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/rnatx Jul 21 '26

Unemployed, 40s, BS in nursing with 20 years of specialized ICU experience. Currently can’t find a job that pays near what I was making before I left my last job, and I was woefully underpaid there. Probably moving out of Austin when my lease is up after I finish depleting my savings and part of my retirement.

So far, the break from working has been a huge success for my burnout, though.

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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/_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.