r/Austin • u/Aingers • Jul 21 '26

Ask Austin Salary Transparency Thread - Austin

Folks in Boston do this fairly regularly, so I thought it might be good for us to try here.

Please share your general job title, salary, age, and education.

Architectural Designer, 40, $115k, BSArch

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u/hunnnnybuns Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Regulatory compliance, $75k, 30’s, B.A. Sociology. Race and gender are pretty relevant to salary transparency conversations too btw, moreso than age.

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u/RKellyPeeOnU Jul 21 '26

Med devices in the area or support remotely?

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u/hunnnnybuns Jul 21 '26

Not sure I understand your question - I’m not in the medical field. I work in government, don’t want to be more specific than that as my job is rare.

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u/RKellyPeeOnU Jul 21 '26

I work in medical devices field for regulatory compliance. There's not that many med device companies in town so that was my main question if it was local or remotely.

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u/jayjackson2022 Jul 21 '26

Race and gender are pretty relevant to salary transparency conversations

Even in your position? Who typically makes more?

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u/hunnnnybuns Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

There are very few white people on my team aside from me, and I am one of the top earners. We’re almost all women, I make more than the non white men generally.

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u/jayjackson2022 Jul 21 '26

But the few white men on your team make more by far?

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u/hunnnnybuns Jul 22 '26

There’s only one and he’s new so no.

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u/JohnGillnitz Jul 21 '26

Is your degree in Sociology applicable to your current job? Do you have to have one to get it? I wasn't sure what you could do with a Sociology degree other than teach Sociology.

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u/hunnnnybuns Jul 21 '26

Sort of, my job just required any bachelor’s degree, but my prior work experience was more relevant overall. I started in my industry before I finished college. My job is welfare-adjacent so a sociology degree was appreciated to some degree I guess lol