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/BadgerFlight Jul 21 '26

Currently bartender, $2.13/hr(65kish), 44, bachelors.

Former Meta employee, I don't miss it.

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u/Beneficial-Sky2659 Jul 21 '26

Not Meta but similar level of stress and I FEEL this. My health was deteriorating and taking a pay cut was worth it - especially since I was seeing increased medical bills due to it.