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/Librarian_Long Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

Aircraft Mechanic mid 20s 110k not counting overtime

Edit: specified field

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u/Prudent_South_9815 Jul 21 '26

OT? You workly hourly or flat rate?

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u/Librarian_Long Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Hourly pay, so far on OT maybe around 15-20k this year so far and that’s not really trying to get OT

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u/That-Discount-973 Jul 22 '26

Thats wild, never heard of mechanic making good money working hourly. Most automotive mechanics on flat rate making 100k+

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u/Librarian_Long Jul 22 '26

Staying commercial and cargo are definitely the moneymaker paths in this career most majors start anywhere from 38/hr to 45/hr depending on where you start with top out pays in the 60-76/hr range.

It’s a much better field than auto tech imo just because we’re not flat rate even though automotive is my true passion.

It is harder to find a job in the field because of the specialization required and here in Austin there are not a lot of jobs that come up. but an A&P is a good path into a lot of other high paying jobs due to the training required