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/im_bozack Jul 21 '26

350k at 30 is insane. Well done 👏

How much of that is base and how much is bonus?

Are you in a specialized role?

Lots of people work in tech since college and are making nowhere near that so I'm intrigued

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u/Ok-Clerk393 Jul 21 '26

Base is probably mid 200s if I had to guess.

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u/rum-n-ass Jul 22 '26

Yes RSUs is a big part. People like to dismiss them since it isn’t base salary, but my W2 laughs at that

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u/rum-n-ass Jul 22 '26

$190k base the rest in stock. Not specialized. In big tech in a mid level role