What’s your ‘I knew I was underpaid’ moment? For me, it was when I got laid off last year and was devastated - that is, until I started interviewing and got an offer for $25K more doing almost the same job. Turns out my old company had been lowballing me for years. Anyone else have a similar wake up call?

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I had a new hire asked me how long it took for me to hit six figures… except I still wasn’t there, and they started at $110K. Eye-opening moment.

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I haven’t seen a lot of EAs make 6 figures though. If you have lots of years of experience then yea $110k sounds accurate, but I’d say that’s a bit above average. Typically, I’ve seen $70k-90k on average. Not that 6 figures is impossible for that job. Just not typical. But also, I’m sure it varies industry to industry.

OMG nightmares...I recently made a video about my experience finding out I was underpaid $25K, though!

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Yea that’s the issue with staying at the same company for too long. Eventually you level up and gain more knowledge, skills, and experience but your salary doesn’t keep up. You still get paid what you were offered in the beginning with yearly 2-3% increases, which isn’t much.

Every few years you gotta scope the market and see what’s out there. Interview and see what kind of offers you’re capable of landing.

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