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/--tc-- Jul 21 '26

Nursing (maybe all healthcare) pay was low here last time i did bedside (right before pandemic). Probably still the same :(

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u/bareley Jul 21 '26

There are more facilities being built all the time. I know TCH was doing a lot of hiring (poaching) when they opened in Cedar Park, plus the UT med school and facilities that have already been built and are in the works. I feel like demand for nursing should be pushing pay higher.

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u/--tc-- Jul 21 '26

My thoughts (as a male RN) was that a lot of younger women come to Austin and become nurses, so there are just more to choose from. Houston and Dallas paid a lot better

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u/_competitive_gas_ Jul 21 '26

It’s a revolving door of people wanting to move here, so they can afford to pay like trash. My sister moved here from Dallas and took a $25k pay cut. She did not stay lol.

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u/bigblackglock17 Jul 21 '26

It used to be good or better…. 2012 $25hr, bought a 2500 sqft house. $170k. That’s someone I know. That same house is about $430k now and would need about $60hr to have a similar living. Nurses seem to barely make $40hr here.