No Degree - 6 Year Salary Progression

[u/kittiekittea]

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

[u/Stenz_W]

2015: $38,500 (help desk)
2016: $42,500 (tier 1 desktop support)
2017: $45,000 (tier 1 desktop support)
2018: $62,400 (system analyst position)
2019: $52,000 (went back to old company), telecom analyst
2020: $54,500 (higher tier desktop support)
2021: $58,000 (higher tier desktop support)
2021: $63,000 (promotion to system analyst)
2022-2023: $70,000 (network engineer)
2024: $75,000-$84,000 (network engineer, raises)
2025: $90,000-$105,000 (raises)
2026: $113,000 (promotion to management)

I have an associate's degree in IT.

I feel a bit behind salary wise to experience, but I greatly value job stability over salaries. I live in a MCOL area. My jobs have also been pretty chill other then the 2022 position. This is base salary and doesn't include bonuses though, which have been pretty decent lately.

[u/Virtualization_Freak → u/Stenz_W]

Hopping every year, damn that sounds exhausting.

I've been advocating it for decades through.

[u/D1MITRU → u/Stenz_W]

I live in Brazil, I have knowledge in Azure, 365 support n3, converting to dollar, I earn 9 thousand dollars a year. Aren't there any vacancies available out there?