What was your starting salary (approx.)?

[sns23]

110k + bonus

 

[Tailor Dan]

Made back in 2002 a measly £15,000 ($24,000).

Better then nothing though. I was an actor. Not very good one as that money was all bar work.



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[chogall]

$65k, 2001, hardware engineer

 

[Arthur PE]

mid-1980's, after I got out of the Army
100k + 2k/month living expenses, IRA, insurance, etc.
another 20k depending on projects and OT

I made 14-16k/year in the Army as a Lt

 

[chrisjr]



I made 14-16k/year in the Army as a Lt

 

[sportin_life]

Is it bad that I'm 12 years out of college and am still in training without a "real salary"?

 

[brokencycle]



mid-1980's, after I got out of the Army
100k + 2k/month living expenses, IRA, insurance, etc.
another 20k depending on projects and OT

I made 14-16k/year in the Army as a Lt

Plus as the old cadence goes, they give me 100 and take back 99.

 

[Arthur PE]

got an extra $55/month for jumping out of airplanes

base bay 1100/month

and as much slop as I could choke down

Plus as the old cadence goes, they give me 100 and take back 99.

 

[ShoeShopperJ]

Yeah yeah, 250k.

What did you make fresh out of high school/college? I might get an offer for a job that pays less than what I wanted. Difference is not a ton of money; I was hoping to make about $5k more than what this offer will surely be.

I guess I'm just curious. I will later poast the salary and accept ridicule/criticism.

BA: I made $86,000 plus benefits (free two bedroom apartment, health, even a food stipend) a year straight out of undergrad and starting my MBA program.

Finished MBA: many and varied job offers that I rejected. Worked for family's businesses at my own place. Never really found a good fit for me, went to law school, which was always my dream.

During law school: varied (worked in accountiing, research assistant, and state's attorney's office).


Right after law school: zero (0) income.

 

[Lord-Barrington]



 
BA: I made $86,000 plus benefits (free two bedroom apartment, health, even a food stipend) a year straight out of undergrad and starting my MBA program.

Finished MBA: many and varied job offers that I rejected. Worked for family's businesses at my own place. Never really found a good fit for me, went to law school, which was always my dream.

During law school: varied (worked in accountiing, research assistant, and state's attorney's office). 


Right after law school: zero (0) income. 

The ****?

 

[Aerostat]

~$40k / year installing hard wood floors (1996-2004)
$10 / hour wiring houses for low voltage for 5 months. Then reached out for the sales job, got it, went to 35k base plus commission with bene's. (2004)
$45 base plus commission with bene's working in sales at a datacenter (2007)
None of your business - part owner of the datacenter, part owner of a webhosting company, part owner of a managed service provider (2012)

You gotta pay your dues. Keep reaching out and you'll get the job and pay that you want, eventually.

 

[ExAngel]

i couldn't get past the first 6 pages, but the result i ended up with is that being a coder for wall street is essentially the best job out there.

 

[otc]

six dollars and fifty three cents

 

[chrisjr]



~$40k / year installing hard wood floors (1996-2004)
$10 / hour wiring houses for low voltage for 5 months. Then reached out for the sales job, got it, went to 35k base plus commission with bene's. (2004)
$45 base plus commission with bene's working in sales at a datacenter (2007)
None of your business - part owner of the datacenter, part owner of a webhosting company, part owner of a managed service provider (2012)

You gotta pay your dues. Keep reaching out and you'll get the job and pay that you want, eventually. 

Datacentres have become huge users of office space in TO....it's hella expensive to outfit the buildings to fit their needs & the space is scarce, so they're paying top dollar in rent.

 

[otc]

To those of you with heavily bonus-weighted income...like having 20-30% or more of your income paid in discretionary bonuses (so not guaranteed things like a bonus if you meet your sales targets or complete XYZ task).

How do you report your income as a whole? I know its best to not assume the bonus income for budgeting things like rent and other fixed expenses but what about for filling out some form or responding to a survey where you need to state a single number for income (like maybe you are applying for a loan or an apartment and the payments fit in your budget but they need an accurate income figure).

Do you just report the base salary or do you factor in an estimated bonus? maybe try to come up with a bare minimum bonus?