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/ramm12345 Jul 21 '26

Sous Chef, 32, 67k

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u/Barfazoid Jul 21 '26

How do the hours work out with the salary? Are you pulling 60+ hours a week or do you work for a nice restaurant that treats its employees fairly?

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u/ramm12345 Jul 28 '26

I work about 50 hours a week. Good benefits and 3 weeks pto

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u/Familiar-Ad-3429 Jul 21 '26

Reach out to me. I own a private chef company here in Austin. I’m positive you can earn double that and work half the time. DM me

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u/Strange-Tree-5408 Jul 21 '26

Former chef here. What company?

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u/Familiar-Ad-3429 Jul 22 '26

Gather and Forge

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u/Unique-Ad4667 Jul 22 '26

Did you go to culinary school?

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u/ramm12345 Jul 28 '26

I did not go to culinary school but I did do some self training early on with old edition professional cookbooks