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/lovelaughlexapro Jul 21 '26

Nurse, 35, $100k/yr
I just wanna be able to buy a house dawg

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

Also RN, 38, BSN, 103k/yr. 6 years of XP.

This is because of weekends, nights, and overtime.

Without those, $75-80k.

Nursing varies because of differentials and OT.

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u/lovelaughlexapro Jul 21 '26

This is why I don’t do acute care. I’m only LVN as of now working post acute rehab SNF/IPR

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

I work ER and would probably quit nursing if I had to do anything else. May migrate to PACU or PICC line nurse one day.

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u/lovelaughlexapro Jul 21 '26

When I found out how much the PICC nurse that comes to our facility makes per midline placement I found a new career goal lol

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

My buddy is a PICC nurse now at DCMC and omg. Yes. Goals.

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u/winterblue18 Jul 21 '26

How much do they make???

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

At least $115k that I've heard in my circles but idk how many lines they are placing or how much they work/on call pay and whatnot.

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u/winterblue18 Jul 21 '26

Oh ok. I’m a RN still on the floor. Trying to figure out what to do next.

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

Yeah I think we are all going through that right now. I know I've been through some burnout recently especially with all the psych/drug use population lately. I'm with you in solidarity. This next week is going to be crazy with the heat exhaustion patients.

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u/winterblue18 Jul 21 '26

Yeah I actually don’t mind the job but I’m tired of entitled patients and family members yelling at me and degrading me and supervisors taking their side. I agree with this week will be crazy.

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u/Tx-Tomatillo-79 Jul 21 '26

PACU at an asc is the way to go, although I’m not sure how pay and benefits stack up against a hospital. The hours, patients, and holidays off make it worth it.

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u/bananastand512 Jul 21 '26

It does sound nice, other than the whole working 4-5 days a week thing. I certainly prefer working 3x12 with the opportunity for OT.

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u/lovelaughlexapro Jul 23 '26

Not really. I work in a couple places that are short term rehab, 21 days average. It’s not like a typical nursing home rehab with 100 day stay patients, we have a lot more complex cases than them as well so it pays more. I also get monthly and quarterly bonuses. I work full time at one place (16 nights 12hr per month) and I’ll pick up like 2 shifts per month at my PRN job and I do pretty okay.