Anonymous
Post 08/20/2019 10:15     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
I think taking risks is key. I took a small paycut to work on the hill. Starting at 95k at age 34. Made myself indispensable and then got up to 140K. Started my own business in lobbying and got up to over 300K at one point. Now have found an inhouse lobbyist job that is flexible with great benefits for 250K/year at age 44. They increase salary every year so should be at 300K in a few years plus large deposits into 401k. So plan to stay here for at least 10 years.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2019 09:40     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
35: $155K
36: $180K
37: $185K
38: $200K +15% Bonus
39: $206K +15% Bonus
40: $210K +20% Bonus
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2019 14:43     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Not making all that much more now honestly. It is a blessing and curse to realize your earning potential at such a relatively young age. Oh well, FWP.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 10:47     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:If you are not at $500k before 40, I dont consider you to be successful. By the time you are 39, you should own the gd place.


How old are you and what’s your net worth? Honest question, interested.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 08:45     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
What PP said. I am now 48 and making 475. I just signed a 3 year contract because I feel iffy about a recession and don’t want to be the older person making bank who can be replaced by the young one who will work for 1/2 the price. I got ahead in the last two downturns when I was young and replaced older workers who were making 2-3xs more than me.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 08:39     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:This is the year 2019 and we are coming off a ten year BULL Market.

Some older folks had to deal with 1987-1992 (zero raises, lay offs), 2000-2003 (zero raises, lay offs) and 2008-2010) zero raises lay offs.

At your young age of 33 you missed the first two recessions and the 2008 recession as just starting out you were lower paid and new and not in firing line.

Most salary jumps come is splurts and then goes flat in periods. I am older, but in last Boom around 2006 I was right age to make leap to corner office in a new company, I timed it right as the crash came two years later and managed not to get laid off and in 2017 next boom cycle did it again at a new company. It is musical chairs. And a pyramid scheme. For every 55 year old at work there are ten 25-45 year olds. Guess what all the 25-45 year olds will live to 55 except there are not many VP and above jobs in office. You are 37 and cocky, but at 55 when you are making 600K there will be another 37 year old cocky guy to take your job,


Truer words have never been said

Signed, 38 yo cocky professional
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 08:36     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1998: $56,000
21: $61,000
22: $66,000
23: $66,000
24: $90,000
25: $93,000
26: $240,000
27: $240,000
28: $105,000
29: $0
30: $140,000
31: $160,000
32: $190,000
33: $210,000
34: $215,000
35: $230,000
36: $275,000
37: $400,000
38: $400,000
39: Likely substantially higher

The key is simple: New Jobs are made in moments of intense leverage. When that opportunity comes up, leverage, leverage, leverage. When you think you’ve plateaued, listen to your gut, and pound pavement.


Good grief! Who keeps a record of this or has easy access to tax records? I remember my starting salary and what I make now and that's about it.


I get a letter every year with this info from the social security agency (I am a NP). Of course, my numbers are different!
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 08:32     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was at $150 at 35. $350 now at 45. If you get bored, get your CV out there, talk to headhunters.


$150-180 mid-30s
IT consulting/PM
Engineering & MBA top 20 schools

$150 mid-late 40s
IT consulting



Top 20 MBA? Lol. After top 7 the value is dicey
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 02:08     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:I was at $150 at 35. $350 now at 45. If you get bored, get your CV out there, talk to headhunters.


$150-180 mid-30s
IT consulting/PM
Engineering & MBA top 20 schools

$150 mid-late 40s
IT consulting

Anonymous
Post 08/18/2019 02:00     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
$3M+ at 41. However I never made as little as $150k even at 24 when I graduated and started my business.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2019 20:27     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
If you are not at $500k before 40, I dont consider you to be successful. By the time you are 39, you should own the gd place.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2019 23:48     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Just turned 40. 260 base, 50% cash bonus, 50% equity
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2019 22:48     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
41, 325k
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2019 16:14     Subject: If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I hit $150 before 35. Now I'm 48 and am around $175. The salary increase is pretty blah. But my priorities have changed. Now I have 2 kids and I WFH full time. I've been at my company for so long I have seniority and a ridiculous amount of vacation. I can do my job in my sleep. What would take someone 2 or 3 days to figure out I can do in a few hours mostly because I've seen it before and I know how to access the right people to resolve an issue.

So, I used my fantastic salary prekids to buy a house. The house is now paid off and the kids are in public. I don't really need more than $175 to live. I'm there for every school function, my kids can do anything they want after school because I have the flexibility to drive them, dinner is easy because I prep it when they are in school and then just finish it off around 5:30. By 6:30 most nights, my kids and I relaxing.

A former co-worker went to another company and offered me $300 to jump ship. At this point in my life, I don't need the money and I don't want the responsibility. I love the ease and flexibility of my job.


I would love to be in this situation - any advice on how to get there?


Truthfully, I think a lot of it is just luck and being in the right place at the right time. I was coming off maternity leave when I got tapped to lead a project by a friend. The project happened to be a WFH gig. I didn't abuse the privilege, put my infant in day care, and worked hard on my project. My reward was continuing the WFH. So no real advice except to network. Let people in your company know what you are looking for.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2019 16:11     Subject: Re:If your salary was $150+ before 35, what do you make now
Just looking at the past 10 years...

24: 38k
30: 90k
Job change
30-32: 150k
Job change
32: 170k
34: 190k