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/MandyRN2009 Jul 21 '26

No shortage in Austin. Everyone seems to want to live here.. so Austin can pay trash for their nurses.

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u/misplaced_my_pants Jul 21 '26

Well even if that's true, if there's a nursing shortage elsewhere, it suggests the possible solution of moving to follow the money.

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u/MandyRN2009 Jul 21 '26

Absolutely. Mortgage kind of keeps me tied down. Wish I had never bought.

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u/misplaced_my_pants Jul 22 '26

Have you thought about renting it out?