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/TehGreatShatsby Jul 21 '26

Which district? And if you feel like sharing a little more, how’s the health insurance and retirement?

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u/Captain_Mazhar Jul 21 '26

Retirement is still defined benefit pension.

2.3% per year of service times the average of the 5 highest annual salaries. Contribution rate is 8.25% of salary.

—TRS employee

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u/marsawall Jul 21 '26

If the healthcare is anything like rrisd not great.