How much money were you making at age 23-25?

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22 - $12,000 (2008 and lost job 2 months after starting/graduating)
23 - $46,000
24 - $65,000
25 - $78,000
26 - $101k - fully freelance and had a great year. Made less the following two years.

Started in NYC and stayed here.

22-40k
23-57k

Was about to accept an offer for 95k with an agency jump + a switch to strategy but then the pandemic happened. Ah well, at least I still have a job

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@MP1 that’s what’s so sad about it, it was something I’d been working for and setting up for a while only to have it taken away with me stuck in account (which I hate) for the forseeable future. But I’m young, I can always make the switch later siiiigh

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23-25k
24-38k
25-58k

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23: 35k
24: 50k
25:75 k
27: 135k plus bonus

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NYC

I started at 28k + OT, then was promoted up to around 40k. This was in the early 2000s NYC for context.

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21 - $34K
22 - $48K
23 - $55K

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22 - 67k
23 - 90k
Bay Area now remote

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22 - $50k (out of college)
23 - $55k
24 - $60k
25 - $75k

Yes, but not the only factor.

23- $65k
24- $78k
25 - $97k

I hopped to get to the $65k but all of these figures are internal at one agency.

My salary progression in terms of agencies are:

First agency:
22yo - 42k
Promo at 23yo - $50k

Changed agencies not long after promo to $50k
New agency 23yo - 65k
Promo 4-5 months later to 78k
Promo 1.5ish years later to 97k

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50k

23- $48k
24-$68k
25- $70k

27: 90k

22-23 - 47k + overtime
24 - 75k
25- 100k

nyc in media analytics

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23 - 60k
24 - 75k
25 - 105k

22- $22k
23- $22k
24- $25k + OT = $48k

(Mid 90’s Agencies for context)

23- $40K
24- $50K
25- $75K

23- $30k. DC.
24 - $55k (got laid off and got a new gig, DC).
25 - $65k (moved to NYC)
26 - $75k

This was several years ago.

Starting in 1999 at a small but somewhat famous NYC creative shop
23 - $25k
24 - 35k
25 - 50k (laid off 2 months later due to dot-com implosion)

23 NYC 2005: 19k at my design day job, 38k waiting tables on the weekends. Sucked. But I learned about people.

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