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re: Graduation theme. What was your salary at your first “real” job?
Posted on 6/2/26 at 5:52 pm to sidewalkside
Posted on 6/2/26 at 5:52 pm to sidewalkside
My first real job was the army, which pays a monthly salary. Seems like my first monthly paycheck as a buck private E1 was in the $400 ballpark after taxes. But that was almost 40 years ago.
My first civilian job came four years later as a warehouse worker. Staring pay was $5.50 an hour. Got my first raise only three months later, it was a whopping extra .05 cents per hour.
My first civilian job came four years later as a warehouse worker. Staring pay was $5.50 an hour. Got my first raise only three months later, it was a whopping extra .05 cents per hour.
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Posted on 6/2/26 at 5:57 pm to sidewalkside
I was making 300 a week on fishing vessel at age 13 every summer till college.
After college I made 72k my first year in 2001
After college I made 72k my first year in 2001
This post was edited on 6/2/26 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:00 pm to sidewalkside
$1504 per month.
With a college degree. Qualified for welfare. Never accepted it.
With a college degree. Qualified for welfare. Never accepted it.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:02 pm to sidewalkside
22k a year, benefits and 401k.
Warehouse worker - 1995
Warehouse worker - 1995
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:25 pm to sidewalkside
1982. Entry Level geologist making a whopping 25k a year.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:27 pm to canyon
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1982. Entry Level geologist making a whopping 25k a year.
That’s 86k today, I bet entry level geologists don’t make that now.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:37 pm to sidewalkside
Navy in early 2000. E2 total paycheck around 400 to 500 twice a month
Posted on 6/2/26 at 6:38 pm to sidewalkside
30K
Posted on 6/2/26 at 7:25 pm to sidewalkside
$19,200 with Gulf Oil in 1982
Posted on 6/2/26 at 7:31 pm to sidewalkside
19,000.00 in New Orleans as a rookie stock broker in 1988 at Drexel Burnham. Paid to study and make cold calls until passing series 3 and series 7. Then your arse is on your own.
Posted on 6/2/26 at 10:52 pm to sidewalkside
$64k, cheme at shell oil in 2005 on gulf coast. All the money in the world for a 22 year old.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 12:29 am to sidewalkside
I moved to Dallas for $24K salary, plus commissions, in 1983.Pretty sure I paid taxes on $37K that 1st year. I worked another job on the side doing remodeling of offices some nights and weekends.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 12:38 am to sidewalkside
$8.25 an hour at the UPS store.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 1:28 am to sidewalkside
$65,000 in 1991…about $159,000 in today’s dollars. Climbed pretty quickly after that, but not bad right out of school. All those years of studying were worth it. And only $23k in student loans.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 3:23 am to sidewalkside
$45,000 + annual 10% bonus in 1991. Grew to $187,000 + annual 20% bonus in 2017, when I retired.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 3:26 am to Bluff4Life
Included pension and 401K 9% match with 3%
Posted on 6/3/26 at 3:41 am to sidewalkside
2000
First job $27,000
Next job in 2000 made $28,000 plus $100 fit every Saturday I worked
First job $27,000
Next job in 2000 made $28,000 plus $100 fit every Saturday I worked
Posted on 6/3/26 at 3:46 am to sidewalkside
First career job that I can actually remember the pay was $52K in 2013. My parents hooked me up and let me live at their house that year and I saved enough to make a down payment on a house.
Posted on 6/3/26 at 6:22 am to sidewalkside
$35k w a masters degree in 2001
Posted on 6/3/26 at 6:56 am to soccerfüt
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So I’m at 38 years at the same address and phone number. It’s been nice to have that continuity in my world.
Damn bruh. I was in third grade when you started there.
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