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re: What was your starting salary?
Posted on 8/15/13 at 8:19 pm to raw dog
Posted on 8/15/13 at 8:19 pm to raw dog
quote:
I'm assuming it is too, not sure how you miss the whole "What was your starting salary" title..
I'm glad I got some seemingly honest answers. I am nearly 100% certain I am getting an offer from the internship I did this summer so was curious what other people started off at. Someone in the position got hired last year at 62,500$ and there are built in raises (guaranteed not based on experience) that I should qualify for that he didn't. The companies stock is up some 10-20% from that time as well so it isn't like they are hurting
Hopefully I will be a happy
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Posted on 8/15/13 at 8:37 pm to ATOlurker
quote:
I don't know any CEs making that kind of money.
It's very possible
Even if you stay on the design side, try to get into plant-related work and don't think you have to stay in one place
Plants and O&G are on a whole other level compensation wise
Posted on 8/15/13 at 8:37 pm to LSUTOM07
Skip the MBA go into the structural path with a private consulting firm in BR or Houston (petrochem). With a good work ethic those numbers can easily be achieved.
ETA: Your PE is a must. After you obtain it the sky is the limit
ETA: Your PE is a must. After you obtain it the sky is the limit
This post was edited on 8/15/13 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 8/15/13 at 8:50 pm to StinkBait72
The job market can be shaky but prove yourself and you should have no problem finding a place even during the down turns
Posted on 8/15/13 at 9:00 pm to Croacka
Thats the best thing about CE. When things get slow in one sector you can always move to another. In 2009 when things got ugly, I did some municipal for a short stint and then went to the construction side. Now that I'm back on the design side I realize how valuable that experience was. Take advantage of the slow markets and come back better than before. CE is the most diverse of all Eng degrees, and you'll always have somewhere to go with it.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 9:16 pm to StinkBait72
Are you in BR?
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:40 pm to raw dog
Active Duty Airforce: F/15 CC Age 21 - 24K - 2006
Got my degree while in and switched to Texas Air National Guard in 2011.
Used degree in IT to land in the Oil Field LOL
2011: Age 26 - 59K To include Guard Duty + 2wk/yr
Upgraded to different company, Project Management/Energy Field still in Texas:
2013: Age 28 - 78K with Guard & Civilian Job Bonus.
Got my degree while in and switched to Texas Air National Guard in 2011.
Used degree in IT to land in the Oil Field LOL
2011: Age 26 - 59K To include Guard Duty + 2wk/yr
Upgraded to different company, Project Management/Energy Field still in Texas:
2013: Age 28 - 78K with Guard & Civilian Job Bonus.
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 5:29 pm to GenesChin
56k in 2001 ($74k inflation-adjusted to today)
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:17 pm to GenesChin
chemical engineer in 2001
then: $58,000
adjusted: $76,500
current: more than that.
then: $58,000
adjusted: $76,500
current: more than that.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 12:00 am to GenesChin
Career Field: Excise Tax Accounting
Compensation: 24k
Compensation in 2013: 24k
Current Compensation: 24k
Compensation: 24k
Compensation in 2013: 24k
Current Compensation: 24k
Posted on 8/17/13 at 9:25 am to Jcorye1
IT
1998 - 40k
2013$ - 54k
Now - own my own business
1998 - 40k
2013$ - 54k
Now - own my own business
Posted on 8/17/13 at 9:54 am to ColdDuck
Law
2000: $62.5k
2013$: $84.8k
Current: no longer law, more than 2000 sal in 2013 $.
2000: $62.5k
2013$: $84.8k
Current: no longer law, more than 2000 sal in 2013 $.
This post was edited on 8/17/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 8/17/13 at 10:11 am to cwill
Medical
2005- $67,500
2013 - $108K
2005- $67,500
2013 - $108K
Posted on 8/17/13 at 12:04 pm to I Love Bama
quote:
Does a pharmacist salary increase substantially over time or is in pretty static?
In recent years the salaries have been going way up due to a shortage, but as schools have begun to graduate more they are leveling off. My wife start out at about $40/hr retail in 1999 and when she quit to open her own she was about $60/hr in 2006. $65-70/hr is what the big chains are paying here now I think. Less working in independent stores with less stress and better hours.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 12:06 pm to GenesChin
Medicine.
1st "real job" out of residency-
190k starting 2003
241k in 2013 dollars
current
1st "real job" out of residency-
190k starting 2003
241k in 2013 dollars
current
Posted on 8/17/13 at 12:07 pm to GenesChin
Then: 125k
Now: 440k
ETA: Jk.
Now: 440k
ETA: Jk.
This post was edited on 8/17/13 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 8/19/13 at 5:59 am to GenesChin
Career: HS Teacher
2010: $34,721
2013: (Inflation adjustment) $37,981
Now: $41K (with bonuses if I teach kids to talk good)
2010: $34,721
2013: (Inflation adjustment) $37,981
Now: $41K (with bonuses if I teach kids to talk good)
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