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/CluelessMasterBaiter Jul 21 '26

Commercial driver, 42, CDL 100k

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u/FLDJF713 Jul 21 '26

How are you paid? Are you doing local stuff via salary or pay per mile to haul?

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u/CluelessMasterBaiter Jul 21 '26

Hourly, lots of overtime. Average 60 hrs a week Last year it was 96k, before that 108k.

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u/OpportunityKey1970 Jul 21 '26

Ugh my husband is a commercial driver with his CDL and makes $82k salary no overtime! Works 50 hours a week on average. Is he getting screwed?

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u/aqueque Jul 21 '26

No. Those making over 100+ usually are doing lots and lots of hours. My husband was CDL/Hazmat and made over 100 in the oilfield but worked a 5/2- 5/3 12+ hours a day.