If you are in your late 40s or 50s, how much did you make in the year 2000?
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Anonymous
| I was 27, I think 80k |
Anonymous
| $36,000, nonprofit. They offered me $35,000 and I negotiated hard to get that extra $1k! |
Anonymous
| I graduated law school in 1999. First clerked for a judge and then in 2000 started at a law firm. Salary was $125,000 plus a clerkship bonus. |
Anonymous
| Graduated in 1999 and made $36K at a Boston ad agency. I thought I was living large - LOL. Moved to the Bay Area to get my MBA four years later. Got lucky in my last company’s IPO and “retired” last year at 47. |
Anonymous
| I was still in undergrad in 2000. I worked multiple jobs that year to pay my tuition. I made something like $12-$13k. DH had already graduated and was making $36k at his first job. |
Anonymous
| Wow. I made 28k in 1999 at my first job after college. You had an amazing starting salary. |
Anonymous
| 40k after ten years of working in 2000. |
Anonymous
| Graduated 1995 with MS, made $45K. By 2000, was making $88K plus bonus |
Anonymous
| I was 7 years out of law school, a GS 14 and making about 84-90K (I don't remember exactly how far up the GS 14 steps I was that year). |
Anonymous
| 27 in the year 2000. I was making $20k as stipend in a PhD program. Since I was an international student I could not take on additional employment. |
Anonymous
| I made $18k in my first job out of college in 2000 as a staff assistant on Capitol Hill. Was promoted within a few months to a position that made $28k and thought I was rich. |
Anonymous
| In 2000, I was 32 and just crossing over the $100k threshold. It was a good time to be a software engineer. (Also of note, I was a female in a heavily male environment, although other talented women were starting to join the team around that time.) |
Anonymous
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2000: grad student $14k
2004: first job post phD $78k 2006: fist job in Europe €56k 2011: transfer to US $150 Lots of changes in early years. STEM career. Layed off (not fed). |
Anonymous
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I graduated college in 2004. First real job 2005- starter at 28k. By 2012 I was at 63k.
What a time! |
Anonymous
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Funny- I remember someone having a party around that time bc they broke $40k.
What time! And bought a house… |