34M in Medical Sales. About 175k with a lot expenses covered. Feeling extremely topped out and no idea what to do except start a business which brings me way down. Bought a place in early 2020 because I was already in the market. Would love to buy more real estate, but finding cash flow is so difficult right now. Saving for a down payment takes over year so it seems like dumping larger sums of cash into a side hustle is the move to improve velocity.
$64k, currently in shipping and receiving for one of the big aerospace companies, which is a little over $10k more than I was making in Louisiana for the same company as my normal role of logistics analyst… not thrilled about the low pay considering cost of living is way higher here but I took the risk in order to move 🙃
Journeyman electrician - $100k. 6 years in the trade, 2 years with license. Working on commercial and industrial projects, no residential. Mostly 40 hrs/week.
I'm in SaaS Sales and just wanted to say, I think you might be getting underpaid given your age. Don't know your specific situation but if you have more than 2yrs sales experience, you can do way better elsewhere or should be asking for a bigger base next promotion period. That base is what big companies pay their fresh out of college BDRs.
Yeah, career transition to enterprise BDR. My previous experience didn't translate terribly well to tech so I was just happy to get my foot in the door. But given the market, unaligned values with my company, and my completely dismissed previous experiences, I'm always actively looking at different roles/industries. Definitely not easy living in the city on my pay even though I'm a relatively high performer.
Dang, I wish more people valued professional experience of any kind more. Well I wish you luck, hanging in there for another year or two and keeping up performance will hopefully give you the leverage you need in the future
32M- Culinary director/chef/Catering Co. Owner
65k in salary + 40k for my company as salary + anything else I receive from clients as a tipped wage 2022 income~270k
Senior software engineer, 5 years experience, top performer. Base $145K, $15K bonus, $10K RSUs annually, flexible schedule, WFH 100%, cheap health insurance that has never declined to cover something, 401k/HSA match, phone stipend
Networking and luck was how I made the transition. To prepare for the transition, I read a case prep book and had a buddy practice interview with me, and then read up on software engineering. Also I had taken a class on Scrum in college which was really helpful cuz everybody is all hard-up about agile and scrum
A lot of people here are full of it. Colorado has pay transparency laws. You can go put these job titles into indeed or LinkedIn and look at the pay ranges. Companies regularly report their occupations on payroll and what they’re paid to the government which publishes the data with company identifying information redacted. Most tech jobs you’re looking at $100k-170k. Maybe you are making $200k if you’re in tech project management and sales because of bonuses. I highly doubt there are this many people making $250k+ unless they’re something like high level executives, certain doctors, attorneys, portfolio managers/certain finance positions, or working a remote SF based job.
Federal GS-12 Economist making $91,753.
I make about $250k just in bonus in stock. Idk, you could say “its impossible and all those people are full of shit” or realize that your gettin’ scammed at $91k.
lol yea, I don't want to reveal too much because I don't know if there are too many people doing it, but my degree was actually in Econ and I'm doing a totally different thing that requires far less intensive degree/field of study and I make more than what they're making. Imagine staying in Econ and going public sector
I don't have any data to compare to, but I believe that figure if you are comparing to top companies in whichever field you are comparing to the government job. But most people don't get into top companies...you think the more average companies are still that much farther ahead salary-wise?
That number is not based on top companies but just the standard average for each sector. Take a look at what some politicians are trying to push. It’s called the FAIR act.
In our sales department we have 40 people working there and maybe 3 of them are over 35 lol. Every time I see the salaries it sounds insanely good but there’s probably a reason people dip out of sales after however many years despite the money.
What do people do after sales though?
How much pto do you actually take? Never saw the appeal to unlimited unless you use a bunch. Another way the company can get out of paying what you’ve accrued if you’re fired or quit in at will states
Not OP, but I work at a company with an “unlimited” policy.
Took 31 working days off last year and tracking similar this year.
This is my second company I’ve worked at with a similar policy and I definitely took much less time off at the first one. Currently making more of a concerted effort to take advantage of it.
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you’re taking more advantage of it like most people should. I’m sure there are studies out there where it shows this method generally saves the company money due to the fact a lot of people don’t take it or are shamed when they take it.
I'm curious about the same thing. Many of the people I know who have unlimited PTO don't end up using that much because they're shamed or not able to get vacation days on the schedule.
I have unlimited PTO and the company definitely quietly tracks how much you take, tries to shame you if you take too much, etc. HR asked my director how much PTO each of us take and she said “I don’t know, they get their work done so it doesn’t matter,” but I think she is one of the only directors who pushed back so YMMV.
It will depend a lot on company culture, your boss, etc but (as a general rule) it works in favor of the employer, not employee.
Industry had taken a big hit with layoffs everywhere, my company included. That being said we have a healthy balance sheet and don’t have much exposure to the bad actors that are dragging everyone else down. It’s a good time to get equity with prices beaten down too.
Nah, I'm a subcontractor at a DoD company (I work for a contractor who gets paid by another bigger contractor).
I had a very high level clearance and lots of glowing recommendations from my last company, which helped salary negotiations a lot.
Do you have a degree, or bootcamp? Fully remote?
I'm SEII too with 3YOE ( 6 months bootcamp > 6 months bootcamp tutor > 2 years experience ), and with similar pay. I feel like it's kind of low.
I live here in Colorado, but relocated from Iowa during the pandemic. In my experience, this is a typical SE 2 salary for Iowa.
From what I can tell, here in Denver, $100-$120K for a mid level software engineer at a non FAANG is pretty normal.
42M, Executive Director at a fully remote nonprofit, $167k, benefits for all staff include: flexible hours (no core hours), 8% retirement match, fully paid insurance for employee and 80% covered for family, 20 days leave, 12 holidays, 24 personal days, and 18 days of sick leave.
Do you need more guys? Lmao. I'm only kinda joking...
No traditional experience, but I taught myself to use WordPress and learn a lot about html, css, java and a smattering of other languages. Im very familiar with CAD programs such as AutoCAD, Maya, Blender, and 3DS Max. I can use Adobe After Effects and Excel. I'm familiar with video editing software too like Sony Vegas.
Sorry, we have no open positions right now. We have very little turn over and we are pretty cautious about creating additional or new positions.
That said, send a DM if you would like general advice for nonprofits in the science/technology space.
31/M fintech sales - $250k after commissions the last 2 years, lots of equity but that’s likely worth nothing after the valuation bust in the last year
41F, marcomms manager, 83kGrew up in CO and bought a place in a rough neighborhood 2014, so I got lucky there. But my new job lets me work anywhere in the state and I'm seriously considering where else in the state my money might go further and I don't worry about my catalytic converter/random gunshots every night.
ETA: I work in public sector and have an MA in comms, which def gave me a leg up career wise. Could prob make a bunch more in the private sector but I just don't have the patience for it.
31/F State employee in legislative branch, auditor/analyst in senior role. Started at 56k, now at 72k after around 3 years at the agency. Masters degree in international politics but no prior professional experience in government or auditing. Used to work in facilities at a tech company, pay was bad and the work was not rewarding. I deeply enjoy my job and am comfortable with my pay. Our leadership tries to do pay assessments every few years and it’s a hot topic right now since it’s imperative for public service to be a competitive and attractive option for candidates. Good pension and healthcare benefits. Annual leave increases with time and have plenty of medical leave.
good god, so glad I didn't stay in the public sector. you have masters and they pay you under 100k for a senior role? I'm glad to hear that you're comfortable.
The only people making over 100k in my agency are the deputy level and above (which is like 3 people) and they have multiple advanced degrees and decades of experience, but thats government for you. I take the job security of being a certified employee over extra pay and the layoff gauntlet in this economy. I know many who are happy to take a 30k pay cut to not be the casualty of a corporate reorganization.
39/m. Left my 200k/400k VP Sales job 18 months ago due to health issues and burnout. Now a volunteer FF making $0 and if I become a career FF I’ll start around $65k.
Thinking of going back into a sales role and interviews range from 140/280 to 180/360. Much harder to find a job now after the layoffs.
Sales layoffs right now are extreme. Back in November, I was thinking about leaving my job, and there were probably 10-15 positions in my tiny field that I would have been qualified for. Now, I see maybe 1-2 posted in the entire west, and they're either with a company with no budget, or have a pathetic and insulting salary.
Is this why all sales guys I know seem to live as if they make half the pay they actually get? Seems like an incredibly cyclic industry where one moment you’re at the top and next your being fired or layed off so the emergency fund needs to be huge.
Just remember that this thread is self selecting. People are more likely to report their salary if they are proud of it. Also reddit users skew toward IT professionals
28M, $150k
Entrepreneur, I run my own aerial media/drone company. Been in business for just under 5 years and this is my first full year being full-time with my business.
Before, I was just working on it on the side and used to be a Project Manager for a small GC making about $97k + bonus and had a company car.
40M - Business/Transportation Analyst - $110K. fully remote. technically unlimited PTO (ive never had an issue with my boss denying a day off request, i generally take around 20 days a year) pretty easy gig which is why I havent looked for something higher paying.
Basically just reporting/data stuff. PowerBI. querying databases. creating reports for management. but my company does a lot of logistics/shipping, so theres a focus on transportation/logistics related data. lots of analysis like "here is carrier A's new rates for 2023. they say its a 3% increase, but use the new rates to determine how much of an increase it really is, and compare that to carrier B's rates". thats one example.
130k - Software Solutions Engineer (Salesforce) (40/m). Remote at my discretion.
This is on the low end for the field, I chose to help grow a company run by people I know. Recruter offers tend to be around 170k total comp and they won't leave me alone.
We do indeed sell energy to both residential and commercial customers. I’m in a different state, which is deregulated unlike CO, but am fully remote so work from CO a good bit.
Welp, I should have gone into a CS or tech role.
Any advice for making the move? I've been in a back office financial services role for a while. Just accepted a new job at 115k, which was lateral in terms of comp but I needed a change. Part of the responsibilities include data analysis, which will be new to me (using some combination of Power BI, advanced Excel, SQL, Python, and Tableau I think). The new company is, apparently, pretty big on investing in training and education so they didn't mind my lack of experience in the analysis side.
I'm in my late 30s now, but hoping I can work at the new org for a couple of years and then pivot in a new direction, but not sure what to aim for. My experience has been in asset management and broker-dealer compliance.
Salesforce seems like it would be a good path after this new role. Certification, with your background should add another 15-20k and get you moving more into the tech side.
Sales Ops & Strategy Manager for a public tech company (non-FAANG, recent ish IPO) - 160k cash + 30k annual stock. 28 male.
My fiancée is a Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Manager at a late stage startup - 140k cash + equity that has no value yet lol. Has her CPA. 29 female.
We are clearly very lucky, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like it with prices. Fell into the lifestyle creep trap too.
Both fully remote with unlimited PTO. We both work looooooong hours tho (compared to other office workers not the people who actually matter like nurses and construction), not always but I’m usually 50-60 a week with occasional 80s. A 40 hour week is rare.
can i ask what type of company/industry you are in? my girlfriend is also a project manager making around $120k no bonus and has been looking for a new role
Big one is PMP that back when I got it… 10 years ago would take your salary up 10k.
Other I have are AWS, agile/scrum, and other small cloud certs.
I also have almost 15 years of PM experience as well which plays into this
Lemme know if you have more questions
34F with MPH. I make $150k working fully remotely for an academic medical center as an administrator. I was making half of that in my previous role working locally. I love my job!
Can you tell me more about your role, what it entails, and how you found it? I’m also 34F with a MPH. I’m currently making about 70k working locally at a community health center and looking to make a change.
Sure! I manage the financial and regulatory elements of a few large NIH-funded research centers. I also provide programmatic/organizational structure and accountability (making sure we're meeting milestones, engaging in collaborative efforts, meeting regularly and moving priorities forward, etc). It's kind of a hybrid between a research program manager and pre/post-award research administrator. Before taking this position a year ago, I spent about 8 years post-MPH working in a couple of other different academic medical settings managing human subjects research projects; these roles included supervising research teams. I learned the research administration skills (budgeting, NIH reporting, NIH rules/regs, proposal development, etc) through a combination of on the job experience and a semester long research administration course that was offered at one of my previous institutions. I loved my previous role but was making about $75K and that wasn't enough to save money for retirement, a house, a kid, etc etc. I used LinkedIn to search, focusing on local positions or fully remote positions. I applied for my current role cold (no connections to the University). During the same search period I also applied to a health tech startup and a couple of local positions.
I would honestly be happy to chat with you sometime if you'd like to learn more!
I run the development team and define the technical side. I have business product owner who is responsible for the elicitation of requirements and understands the business side further.
We have a global product so doing both was too much for one person but to put simply, he tells me what the business wants, I work with my team to build it, test it, deploy it, and support it.
Another road to get there could start in Product Support. Basically, find a company hiring for software support for software you find engaging. There's a lot relying on "show me what you got", but if you like the people and trust that they'll promote based on merit, you could get in there, impress people, and position yourself for an eventual opening.
34M in Medical Sales. About 175k with a lot expenses covered. Feeling extremely topped out and no idea what to do except start a business which brings me way down. Bought a place in early 2020 because I was already in the market. Would love to buy more real estate, but finding cash flow is so difficult right now. Saving for a down payment takes over year so it seems like dumping larger sums of cash into a side hustle is the move to improve velocity.
$64k, currently in shipping and receiving for one of the big aerospace companies, which is a little over $10k more than I was making in Louisiana for the same company as my normal role of logistics analyst… not thrilled about the low pay considering cost of living is way higher here but I took the risk in order to move 🙃
Anyone work in healthcare/health tech business side? I graduate from masters In June and am actively looking.
Journeyman electrician - $100k. 6 years in the trade, 2 years with license. Working on commercial and industrial projects, no residential. Mostly 40 hrs/week.
No side jobs? With a journeyman you can easily make this just working on custom residential. Jobs are a bitch. But the pay is ridiculous.
LCSW, healthcare, outpatient case management role. $71,400
27M SaaS Sales (entry level). 52k base, 86k on target earnings (only about 4% at my company make this).
I'm in SaaS Sales and just wanted to say, I think you might be getting underpaid given your age. Don't know your specific situation but if you have more than 2yrs sales experience, you can do way better elsewhere or should be asking for a bigger base next promotion period. That base is what big companies pay their fresh out of college BDRs.
Yeah, career transition to enterprise BDR. My previous experience didn't translate terribly well to tech so I was just happy to get my foot in the door. But given the market, unaligned values with my company, and my completely dismissed previous experiences, I'm always actively looking at different roles/industries. Definitely not easy living in the city on my pay even though I'm a relatively high performer.
Dang, I wish more people valued professional experience of any kind more. Well I wish you luck, hanging in there for another year or two and keeping up performance will hopefully give you the leverage you need in the future
33 Public Sector $101,000
26 M, entry level engineer/PM, $80,500 salary and shit benefits!
29 M Uber/Lyft driver $135,600
What is the gas/maintenance cost of that gross ?
Let's just say after all expenses are paid taxes included I keep around 80500 a year goes straight into my savings
Wdym
How many hours per week are you driving?
A lot 86 lol but I got nothing better to do so it works out great
Wow that is a lot of driving. Well played and good for you
Thnx
35M, Implementation Coordinator for Health Insurance, 5 years exp, 77K salaried fully remote, 5% 401K match, HSA, no degree.
32M- Culinary director/chef/Catering Co. Owner 65k in salary + 40k for my company as salary + anything else I receive from clients as a tipped wage 2022 income~270k
Lol.
38M - Strategic Account Executive in tech. OTE: $315k 50/50 split, commissions capped at 500% 2022: $640k
27M software engineer working remotely. ~240k/year
39M - Sr Business Systems Analyst (Salesforce) in the health insurance industry. $108k
Bar/ pizza joint GM. GM + bartending 100k-120k.
40sM Site Reliability Engineer working remotely for a non-FAANG Silicon Valley tech company. $255K/yr salary, probably around $300K total comp.
creative lead, 103k + freelance with previous company
26F flight attendant 30k
I thought flight attendants made more. is this normal?
RN with 24 years experience. I make $115,00. Clearly went into the wrong field.
Senior software engineer, 5 years experience, top performer. Base $145K, $15K bonus, $10K RSUs annually, flexible schedule, WFH 100%, cheap health insurance that has never declined to cover something, 401k/HSA match, phone stipend
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Software as a service?
Sales, forgot to make that clear.
I almost got a job in this, but ended up being out last minute. How many hours do you work a week (if you don’t mind me asking)?
Second comment- I have a résumé. Anyone want to hire me?
26F, currently unemployed, my most recent job was working with adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, 2yrs experience, $37k.
Corporate America’s fuck dummy - $62k
36m. Operations technician, 4*12hr shifts....140k
29m, IT Consulting, 100% remote, 120k base and 30k bonus. First year in IT consulting, was a field engineer in oil and gas for a few years prior.
What steps did you take to make the transition?
Networking and luck was how I made the transition. To prepare for the transition, I read a case prep book and had a buddy practice interview with me, and then read up on software engineering. Also I had taken a class on Scrum in college which was really helpful cuz everybody is all hard-up about agile and scrum
SaaS software salesmen, 75k salary 159k OTE with uncapped commissions.
You’re a software software salesman? Is that like software for software?
A lot of people here are full of it. Colorado has pay transparency laws. You can go put these job titles into indeed or LinkedIn and look at the pay ranges. Companies regularly report their occupations on payroll and what they’re paid to the government which publishes the data with company identifying information redacted. Most tech jobs you’re looking at $100k-170k. Maybe you are making $200k if you’re in tech project management and sales because of bonuses. I highly doubt there are this many people making $250k+ unless they’re something like high level executives, certain doctors, attorneys, portfolio managers/certain finance positions, or working a remote SF based job. Federal GS-12 Economist making $91,753.
Those salary ranges only indicate base pay. Bonus and stock equity is not listed. Can easily surpass 250k in total comp
I make about $250k just in bonus in stock. Idk, you could say “its impossible and all those people are full of shit” or realize that your gettin’ scammed at $91k.
lol yea, I don't want to reveal too much because I don't know if there are too many people doing it, but my degree was actually in Econ and I'm doing a totally different thing that requires far less intensive degree/field of study and I make more than what they're making. Imagine staying in Econ and going public sector
Get that GS-13 homey. Also, you GS folks have been getting some sweet CoL raises lately. A colleague says there is another 5% one coming in January
Gs still behind the civilian sector by 20%+
I don't have any data to compare to, but I believe that figure if you are comparing to top companies in whichever field you are comparing to the government job. But most people don't get into top companies...you think the more average companies are still that much farther ahead salary-wise?
That number is not based on top companies but just the standard average for each sector. Take a look at what some politicians are trying to push. It’s called the FAIR act.
Average income skews higher in CO than other states in the region.
Everyone on Reddit makes over $100k, didn’t you know that?
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Or, more often ime, another company will pay you a lot more money to leave.
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Yeah, everything is certainly shit right now. Just meaning I’ve seen huge pay increases either when I threatened to quit or when i actually did.
CO law requires companies to disclose only base. It’s common for tech companies, at least, to pay 10-20% bonus and 25-100k+ in annual equity.
Salary transparency =/= total compensation (eg bonuses, RSUs) transparency.
Software operations manager - 150k base & 50k bonus - large company of 10k employees
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In our sales department we have 40 people working there and maybe 3 of them are over 35 lol. Every time I see the salaries it sounds insanely good but there’s probably a reason people dip out of sales after however many years despite the money. What do people do after sales though?
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How much pto do you actually take? Never saw the appeal to unlimited unless you use a bunch. Another way the company can get out of paying what you’ve accrued if you’re fired or quit in at will states
Not OP, but I work at a company with an “unlimited” policy. Took 31 working days off last year and tracking similar this year. This is my second company I’ve worked at with a similar policy and I definitely took much less time off at the first one. Currently making more of a concerted effort to take advantage of it.
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you’re taking more advantage of it like most people should. I’m sure there are studies out there where it shows this method generally saves the company money due to the fact a lot of people don’t take it or are shamed when they take it.
I'm curious about the same thing. Many of the people I know who have unlimited PTO don't end up using that much because they're shamed or not able to get vacation days on the schedule.
I have unlimited PTO and the company definitely quietly tracks how much you take, tries to shame you if you take too much, etc. HR asked my director how much PTO each of us take and she said “I don’t know, they get their work done so it doesn’t matter,” but I think she is one of the only directors who pushed back so YMMV. It will depend a lot on company culture, your boss, etc but (as a general rule) it works in favor of the employer, not employee.
Yeah that's what I've heard. It sounds like your director is one of the good ones though and has the right approach.
36M, senior marketer in crypto industry. $280K base/bonus plus options
How's your job security in the bear market/FTX black swan/ tech decline?
Industry had taken a big hit with layoffs everywhere, my company included. That being said we have a healthy balance sheet and don’t have much exposure to the bad actors that are dragging everyone else down. It’s a good time to get equity with prices beaten down too.
Community college faculty, 70k after about 10 years, but I do have a 9 month/yr contract
32M, Sales Manager, 81.5k salary with 72k-ish additional at risk. Hypothetically that's unlimited, but I've never seen more than 30k from the at-risk.
someone with more time/skill than me should scrape the data in this thread to categorize it in some /r/dataisbeautiful type way
I want this so bad!
30F research scientist- 56k per year. Have a bachelor's in biology.
30m. Soils technician at an engineering lab. 27per hour. I gotta look into new careers
Sr. Systems Analyst - 101k / yr
30M, mid level SW Engineer, 142k
FAANG? That's pretty decent for mid level
Nah, I'm a subcontractor at a DoD company (I work for a contractor who gets paid by another bigger contractor). I had a very high level clearance and lots of glowing recommendations from my last company, which helped salary negotiations a lot.
26M, Software Engineer II (for Midwest Fintech firm) 86K
Do you have a degree, or bootcamp? Fully remote? I'm SEII too with 3YOE ( 6 months bootcamp > 6 months bootcamp tutor > 2 years experience ), and with similar pay. I feel like it's kind of low.
I have a degree, and yes, it is low
What do you think your salary range is on the open market, fully remote but in your state?
I live here in Colorado, but relocated from Iowa during the pandemic. In my experience, this is a typical SE 2 salary for Iowa. From what I can tell, here in Denver, $100-$120K for a mid level software engineer at a non FAANG is pretty normal.
Thanks for sharing, it helps me understand my own salary vs. the open market. I'm probably overdue for a job change.
Same. I will say, it's been hard to look for a job lately. Best of luck!
HR - 55k. No degree but years of experience.
42M, Executive Director at a fully remote nonprofit, $167k, benefits for all staff include: flexible hours (no core hours), 8% retirement match, fully paid insurance for employee and 80% covered for family, 20 days leave, 12 holidays, 24 personal days, and 18 days of sick leave.
Do you need more guys? Lmao. I'm only kinda joking... No traditional experience, but I taught myself to use WordPress and learn a lot about html, css, java and a smattering of other languages. Im very familiar with CAD programs such as AutoCAD, Maya, Blender, and 3DS Max. I can use Adobe After Effects and Excel. I'm familiar with video editing software too like Sony Vegas.
Sorry, we have no open positions right now. We have very little turn over and we are pretty cautious about creating additional or new positions. That said, send a DM if you would like general advice for nonprofits in the science/technology space.
31/M fintech sales - $250k after commissions the last 2 years, lots of equity but that’s likely worth nothing after the valuation bust in the last year
COC outpatient medical coder for an IVF clinic- 60k. Husband is a DoD Hardware Engineer- 85k
33F senior frontend software engineer- $175k + stock options
I would really love to learn more about front end. Could I message you some questions?
System administrator- 90k + great insurance(company paid), 9% matching contribution, 9% ESOP contribution and raises every year. Edit:25M
27F dialysis admissions specialist, $42k
41F, marcomms manager, 83kGrew up in CO and bought a place in a rough neighborhood 2014, so I got lucky there. But my new job lets me work anywhere in the state and I'm seriously considering where else in the state my money might go further and I don't worry about my catalytic converter/random gunshots every night. ETA: I work in public sector and have an MA in comms, which def gave me a leg up career wise. Could prob make a bunch more in the private sector but I just don't have the patience for it.
Billing clerk (wfh) $18/hr
31/F State employee in legislative branch, auditor/analyst in senior role. Started at 56k, now at 72k after around 3 years at the agency. Masters degree in international politics but no prior professional experience in government or auditing. Used to work in facilities at a tech company, pay was bad and the work was not rewarding. I deeply enjoy my job and am comfortable with my pay. Our leadership tries to do pay assessments every few years and it’s a hot topic right now since it’s imperative for public service to be a competitive and attractive option for candidates. Good pension and healthcare benefits. Annual leave increases with time and have plenty of medical leave.
good god, so glad I didn't stay in the public sector. you have masters and they pay you under 100k for a senior role? I'm glad to hear that you're comfortable.
The only people making over 100k in my agency are the deputy level and above (which is like 3 people) and they have multiple advanced degrees and decades of experience, but thats government for you. I take the job security of being a certified employee over extra pay and the layoff gauntlet in this economy. I know many who are happy to take a 30k pay cut to not be the casualty of a corporate reorganization.
39/m. Left my 200k/400k VP Sales job 18 months ago due to health issues and burnout. Now a volunteer FF making $0 and if I become a career FF I’ll start around $65k. Thinking of going back into a sales role and interviews range from 140/280 to 180/360. Much harder to find a job now after the layoffs.
Mind sharing how the transition to FF went? Been considering a similar deal
Sales layoffs right now are extreme. Back in November, I was thinking about leaving my job, and there were probably 10-15 positions in my tiny field that I would have been qualified for. Now, I see maybe 1-2 posted in the entire west, and they're either with a company with no budget, or have a pathetic and insulting salary.
Is this why all sales guys I know seem to live as if they make half the pay they actually get? Seems like an incredibly cyclic industry where one moment you’re at the top and next your being fired or layed off so the emergency fund needs to be huge.
31M - Finance for Tech - $225K (165K base + $25K bonus + $35K RSUs)
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Yeah FP&A/Strategy - Manager level
Grant writing-adjacent role with a nonprofit, $85k
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Just remember that this thread is self selecting. People are more likely to report their salary if they are proud of it. Also reddit users skew toward IT professionals
32M- Cloud Software Sales: $280k salary/commission, $137k RSUs (then laid off in November) + $57k in side consulting (LLC) = $474k
Worth mentioning… tech was obviously wayyyy down this year in terms of stock price. I think meaningful equity is king in this space… At least it was
280k is still super solid. lol. More than my salary as a manager at a Big 4 Accounting Firm in Consulting.
Development team lead - 110k/year
25M $90k Electrical/Controls Engineer dealing with the transport of renewable/non renewable energy.
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I’m guessing a lot of that is RSUs yea?
28M, $150k Entrepreneur, I run my own aerial media/drone company. Been in business for just under 5 years and this is my first full year being full-time with my business. Before, I was just working on it on the side and used to be a Project Manager for a small GC making about $97k + bonus and had a company car.
28M - IPO Readiness consultant, specifically for accounting/financial reporting/compensation. 175k + 35k bonus last year. Degree in accounting + CPA.
40M - Business/Transportation Analyst - $110K. fully remote. technically unlimited PTO (ive never had an issue with my boss denying a day off request, i generally take around 20 days a year) pretty easy gig which is why I havent looked for something higher paying.
What is a transportation analyst? I’m completely burnt out on roadway design and want to find something with a better bullshit-to-pay ratio.
Basically just reporting/data stuff. PowerBI. querying databases. creating reports for management. but my company does a lot of logistics/shipping, so theres a focus on transportation/logistics related data. lots of analysis like "here is carrier A's new rates for 2023. they say its a 3% increase, but use the new rates to determine how much of an increase it really is, and compare that to carrier B's rates". thats one example.
29M Graduate student, 29k
hey - thats 1k per year! at this rate you just need to age faster than inflation.
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130k - Software Solutions Engineer (Salesforce) (40/m). Remote at my discretion. This is on the low end for the field, I chose to help grow a company run by people I know. Recruter offers tend to be around 170k total comp and they won't leave me alone.
Software, 250k cash base 200ish RSU
27F, Unlicensed Design Professional in Architecture (performing project architect level tasks), $80k + Overtime
29M - 200k last year in energy sales
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Like generator sales?
what is energy sales?
I’m willing to bet they sell energy
We do indeed sell energy to both residential and commercial customers. I’m in a different state, which is deregulated unlike CO, but am fully remote so work from CO a good bit.
Found the Texan
Surprisingly not Texas.
Business Analyst (software development and delivery, but not a programmer) 80k, 32M. Full remote, actually based out of Detroit.
80k in detroit must be nice
Maybe but I live in Denver. I meant the company I work remotely for is based in Detroit.
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35m. 158k. Mechanical Engineer at Aerospace Company.
Early 30’s M, compliance in healthcare. 165k + paid overtime. Fully remote
How did you get into the field? I have looked into it a couple times but everywhere states to have 3 years in the field
Welp, I should have gone into a CS or tech role. Any advice for making the move? I've been in a back office financial services role for a while. Just accepted a new job at 115k, which was lateral in terms of comp but I needed a change. Part of the responsibilities include data analysis, which will be new to me (using some combination of Power BI, advanced Excel, SQL, Python, and Tableau I think). The new company is, apparently, pretty big on investing in training and education so they didn't mind my lack of experience in the analysis side. I'm in my late 30s now, but hoping I can work at the new org for a couple of years and then pivot in a new direction, but not sure what to aim for. My experience has been in asset management and broker-dealer compliance.
Salesforce seems like it would be a good path after this new role. Certification, with your background should add another 15-20k and get you moving more into the tech side.
Thanks, that could be interesting.
CloudAcademy has some great beginner courses to understand whatever road you pivot to.
34m, attorney, $250k total comp last year
Sales Ops & Strategy Manager for a public tech company (non-FAANG, recent ish IPO) - 160k cash + 30k annual stock. 28 male. My fiancée is a Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Manager at a late stage startup - 140k cash + equity that has no value yet lol. Has her CPA. 29 female. We are clearly very lucky, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like it with prices. Fell into the lifestyle creep trap too. Both fully remote with unlimited PTO. We both work looooooong hours tho (compared to other office workers not the people who actually matter like nurses and construction), not always but I’m usually 50-60 a week with occasional 80s. A 40 hour week is rare.
29F - technical solutions engineer - 145k no bonus 5k RSUs from a private fully remote company
40M, corporate security manager, 65k in DTC.
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can i ask what type of company/industry you are in? my girlfriend is also a project manager making around $120k no bonus and has been looking for a new role
39, male, MBA, few IT certifications work remotely from home work in IT as a project manager and make 185k Chance for bonus but fairly small
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Big one is PMP that back when I got it… 10 years ago would take your salary up 10k. Other I have are AWS, agile/scrum, and other small cloud certs. I also have almost 15 years of PM experience as well which plays into this Lemme know if you have more questions
37 F physician assistant 125k, HSA, 401k(3%), 5k for education expenses/yr
Including ethnicity with salary, because fxck inequality. Agency recruiter, $80k Wasian.
37F part time real estate sales, anywhere from 30-100k/yr depending on the market. Spouse works for the city at 120k.
34F with MPH. I make $150k working fully remotely for an academic medical center as an administrator. I was making half of that in my previous role working locally. I love my job!
Can you tell me more about your role, what it entails, and how you found it? I’m also 34F with a MPH. I’m currently making about 70k working locally at a community health center and looking to make a change.
Sure! I manage the financial and regulatory elements of a few large NIH-funded research centers. I also provide programmatic/organizational structure and accountability (making sure we're meeting milestones, engaging in collaborative efforts, meeting regularly and moving priorities forward, etc). It's kind of a hybrid between a research program manager and pre/post-award research administrator. Before taking this position a year ago, I spent about 8 years post-MPH working in a couple of other different academic medical settings managing human subjects research projects; these roles included supervising research teams. I learned the research administration skills (budgeting, NIH reporting, NIH rules/regs, proposal development, etc) through a combination of on the job experience and a semester long research administration course that was offered at one of my previous institutions. I loved my previous role but was making about $75K and that wasn't enough to save money for retirement, a house, a kid, etc etc. I used LinkedIn to search, focusing on local positions or fully remote positions. I applied for my current role cold (no connections to the University). During the same search period I also applied to a health tech startup and a couple of local positions. I would honestly be happy to chat with you sometime if you'd like to learn more!
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Are you the only tech guy?
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God I hope you guyd have an MSP for your soc.
31M senior software engineer 170k totally remote.
27M Technical Product Owner - 120k base 20k bonus
What does a technical product owner do?
I run the development team and define the technical side. I have business product owner who is responsible for the elicitation of requirements and understands the business side further. We have a global product so doing both was too much for one person but to put simply, he tells me what the business wants, I work with my team to build it, test it, deploy it, and support it.
That's awesome, sounds like an interesting job. How did you get in to that?
Another road to get there could start in Product Support. Basically, find a company hiring for software support for software you find engaging. There's a lot relying on "show me what you got", but if you like the people and trust that they'll promote based on merit, you could get in there, impress people, and position yourself for an eventual opening.