What can you expect for salary progression from year 1 to 5 as an SE?

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I was originally paid 110k as an SE even though I had over a decade of experience. I went back and was able to get a bump up to 135k after I was able to show how underpaid I was - I asked for 175k. It was a good thing I did that because my company implemented a 20% pay reduction two months after that bump due to pandemic which put me back to 108k 🥴. That’s a really tough salary for NYC. That’s how I found my way to Sales and am crushing quota. I finally feel like I get out what I put in - that’s purely thru commission. I won’t say how much I make now ;)

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Check CompGauge they have a ton of free resources for SE comp

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I went like this:
Yr 1. 115k
Yr. 2 135k
Yr. 3 175k
Yr. 4 225k
Yr. 5 290k
Yr. 6 ???

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You were hired as an Associate SE at Salesforce to begin with?

I haven’t gotten 5 years yet but:

1: 90k
2: 126k
3:190k
4:260k

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They were not. Don’t be afraid of change or switching companies. Culture Is important as well but I’ve found it all to be extremely similar across larger tech firms with very minor differences

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