re: When did you hit a 6 figure USD salary?

28 years old back in 1999.

Hit it at 23

Lost it at 31

Last year at 28, construction

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Every time someone starts a thread like this, I’m thinking “here we go”. You never get actual conversation out of these.

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I see a lot of posts that look honest. Posters saying they didn't hit it until their early 30s. Posters saying they reached it and then lost it. I see more what seems like truth than BS

When I was 30, I was only making $56K...but that equates to $101K today. Six figures now isn't what it was in the 90s.

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So you’re not a teacher anymore

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never was. i worked in IT for a education service center and we started at teacher salary. moved to a district and moved up a good bit, then went into "consulting" for K12.


I use the term "consulting" loosely. I install and configure network and security equipment for schools.

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I see a lot of posts that look honest. Posters saying they didn't hit it until their early 30s. Posters saying they reached it and then lost it. I see more what seems like truth than BS

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there are a few "140k at 28 in the 90s"... wtf were they doing to be making that much in the 90s?

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I see a lot of posts that look honest. Posters saying they didn't hit it until their early 30s. Posters saying they reached it and then lost it. I see more what seems like truth than BS
there are a few "140k at 28 in the 90s"... wtf were they doing to be making that much in the 90s?

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Most likely sales.

There are several industries where competition hadn't rooted out huge commissions.

I made about $120k at 28 years old in 2005. 2006, I hit $167k.
2007, I had 5 employers go bankrupt or out of business. 2008, I made over $40k in a new career pathway (at 30 years old starting out with a bunch of recent college grads).

At 32

Age 30…. Electric transmission construction…110k plus per diem truck alllowance and gas card

Eta that was 2010