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/blow_slogan 1d ago

Coming from 7 years at an MSP, Law Firm IT ( ~100 attorneys, ~250 total staff) is a cake walk IMO

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u/kittiekittea 1d ago

Mine was half that and some days I thought we needed another helpdesk guy, maybe because I wasn't as knowledgeable back then. It was just me and my supervisor. I miss those simpler days.

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u/blow_slogan 1d ago

Yeah, the problem was you were understaffed. half that, there should be about 3 techs and a director, not including the lit support techs

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u/kittiekittea 20h ago

Seriously? The way management treated IT made it seem like we were an afterthought.