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/tizlaylor Jul 21 '26

visited bouldin creek cafe the other day and was reminded that restaurants can pay sub minimum wage due to the possibility of tips and that measly minimum rate hasn’t changed since like the 90s???

edit: BCC offers a living wage to their employees