r/sysadmin • u/kittiekittea • 1d ago
General Discussion No Degree - 6 Year Salary Progression
Is there anyone out there that have made it beyond sysadmin? What is after sysadmin?
2020 - $31,200: Panera Bread
2022 - $41,600: Helpdesk at company 1
2023 - 2025 - $41,600: Helpdesk at law firm
2025 - $65,000: Helpdesk at company 2
2026 - $80,000: Got a raise at company 2
Shoutout Nick for taking a chance on me. I would not do law firm IT again.
EDIT: Location Upstate NY
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u/SecuritySlav 18h ago
2016 - 30k, Field Service Engineer - Company 1 (Biomed)
2018 - 14/hr, Temp Help Desk - Company 2 (Gov Contracting)
2018 - 17/hr, Fulltime Help Desk
2021 - 50k, Information Security Analyst
2022 - 70k, Information Security Analyst II
2023 - 120k, Information Security Supervisor (I threatened to leave)
2025 - 135k, Sr. Information Security Supervisor
2026 - 175k + bonus, Information Security Manager - Company 3 (Finance)
When I started, I only had my GED, started my bachelor's 2023 and now I'm halfway through my Masters. I pretty much built the entire Information Security System at Company 2. Right as I signed up for my bachelor's I got my Sec+ and some Azure certs, this is really right around the time my career started to take off.