Younger generation also has a lot more information available. With Glassdoor and similar websites, if you work for a large company and you post your job title on Linkedin anyone can figure out a reasonable salary + bonus range. There are no surprises...which is why people are more likely to share now than before.

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91k+10% target bonus
finance/accounting

I thought I was doing well for my age, I was wrong.

Great_I_Am said:

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I thought I was doing well for my age, I was wrong.

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Don't you own everything?

Age: Early 50s (old)
Occupation: Physician
Salary: None. Whatever I collect versus whatever my expenses are minus whatever the gummit takes is mine.

If only we olds were given access to that information!

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Middle Management
Thousands, consequently millions

Age: 26
Salary: Low 90s + target 15% bonus + ~$30k annual in 5 year vest RSU's
Occupation: Supply Chain Mgmt in O&G Services

Someone should setup an anonymous survey so that everyone could play and the men you could summarize the data

To be transparent - sock account.

Age: 50
420K/yr but next couple of years 850K and 650K due to stock
Technology Sales Leader.

Gig'em

White cotton socks said:

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To be transparent - sock account.

Age: 50
420K/yr but next couple of years 850K and 650K due to stock
Technology Sales Leader.

Gig'em

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I'm similar all around (except age). Care to share the technology? For me it's Salesforce projects.

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White cotton socks said:

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To be transparent - sock account.

Age: 50
420K/yr but next couple of years 850K and 650K due to stock
Technology Sales Leader.

Gig'em

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I'm similar all around (except age). Care to share the technology? For me it's Salesforce projects.

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Jesus. I need to flip to the Salesforce side.

ORAggieFan said:

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White cotton socks said:

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To be transparent - sock account.

Age: 50
420K/yr but next couple of years 850K and 650K due to stock
Technology Sales Leader.

Gig'em

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I'm similar all around (except age). Care to share the technology? For me it's Salesforce projects.

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Similar space but not SF. Cloud Technology stuff.

35 YO, $140k, Claims Adjuster

YouBet said:

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ORAggieFan said:

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White cotton socks said:

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To be transparent - sock account.

Age: 50
420K/yr but next couple of years 850K and 650K due to stock
Technology Sales Leader.

Gig'em

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I'm similar all around (except age). Care to share the technology? For me it's Salesforce projects.

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Jesus. I need to flip to the Salesforce side.

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I'm always hiring. HQ in Austin and remote.

Interesting survey

But I'd also be interested in how many hours per work week.

And just saying bonus doesn't tell the story. I've had GM job in manufacturing where the base was 40K with a 50% quarterly bonus and approximately 100% of the base and quarterly bonus paid out annually so 120K total, but that was over 10 years ago

I've since decided I'd rather work to live than vice versa

34, territory manager, $195k - $95k base, $20k bonus, $80k options (worth more in total, but the portion that vests in September is worth this much gross). Work averages to 45-50 hours week.

Interesting thread and cross section of successful folks that can be used by others for goal setting.

I am self-employed so all of my data is skewed and not worth posting.

Great_I_Am said:

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I thought I was doing well for my age, I was wrong.

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Don't worry, most of the people posting on this thread are very proud of their salaries because they know they make a lot and want to share. You probably are doing well for your age.

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Great_I_Am said:

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I thought I was doing well for my age, I was wrong.

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Don't worry, most of the people posting on this thread are very proud of their salaries because they know they make a lot and want to share. You probably are doing well for your age.

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I don't disagree with this statement. I wish we could use this thread to help each other around career advice. The data in itself is not that interesting.

For Great_I_Am - Don't worry about salary relative to age. Some jobs have a faster ramp but a lower threshold. I know that for myself, I've done really well over the last 10 years, but my 20's weren't that great. I started out as a sales rep in east TX making 18K a year. I had 3 completely different jobs after A&M (all sales - diff industries) and then realized what I really love, and moved into that industry. Since then (I was 31), I had a successful career and still to this day love the industry. I also found that I really enjoy leading teams, so I moved into management and have done that for a long time.

Point is: Find your passion - do that.

See if this works - should work without requiring any identifying info....

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DGQHWDN

I don't love the dropdowns, but with free text I think the results would be harder to get a feel for.

Also, if you are right on the edge of a range, pick the larger range. As for things like bonus, commissions, etc. just put the total number you would estimate (or highest potential or whatever you want). Main goal was to get a solid number from everyone so the results can be seen.

Salary is noted as base, bonus and commission

These should be split out as bonus and commission fluctuate for most.

100k plus 20% could be 120k, but in an off year could be 105k.

I totally get that, but I figured that would make the results much harder to compare since you wouldn't know which numbers go with which if it is just a pure results dump (maybe Surveymonkey lets you look at individual responses - I couldn't tell what the results would look like).

For instance, if it shows that 25% of people make between $100K-$125K and 3% of people said they have a bonus potential of $20K, it's hard to know if those people are in the 100-125 group or another one.

I figure just using a single number will work best cause as you mentioned, even if it is broken out, it is all fluid. I did put the additional notes field in the event anyone wants to clarify - then, if it does let you look at each response individually, you could see the specifics.

If somebody more familiar with it wants to make a more robust one, I've got no problem with that - but it's Saturday, so I'm certainly not going to do it

No worries. Thanks for setting it up. I responded.

It is crazy though. I just turned down a position that would have been slightly hire salary plus a COL stipend plus bonus incentive to switch industry sides with what I hope to be hire upside potential long term.

Everything is relative.

Foamcows said:

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I've noticed that the younger generations really are open about pay and bonuses. It's always been weird to me. It also seems that nobody over 40 is posting...

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Because most of us realize that knowing what your peers make and what you're worth is important in negotiating for yourself. We also grew up when we saw our parents being laid off in 08 after working for the same company for 25 years. The way the market is now, you move around. There was never any company to employee loyalty and now the employees finally figured out that they are only there to get paid.

Im not volunteering my time, so if I find out I'm being underpaid relative to what I believe my worth is, I'm going to ask for more money. Some say this entitled, but that's just their bias. Truth is, we all do this. If I lay out a logic based reason for why I should be compensated more and my employer agrees then I'm now being paid market. If they don't, then you either get fired or humbled.

People can easily move around now, so taking a new job opportunity and applying online anywhere in the world is easier than ever.

Ain't that the truth. There's absolutely no loyalty in staying with the same company. They will continue to hire people with similar experience for higher salary, and leave you behind. Literally the only thing you build is vacation time in most cases

I am 35 but we share openly at work although that's against the illegal policy. If someone won't share you assume they make 10-15% more and use that as your negotiating number. Freedom of information helps the worker not the man

Between 150-250k with a 10-20% bonus, 3% match and a pension

The man

Cadet05 said:

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35 YO, $140k, Claims Adjuster

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Who knew there was so much money in claims adjusting?

I'm a chemical engineer, which is a field known for high salaries. Our professional organization publishes a salary survey every two years. Based on the last survey, ChemEs have to have 16-20 years experience to get to $140k (which would put most professionals earning that amount at 38+ years old).

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Cadet05 said:

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35 YO, $140k, Claims Adjuster

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Who knew there was so much money in claims adjusting?

I'm a chemical engineer, which is a field known for high salaries. Our professional organization publishes a salary survey every two years. Based on the last survey, ChemEs have to have 16-20 years experience to get to $140k (which would put most professionals earning that amount at 38+ years old).

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i am a chem e and believe that number to be understated actually. I suspect there are many Aggie chem e's greater than that number with only 10 years in industry.

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TXTransplant said:

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Cadet05 said:

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35 YO, $140k, Claims Adjuster

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Who knew there was so much money in claims adjusting?

I'm a chemical engineer, which is a field known for high salaries. Our professional organization publishes a salary survey every two years. Based on the last survey, ChemEs have to have 16-20 years experience to get to $140k (which would put most professionals earning that amount at 38+ years old).

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i am a chem e and believe that number to be understated actually. I suspect there are many Aggie chem e's greater than that number with only 10 years in industry.

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I tend to agree with you. I responded to the last survey, and I think that number includes bonuses but not things like stock options. The survey also reports median and mean salary; mean at that point is a little higher. And I know the salary going to be a lot more if you're in management (survey breaks out those numbers, too), especially if you're at a mega O&G company like CVX or XOM.

But if you look at the data, there is a huge jump in the number for 11-15 years experience ($115k) vs 16-20 years experience ($146k), so that tells me there is probably a sweet spot somewhere in there.

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151K with ~22.5k yearly bonus
Petroleum Engineer

Agreed

IrishTxAggie said:

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I attribute it to a bit of a psychological thing personally. The younger generations (Gen Y and Millennials) have taken on a pretty strong reputation as lazy, entitled, and unmotivated at times. Sharing that type of information for some is an attempt as a counter to that belief I think. For me at least.

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Information is your friend. The more you know about the job market you're in, or about other job markets outside the one you're in, the more informed decisions you can make in your career.

I am obviously in the wrong line of business. Holy **** some of you make a lot of money, especially at a young age. Now while I don't do bad for any means (I'm actually happy with my salary), I kind of feel like crap after reading this thread.