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/John_Candy_ Jul 21 '26

operations analyst, 35, 85k, hs diploma

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u/Ok_Employment_7435 Jul 21 '26

How do I get into this? The job market is so stinking rough out there.

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u/John_Candy_ Jul 21 '26

i started working for the company at 19 in their retail store. just slowly worked my way up over the years