How old were you when you first hit a 6 figure salary?

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29F NYC Agency side. Last week officially!

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Same!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

That’s awesome to all of you! Just out of curiosity & research purposes, is anyone African American in the 6-figure club, and what age did you get there?

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28, base, agency side

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A “six figure salary” in 1980 is $320K today.
(Inversely, $100K today was $31K back then.)

I haven’t reached $320K yet.

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This comment broke me, good god is it really that much of a difference

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37. Got out of the red and paid off my student loans at 38. Hit 1M in net worth at 45. 2M in net worth at 47.

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Nothing crazy. Just started saving aggressively and some of my stock and crypto investments took off . Also when I finally hit six figures I went from making 90k to 250k, and the first five years or so afterwards I didn’t suffer from that much lifestyle creep. I’m a little looser with my spending now though. I’m 49 now, btw.

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Jesus Christ I feel old. I’m 39 and just hit it. But I’m not in a big city…

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Right there with you. I was 40, but spent years in startups. Low pay, but high stock options… that all ended up being pretty worthless. Now I’m more than happy to take a comfy corporate gig and benefits.

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31, too old.

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Nah 🖤

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Damn, good for all of you! I'm 36 and not there yet. Annoying.

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These are your usual one dimensional forums that don’t truly compare life scenarios - I’m sure you’re killing it more on many other fronts.

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Total comp was 26, base was 28. This was in CPG brand management.

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37...female... If I had stayed large agency / large market it would have happened sooner. The mountains (and work life balance) called so I went mid market and took a longer path. Worth it.

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26 total comp
28 base (technically hits my bank this week!)

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Last year, 27F at an NYC based agency

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Base, or total comp? Total comp for me was about 28, base was when I was 30. It was a good salary, comparably, for my area.

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26 base. Really shocked I could be making that much only a few years into my career. Thought money was end all be all, but ended up turning it down bc I didn’t want to “sell my soul” just for money. Took a job with G instead making considerably less, but hopefully will have much better WLB

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25 total comp

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29 when I switched from agency to in-house.

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28

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24 @ $115k + 15% variable bonus (now 26 @ $140k + 20% variable bonus)

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26

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27 Agency startup, promoted up from 77k to 85k to 100k within 9 months. I’m not at deutsch anymore

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At 90k at 24. Hoping to hit 6 figures this year/by 25.

Agency side

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