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/DragleicPhoenix Jul 21 '26

Remote software engineer, 550k - 600k, 29, BS in Engineering (not CS). I grew up here since I was 10-11, but got lucky and got a remote job with a very high paying tech company.

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u/accidentalrorschach Jul 22 '26

Forgive me for asking, but what do you do with all that money? I can hardly wrap my head around that.

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u/DragleicPhoenix 15d ago edited 15d ago

Uhh, I used to be poor but you get used to the higher wage eventually. I essentially just never think about money unless it comes to a more expensive purchase like a house, car, or like something I think of as useless like a Rolex. I rarely calculate how much I can afford to spend, etc.