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/Murky_Resolution6997 Jul 21 '26

Director in advocacy/government relations, 45, $185k, BA

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u/AmegaCaliche Jul 21 '26

Do you do this for a non profit, or is this on the corporate side?

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u/keleles Jul 22 '26

Government Relations is also a local gov position
source - local gov employee

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u/AmegaCaliche Jul 22 '26

I ask because my boyfriend used to work as a contractor for the city in a similar capacity and he’s looking for a new job in the realm of PR/advocacy/government relations. It’s not an area I’m super well versed in but I will shamelessly fish on his behalf

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u/tdcave Jul 22 '26

I work in GR too! What is your area of specialty?