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re: Graduation theme. What was your salary at your first “real” job?
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:41 am to sidewalkside
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:41 am to sidewalkside
18.5 K in 1991, doubled it in 1992.
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Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:47 am to sidewalkside
Hmm 2016. Probably 36k
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:54 am to sidewalkside
2008-
$63K annual salary.
$63K annual salary.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:57 am to sidewalkside
In 1991, $18k. My rent was $550. All was well.
My husband graduated in 1992 with a job paying $21000 and freelance income of about $10k. Our rent on a 3 BR was $650.
We thought we were on Easy Street!
My husband graduated in 1992 with a job paying $21000 and freelance income of about $10k. Our rent on a 3 BR was $650.
We thought we were on Easy Street!
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:58 am to Bacon84
Chemical Engineering graduate in 1974. Starting salary was $15K/yr.
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 11:00 am
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:59 am to sidewalkside
In 2001, E-3 in the Army, PFC, monthly base pay of $1,214.70 on my DFAS paystubs. Plus $975/month BAH while stationed at Wainwright, when my ex-wife and I lived in Fairbanks.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:59 am to sidewalkside
Low/mid 20s as a new teacher in the late 90s.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:00 am to sidewalkside
From high school job in 70s at $2.15/hr to $8/hr.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:04 am to sidewalkside
January of 1974 $825 a month
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:24 am to sidewalkside
20k in 2007. Got promotion in 2008 for 22k.
Then the bottom of the economy dropped, and was laid off.
Then the bottom of the economy dropped, and was laid off.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:36 am to sidewalkside
$28.5k with rich benefits in 1980-something as an engineer. Nearly doubled it in 3 years, so what did I do? Took a 60% cut to go back to grad school. IDK what I was thinking, but it worked out in the end. 
Posted on 6/2/26 at 11:55 am to sidewalkside
2007. $27,900 + Commissions.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:01 pm to sidewalkside
50K. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:04 pm to sidewalkside
1998 and ~$19,950.00
Worked for the State of Louisiana
Worked for the State of Louisiana
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:05 pm to sidewalkside
$31,500 in 1992
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:06 pm to sidewalkside
$32,011 in 2009
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:07 pm to sidewalkside
$23,000 in 2003. They let me buy a house with that salary.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:07 pm to sidewalkside
$28,000 in the late 90s.
I still have my hiring letter in my drawer from almost 30 years ago.
I still have my hiring letter in my drawer from almost 30 years ago.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 12:07 pm to el Gaucho
quote:
As a boomer I only made 80k starting out first job after high school in 1974
According to AI AI Overview Making $84,000 in 1974 is equivalent in purchasing power to $567,417.44 today.
That ain't 'scrimping'. You sure it's not just the 8, without the 0 ???
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