in high school yet. Must’ve been nice 😂😂😂😂

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Oh and I was like 8 yo 😂

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My first "real" job right out of college I started in June 2019 making 55k (hourly, ended up being closer to 65k with overtime for a full year 2020). 2021 I make 62k (hourly still), will be breaking 75k, with profit sharing this year closer to 85k. Reading through the comments I realized people should really normalize talking about their salaries, it gives others without an opportunity to know their worth and negotiate. Too many companies take advantage of good loyal employees who don't know better

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Absolutely. Not openly discussing salaries only benefits employers that want to pay you less because you don't know what the rest of the market makes.

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I'm excluding bonuses, which have always been at least 10 percent of my base salary. Have a BS in CS from a small university in the Florida panhandle (go Argos!). Moved to Dallas because job opportunities were scarce there and I had an opportunity to move for free.

- Started at ~$66k in 2015 as a software developer at a Fortune 50 in Dallas, TX.
- Got promoted to ~$80k somewhere around 2016-17
- Left, and found a job at a small company for $85k
- Got several raises and promotions over 2-3 years to make $105k
- Got a $20k raise a few months ago to $125k base

I had planned early in my career to bounce around a lot, but haven't found that as necessary as I thought to keep my salary growing. I had thoughts of leaving my current company until the $20k raise. That large of a raise without a title change wouldn't typically happen at a big company like where I started my career. They have too much process around compensation and force rank their people across teams/departments.

I've also received a couple non-yearly bonuses for specific project work that aren't accounted for here. They're rare, but they do happen. The company doesn't have to do that, but it's great that they do.

I'm on the high-end of salary for my experience (~6-7 years) level in the area according to Glassdoor.

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Started my first IT career job after college as a Asst. Network Admin for 25k in 2001. Now I'm at $83K.

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First salary job $30k in 2011 in DC, now at $145k base in NYC.

Did not start in FAANG obviously

85k- 2017
135k- 2021

Location Richmond, VA. My first job out of engineering school seventeen years ago, I made about $40k a year. Now I'm working in IT and made $26k last year.

$30 post college and now $140 14 years later

First job? Was in the military with a non-IT job, so it was $30k or less.

First IT job was $77k~ in 2016 and now currently making $117k, excluding bonus

72k in 2008 350 now

First job in my career 40k in 2013. Now 135k.

I think my first job out of college I made $30 or $35k in 1996.

$205 base + 15% bonus in 2021 and several careers later.

In my first corporate job (in India) I made 100,000Rs TC, which at the time (2004-2005) converted to around $5,000. But on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) basis it would have been equivalent to $20,000 annual for a US individual.

Last year I made about $500,000 TC (in Bay Area).

What level are you at SF?

First job 2018: $42k
Now: $190k
(Living in Europe)

My first package as Associate Software developer was $5,400/- per annum in 2007 :-D

2016 (first job): 33k
Now: 102k

Living in Atlanta the whole time

2018: Molecular Biology Technician- $36,400
2021: Customer Success Manager- $115,000

First job out of college made $58k in 2010
Now $200k TC in 2021 10 YOE

2018 - 40K working full time as an intern
2019 - 62K first full time job out of the college
2021 - 68K after 4 ‘promotions’ since 2019

2018 first proper job in HR $50 000 USD (in the Netherlands)
2021 UX/Service Designer $90 000 USD (in Singapore)

First teaching job was $37K for 2009-2010 school year and make $56K for 2021-2022 school year.

2003 less than 20k, now 88k.

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