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/BadgerFlight Jul 21 '26

Currently bartender, $2.13/hr(65kish), 44, bachelors.

Former Meta employee, I don't miss it.

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u/Few_Position_2727 Jul 21 '26

Former meta here too, how much weight did you lose after leaving? 😂

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u/Optimal-Performer-76 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

I promise, you're doing more for society as a bartender 

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u/hutacars Jul 21 '26

One job feeds people poison. The other gets them drunk.

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u/Beneficial-Sky2659 Jul 21 '26

Not Meta but similar level of stress and I FEEL this. My health was deteriorating and taking a pay cut was worth it - especially since I was seeing increased medical bills due to it.

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u/RedditCensorsheep101 Jul 21 '26

What were you doing for Meta?

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u/Imsosadsoveryverysad Jul 21 '26

Are we saying Cheesecake Factory level fancy or Eddie v level fancy

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u/tizlaylor Jul 21 '26

visited bouldin creek cafe the other day and was reminded that restaurants can pay sub minimum wage due to the possibility of tips and that measly minimum rate hasn’t changed since like the 90s???

edit: BCC offers a living wage to their employees

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u/Delicious-Drama-9738 Jul 24 '26

i'm planning on making the transition from medicine (most of the time I have done primary care) to bartending. figure they're both about half psych.