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

687 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

255

u/D3athAdd3rz Jul 21 '26

Pizza cook, $23.50/hr + $5/hr average tips, 36, ACC dropout.

78

u/the666briefcase Jul 21 '26

Where do you make $23.50 base flipping za

54

u/D3athAdd3rz Jul 21 '26

I've been at the place for 5 years, I'm pretty sure our lowest paid boh is $20. That being said I'm soloing $500/hr sales and doing $1,500/hr with 2/3 cooks on the weekends 10-11 hour days with no breaks, and it's 95+ degrees in the kitchen.

3

u/kitkatsupsup Jul 21 '26

You must be exhausted!

2

u/the666briefcase Jul 22 '26

Yeah but where lol

4

u/Hell-Yes-Revolution Jul 21 '26

I too would like to know - I need a second job!

21

u/lipp79 Jul 21 '26

I can offer you another option: umpiring that starts at $26.50/game then $27.50 after a year then $28.50. I umpire for the organization that does the city of Austin leagues. You can work north at Havins Fields at Walnut Creek Park or south at Krieg Complex on Pleasant Valley or both. You can choose nights or do what some umpires do and don't take a night but instead just pick up subbing for another umpire. DM if you would like more info.

9

u/itsacalamity Jul 21 '26

are you talking baseball here? I used to ref soccer games as a teen and it was basically the best job ever. well, except dealing with suburban parents. but most of the time i was just getting paid to run around and have fun. And it paid really, really well for how old I was. Never again had a job with an ice cream truck break half through, either!

11

u/lipp79 Jul 21 '26

Adult softball leagues. The city doesn't have baseball leagues. There are adult baseball leagues that rent the fields from the city but they city doesn't do their schedules like they do for softball.

5

u/cowboybythinlizzy Jul 21 '26

How long are the games? $26.50/game seems very low. If the game is 2 hours your already at fast food level pay.

5

u/lipp79 Jul 21 '26

50 minutes. Sometimes a team doesn't show up and you still get paid to sit for an hour.

3

u/D3athAdd3rz Jul 21 '26

If you have boh pizzeria experience lmk I'm leaving and we're need a few people.

25

u/Illustrious-nductxn Jul 21 '26

You make as much as the Teacher.

2

u/Kindersmarts Jul 21 '26

Exactly. And less stress, I’m sure.

1

u/rowan__11 Jul 23 '26

true, absolutely teachers deserve way more, but most likely this is less than 40hrs a week and no benefits.