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re: What was your starting salary?

Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:01 pm to
Posted by RickAstley
Reno, Nevada
Member since May 2011
2130 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:01 pm to
Career field: Software Development
Compensation: $52,000
Compensation in 2013$: $52,885.56
Posted by raw dog
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
483 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:06 pm to
Field: Finance
Comp: $70,000
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 4:09 pm
Posted by Anfield Road
Home of the Blue Turf
Member since May 2012
1948 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:15 pm to
Career field: Software Engineer
Compensation (2008): $52,000
Compensation in 2013 Dollars: $56,395.91
Posted by VABuckeye
NOVA
Member since Dec 2007
38283 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:38 pm to
Mortgage paper shuffler
1983 - $15800
2013 dollars - $37089.20
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116649 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:02 pm to
21K in today's dollars. I was a disc jockey back in the 60s.
ABC, 1,2,3...talkin' bout You and Me... Jackson Five. The poetry in those days was amazing. I had to take my headphones off so I wouldn't vomit.
Posted by TheHiddenFlask
The Welsh red light district
Member since Jul 2008
18384 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:23 pm to
Banking

Then (2011) - 51,200
Now - 53,150

Not including signing or annual bonuses.
Posted by Thomas Hudson
Dallas
Member since Dec 2006
7310 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:42 pm to
Career Field: Law

Starting Salary (2004): $125,000 (not including bonus)
In 2013 Dollars: $154,000

First year associates at my firm make $160k now, so I guess they're getting a good deal.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
135339 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:46 pm to
quote:

First year associates at my firm make $160k now, so I guess they're getting a good deal.
or just 4% better
Posted by Beerinthepocket
Dallas
Member since May 2011
882 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:52 pm to
Public Accounting
2012: $52k (excluding bonus)
2013 dollars: $52.8k
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61451 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:56 pm to
Career field: Civil Engineering
Compensation: 2009 - 55k
Compensation in 2013$: 60k
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94672 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 5:59 pm to
Attorney

Starting salary in 1998: $30,500

2013 dollars: 43,692.47
Posted by MStant1
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2010
4551 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 6:06 pm to
Financial Services Advisory Practice for a Big 4 Acct
58k (2008)
$62,903.13 in 2013 dollars.

I believe that's actually close to what staff 1's in my firm now make.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
Member since Sep 2011
18368 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 6:11 pm to
51k with a guaranteed pay raise every 2 years, plus full health and dental benefits was my starting salary. This was when I was 21 btw. I just turned 22.

Career: Army Officer, start as a 2LT
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 6:14 pm
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170457 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 7:01 pm to
Career Field: Construction management
2007 Dollars - $53,000
2013 Dollars - $59,687.43
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 7:03 pm
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
17995 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 7:02 pm to
Warehouse work.

2001 - 18,200

Current - 45,220
Posted by StinkBait72
Member since Nov 2011
2068 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 7:09 pm to
Civil Eng
Starting base 2006: 48k
2013 equiv: 56k
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 7:13 pm
Posted by Tiger4Ever
Member since Aug 2003
36785 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 7:54 pm to
I is confused
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 7:58 pm
Posted by LSUtigerME
Walker, LA
Member since Oct 2012
3931 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 8:13 pm to
Mechanical Engineering
2008: $82k
2013 Equivalent: $89k

New hires are blowing me away in equivalent, and damn near actual.
Posted by dlmast87
Amish Country
Member since Dec 2007
1957 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 8:16 pm to
Purchasing for Food Distributor
2010: 37,000
2013$: 39,621.23
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2496 posts
Posted on 8/14/13 at 8:38 pm to
Public Accounting
$52,000 (2006)
$60,229
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