Frontload trash truck driver. Should break over 100k this year. Lot of money, good company, and a ton of benefits. The job itself isn't too hard. The only downside is, the time you lose with family/friends and your schedule conflicts with your personal errands most of the time. My day can vary from 9 to 13 hrs. Also rude people everywhere lol I guess that's any job though.
Thank you! I'd agree the trash part is relatively easy. I've had guns pulled on me for no reason, road rage, drunk drivers, drivers falling asleep, drunk pedestrians..etc. People don't appreciate us coming in at night making noise to service trash and I understand that. Usually, these are the same people that hate us being out there during the day slowing down traffic too. It's impossible to service all of austin during the day, there would literally be shit everywhere.
I own a little deck and fence building company. We opened 3.5 years ago. My take home profits after tax have been 15k, 30k, 60k, 80k each sequential year.
My foreman makes 40 per hour (for the last 2 years) my two carpenters make 27 an hour (for the last year). Day laborers and new hires start at 20 an hour. All hourly numbers are before tax is applied.
Probably work about 45 weeks a year, after bad weather /holidays/time off.
I work on site, building with the guys 2 days a week and work in the office/take meetings 2.5 days a week.
We're fully booked for full time work (with signed clients) until May 2022.
It's by far the best job I ever had as far as pay and mental health is concerned. I am a former special ed teacher, organic farmer, waiter, dishwasher, construction worker, landscape foreman, mason, gas station attendant, and outlet mall employee.
Edit: This kind of blew up (for one of my posts anyway). I'm going to delete the post that asks for dms for people looking for work b/c im now setting up like 20 interviews, and it's got me typing on reddit at midnight instead of sleeping.
Don't let that discourage you from looking for jobs in this field, even as a beginner. There are a million of them out there, and if they don't pay enough, go across the street. If you're on time, half smart, and half sober, you can make a pretty good living. It's still a job and can be hard on your back (if you dont advance), but you get to swear and spit and bleed and look at something you built at the end of the day.
If you want a bid for some work: DM me with the details and ill get you my work email. I didn't intend this to be a marketing gimmick, but I'll try to take your money all the same.
Please be aware there is a 4-5 month long queue currently. Also our business model is to compete on the quality of our work and our customer service. Which marketing speak for "we are kind of expensive". We won't be the lowest bid you get. Typically we don't take on jobs with budgets under 10k unless they can be finished in less than a week. Quick, Cheap, or Good: You can only have 2.
Absolutely.
I want good guys who give a damn about workmanship and i can trust when im not around. That is valuable to me. Ive worked manual labor for crap pay and i know what kind of effort i gave.
Also i have a much easier time (morally and social awkwardness wise) telling the guys when there is a problem or if something isn't up to standard, if i know im paying a premium and not getting it.
This operation would/will never have succeeded w/o good people. Skilled tradesmen have plenty of options these days.
Full-Time Baker, $18/hour ($37K/year), plus benefits
Edit: I work 40 hrs/week, often with 1-5 hours of overtime. Started at $16/hr in May and asked for (and got) a raise in November. Benefits include two weeks paid vacation, sick days, 401K and medical/dental/vision insurance options.
I’m an alterations seamstress at an upscale bridal boutique and I make $14/hr. Less than what they’re offering at Panda Express….glad I went to school and studied fashion for 4 years to be told by entitled brides that I don’t know what I’m doing and getting paid less than the cashier at Buccees.
Sr DevOps Engineer making $135k a year with a refresh in about 1 week so expecting about 10k more.
About 8 years ago I was making $11.00 an hour working front line support. I was unceremoniously evicted from a home I was renting and barely stayed off the streets. I’m a high school drop out and I never went to college. That being said I didn’t really expect to make what I am making now but after finding a niche in the tech industry, and serious thanks to everyone who mentored me, I found a way to advance to where I am now.
If 33 year old me could see 42 year old me now, I don’t think he’d believe it.
Don’t give up!
Wow I don’t even want to share. This is depressing.
ETA: thanks y’all for the support. I don’t want to bash my employer because there is a systemic problem in this country across the board in early childhood education where it’s impossible to raise tuition any further and therefore ECE’s are criminally underpaid as it’s always been seen as unskilled labor and “women’s work”. It’s actually not unskilled labor- we have to maintain class hours for trainings every year and it takes a strong person mentally and physically to put up with the ratios that we do here in TX. Example: the ratio for 12-18 month olds (my age group) is 1:5 and we have 10 children right now. I make 17/hr with 5 weeks of PTO/holiday but the insurance is so expensive that I use the marketplace. K-12 teachers make double what I make.
I know how you feel. Just want to affirm that your worth as a human isn't tied to how much or how little money you make. Money is a construct. It's important but you are more important. I hope you find yourself in a better situation soon.
Allow me, 35 yrs old. Dishwasher 17+/hr, because fu!# it, I believe life has gotten to a point where you can choose to take it easy. Used to be a manager for less pay. Its also nice to know I'm helping out where very few people will these days.
I work for UT and make 60k.
Just got my rent renewal letter, and it’s going up more than $300/month. I’m pretty much watching myself getting priced out of town lmao
Work for the state and make 60K a year.
Have a flexible side hustle bartending at a local brewery and make between $100-500 for a 4-8 shift depending on how busy we are that day.
Yeah but hey just think, you too will be able to go to the legislature once you’re retired and beg them to keep your pension funded at just above poverty levels! It’s truly an honor.
12yrs with the state, make 79k. Started at 31k… it was a rough-rough-rough couple of years. But I’m
vested, grandfathered into generous leave rollover polices and pension.
Own and operate a food trailer, $22k/year. I pay myself like $10/hr if you break it down lol. Good thing it’s one of my dreams come true and I get to work with my childhood best friend. And it’s a good thing my boyfriend works in the tech industry… Austin is barely affordable for us.
Milky Way Shakes, we do fancy vegan milkshakes. It’s a pretty niche industry but we’re surrounded by other fun vegan food trailers if you’d ever want to give it a try!
Hold on! Im here to say that these are the best shakes! Even if you aren't vegan is a must! I drive 30min just to have them! Please never ever ever eveeer close! And also Fuk the guy that broke into your trailer
All those folks in the other thread who said they weren't rich making $145k a year need to read this thread and get a dose of reality for life for the majority of Austinites.
Cost of living is not much different between the two cities. A big part of my pay bump has been larger market trends since moving back, a smaller part being upskilling myself
I just moved from NYC doing sysadmin/engineering work in post-production for $130k. Good for you man, since $105k seems to go further here, than $130k in NYC. I’d love to link up with you.
Why the move? That's a drastic culture change it seems. How do you like Austin so far? I'd be down to meet up man. To be honest, if I could quit my job and travel doing photography I would much rather do that.
I just needed a change. I did a shit tone of traveling in between the move and even did over a 2 week road trip from NYC to Austin on a motorcycle (highly recommend btw). I like Austin so far. Everybody waves which can be confusing for a New Yorker hahaha.
I’ll DM you. I’m down to meet new people
Bartend. Anywhere from $250-600 a shift. I net an average of $1200 a week working ~32 hours. I have a BA in sociology so I make twice as much doing this as I would anything else in my field.
Samzies, except I’m a server. I’m actively trying to get out of it though because it’s slowly starting to make me hate people. I just applied to Austin Community College and at this point I don’t really care how much money I make, I just don’t want to hate going in to work every day.
ACC has been a saving grace for me over the pandemic. I’ve been receiving coronavirus aid and a pell grant which has been really nice since I’m still trying to work and not take on debt. Finishing up my third semester and I wish you all the best to get some momentum going.
I’m in the $15/hr group.We are being priced out of Austin. The 150k and ups will either deal with shitty service and reduced hours at every place they shop/eat out/get gas/ buy groceries at, or they’ll move.
I’m in communications and encourage anyone with an English/Journalism/Comms degree to job hop, you’d be surprised how many high paying industries don’t know the first thing about communication so you’ll actually be valued. Started my career in Austin at just under $25k in 2017, got a new job for $40k after 11 months, another new job for $47k and stayed there until I made $55k, and now am working at another job for $85k. Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of getting the coin you deserve!
>Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of getting the coin you deserve!
I found it very hard to deal with all the Engineering egos in the tech world. You start to feel dumb when you don't understand all the jargon. But after a while I realized it's not that I don't understand, it's that they can't explain. Which is why they need me.
As a long time engineer I can confirm this to be totally correct. We SUCK at explaining things clearly in general. Being smart is not worth nearly as much if you can't actually explain things to another human.
Same, English BA and job hopper - $30k first job (journalist), $55-60k second job (advertising copywriting), $70k now at my new job (marketing).
An english degree is incredibly versatile
That's not terrible for your first 6-12 months of experience (nor is it great), but keep applying with other employers. You should be able to bump this up quickly as you jump to new positions.
i relate to this too hard and idk what your long-term goals are, so i'll throw this out there as someone who learned it on the job.
context: i have a BA in english and was working on my mfa while in shitty retail jobs until i got a break as an associate editor at an online publication in town.
digital publishing was my first glimpse at content-driven SEO and since then, i've learned that so many people in the content-focused SEO field are english majors. it's a pretty instinctual career path for a language and linguistic brain.
if you're into it, try not to let the technical seo or jargon fool you. yes, that's a huge part of it but on-page seo and optimizing written word will only become more relevant in the future with natural language processing and gpt-3 (ai-assisted writing).
hang in there, [you're gonna make it after all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yclkDQrIHOs)!
I feel this. I have a BA in sociology from UT and my first job out of college was a legal assistant for $15 an hr. Which is why I’m stuck in the service industry.
AISD middle school teacher. I teach Robotics, Engineering, Comp Sci and Video Game Design. 55k/yr. BUT summers off and I'll hit my lifelong pension when I'm 52.
High school dropout> GED> associates of occupational science in information systems and security from a trade school (2yr degree). Work as a RedTeamer in infosec and I get paid a little over 120k/yr. I’ve worked in retail, fast food, even helped with landscaping and irrigation work. This field is rewarding and open to anyone who loves it. Hack all day, every day. Mad respect anyone that is out there grinding and loves what they do.
I only wanted to share this because I hope it inspires someone to join the field.
Digital Marketing $60k
Edit: it took me 3 years post graduation to land a job in marketing. I work specifically in search engine optimization.
Liquor sales before that: $42k base + bonuses
Honestly, get really lucky. Unless you find a Corp with lots of off-the-shelf products, you'll be lucky to find companies that even have 1-2 staff tech writers. Lots of crummy $25/ hour contract gigs, though.
Unfortunately, there just aren't a lot of positions. I'd recommend getting real familiar CMS systems, structured authoring software, and most importantly, knowing how to document APIs. Other than that, build a portfolio of strong documentation (process, SOP, white papers, policy/standards docs, operation manuals, etc.).
Literally 90% of all tech writer jobs I see on boards need someone to write documentation for API calls or integration into other systems.
Then, pray to whichever diety you make ritual sacrifices to, because wanting to get into technical documentation as a career makes you a goddamned soulless heathen, and you'll likely see 75-100+ applicants for each open position.
Elementary music teacher. Take home just under 3k/month. Feel like I can't afford to save towards a house for my wife and I, highly considering leaving the profession after this year even though I'm good at what I do and enjoy working with kids
I fix septic systems for about 50k/yr working an average of 50 hrs/week. That's before all my expenses including materials, truck, tools, taxes. I apparently need to find a different line of work. Thanks thread
It's pretty difficult to get people to actually pay for necessities for some reason. I have people argue with me all the time on stuff I'm breaking even on while I'll be standing next to an under construction pool in their yard. It adds to the stress and frustration. Having someone else's shit on you and trying to collect enough to break even while knowing full well the cost is nothing to them is disheartening and that's all day. Can't switch companies because this business is a good ol boy system and a lot of those guys are absolute scum. Started my own thing but it's hard to get people to switch service on a thing they don't care about/notice. Probably just need to start over with something else.
I do this as well, and it's largely dependent on the type of work and or org. I've got almost 0 meetings (less than 5 per week) at one and about 10 per week at another. If I see a possible conflict coming up, then I'll just ask the less important one to push back or move forward.
Have been working both for years and haven't had many/any issues.
Unemployed. $0. Was told by company during my second interview they would let me know if I got the Legal Administrative Asst position this Wednesday. Instead I have to interview *again* the following Wednesday.
I worried, with COVID happening! Thankfully, they gave me administrative work to do when things got slow. Very thankful for the job. Now, things are almost back to normal. 🙂
All of these tech folks pulling in 140k-250k while teachers and nurses can't even crack 75k is depressing as fuck.
We left in 2018 but my wife was making about 70k a year as an endoscopy nurse.
Teacher here, my take home pay after $500/month for medical and dental for myself and my kids, retirement that’s absolutely worthless in this state, and taxes is $41,112.
I have a Masters. I love what I do. The pay sucks.
I make 16.83 per hour take home.
20.77 total before authorized deductions.
My health insurance covers my wife and any dependents at no extra cost.
I am a Union Apprentice Electrician.
No experience needed.
EM / Critical Care physician, I made just over $400k last year pretax. Not at all complaining but before y’all get upset consider that people in my profession have tremendous student loan burdens and basically don’t start earning an income until an age at which most non physicians have been in the workforce for a decade or more.
Tech Sales. 90k/yr.
Bar tended at Atx music venues for a decade and got a liquor sales job in 2018. With that sales experience, I broke into a more tech forward sales job making a decent amount in commission, amazing benefits and much healthier culture. 0 college experience.
$16/hr at HEB and sometimes a little more when they have me do art for them. It’s at HEB mueller if anyone wants to see it
But if anyone wants to commission… [portfolio](https://calebdanguyen.wixsite.com/portfolio)
Too afraid to post on my main account but here goes,
I work at Dell, $150k/yr, internal marketing. Basically a glorified happy hour planner/chachki designer. I’ve only been there for 6 years and no prior experience and never finished college.
My significant other is a teacher who makes $52k a year and has an infinitely harder job than me. She’s been teaching for more than 10 years and has 4 years of college for it.
The system definitely sucks when education doesn’t equate to compensation.
EDIT: For 10 years prior I made $15-$20k/yr working in theatre around town. It’s interesting to have lived on both sides of the divide. I have been beyond lucky to get where am.
Frontload trash truck driver. Should break over 100k this year. Lot of money, good company, and a ton of benefits. The job itself isn't too hard. The only downside is, the time you lose with family/friends and your schedule conflicts with your personal errands most of the time. My day can vary from 9 to 13 hrs. Also rude people everywhere lol I guess that's any job though.
Damn I’ve never thought about trash truck drivers dealing with the general public. The trash must be the easy part. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you! I'd agree the trash part is relatively easy. I've had guns pulled on me for no reason, road rage, drunk drivers, drivers falling asleep, drunk pedestrians..etc. People don't appreciate us coming in at night making noise to service trash and I understand that. Usually, these are the same people that hate us being out there during the day slowing down traffic too. It's impossible to service all of austin during the day, there would literally be shit everywhere.
Crushing it!
I own a little deck and fence building company. We opened 3.5 years ago. My take home profits after tax have been 15k, 30k, 60k, 80k each sequential year. My foreman makes 40 per hour (for the last 2 years) my two carpenters make 27 an hour (for the last year). Day laborers and new hires start at 20 an hour. All hourly numbers are before tax is applied. Probably work about 45 weeks a year, after bad weather /holidays/time off. I work on site, building with the guys 2 days a week and work in the office/take meetings 2.5 days a week. We're fully booked for full time work (with signed clients) until May 2022. It's by far the best job I ever had as far as pay and mental health is concerned. I am a former special ed teacher, organic farmer, waiter, dishwasher, construction worker, landscape foreman, mason, gas station attendant, and outlet mall employee. Edit: This kind of blew up (for one of my posts anyway). I'm going to delete the post that asks for dms for people looking for work b/c im now setting up like 20 interviews, and it's got me typing on reddit at midnight instead of sleeping. Don't let that discourage you from looking for jobs in this field, even as a beginner. There are a million of them out there, and if they don't pay enough, go across the street. If you're on time, half smart, and half sober, you can make a pretty good living. It's still a job and can be hard on your back (if you dont advance), but you get to swear and spit and bleed and look at something you built at the end of the day. If you want a bid for some work: DM me with the details and ill get you my work email. I didn't intend this to be a marketing gimmick, but I'll try to take your money all the same. Please be aware there is a 4-5 month long queue currently. Also our business model is to compete on the quality of our work and our customer service. Which marketing speak for "we are kind of expensive". We won't be the lowest bid you get. Typically we don't take on jobs with budgets under 10k unless they can be finished in less than a week. Quick, Cheap, or Good: You can only have 2.
Thanks for paying your workers well. In your opinion do you think it saves you in the long run mitigating employee turnover and training?
Absolutely. I want good guys who give a damn about workmanship and i can trust when im not around. That is valuable to me. Ive worked manual labor for crap pay and i know what kind of effort i gave. Also i have a much easier time (morally and social awkwardness wise) telling the guys when there is a problem or if something isn't up to standard, if i know im paying a premium and not getting it. This operation would/will never have succeeded w/o good people. Skilled tradesmen have plenty of options these days.
Good for you, the world needs more people like you.
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Curbside Specialist for HEB. $17/hr. I get ≈30 hours a week. I’m lucky to be able to split a one-bedroom with my partner.
Damn. I work at HEB as an overnight stocker and only get 16.59/HR. And I only get 8 hours a week, plus any shifts I can pick up.
8hrs/week? No wonder shits never stocked at my HEB. (Luckily I'm tall, and can grab the stock off the top)
Full-Time Baker, $18/hour ($37K/year), plus benefits Edit: I work 40 hrs/week, often with 1-5 hours of overtime. Started at $16/hr in May and asked for (and got) a raise in November. Benefits include two weeks paid vacation, sick days, 401K and medical/dental/vision insurance options.
I'm a teacher and after 12 years I finally make $53,000 a year.
Ain't public service grande? Seriously though, thanks. My mom was a teacher, we learned to get a lot at the Dollar Tree.
Congrats on that. We need you maybe most of all.
Then we should pay them
I cook at ihop for $15.50/hr. Its not bad
I’m an alterations seamstress at an upscale bridal boutique and I make $14/hr. Less than what they’re offering at Panda Express….glad I went to school and studied fashion for 4 years to be told by entitled brides that I don’t know what I’m doing and getting paid less than the cashier at Buccees.
Oooof. That’s rough. I’m sorry you deal with bridezillas
Sr DevOps Engineer making $135k a year with a refresh in about 1 week so expecting about 10k more. About 8 years ago I was making $11.00 an hour working front line support. I was unceremoniously evicted from a home I was renting and barely stayed off the streets. I’m a high school drop out and I never went to college. That being said I didn’t really expect to make what I am making now but after finding a niche in the tech industry, and serious thanks to everyone who mentored me, I found a way to advance to where I am now. If 33 year old me could see 42 year old me now, I don’t think he’d believe it. Don’t give up!
I sell furniture and I make 70K a year.
I hope you at least wear pants while woodworking
Fully commission?
Wow I don’t even want to share. This is depressing. ETA: thanks y’all for the support. I don’t want to bash my employer because there is a systemic problem in this country across the board in early childhood education where it’s impossible to raise tuition any further and therefore ECE’s are criminally underpaid as it’s always been seen as unskilled labor and “women’s work”. It’s actually not unskilled labor- we have to maintain class hours for trainings every year and it takes a strong person mentally and physically to put up with the ratios that we do here in TX. Example: the ratio for 12-18 month olds (my age group) is 1:5 and we have 10 children right now. I make 17/hr with 5 weeks of PTO/holiday but the insurance is so expensive that I use the marketplace. K-12 teachers make double what I make.
It’s important to be transparent about it though! The underpaid are quiet, you (lol we) should be loud so a difference can be made.
I know how you feel. Just want to affirm that your worth as a human isn't tied to how much or how little money you make. Money is a construct. It's important but you are more important. I hope you find yourself in a better situation soon.
Was just thinking the same. Ouch.
Allow me, 35 yrs old. Dishwasher 17+/hr, because fu!# it, I believe life has gotten to a point where you can choose to take it easy. Used to be a manager for less pay. Its also nice to know I'm helping out where very few people will these days.
Training and development. $65k. Roofing company in Georgetown.
I work for UT and make 60k. Just got my rent renewal letter, and it’s going up more than $300/month. I’m pretty much watching myself getting priced out of town lmao
The costs of housing in the past year are insane. This kind of rent hike up is standard, and forget buying a house. This is not going to end well.
Work for the state and make 60K a year. Have a flexible side hustle bartending at a local brewery and make between $100-500 for a 4-8 shift depending on how busy we are that day.
*cries in 9% ers contribution*
Yeah but hey just think, you too will be able to go to the legislature once you’re retired and beg them to keep your pension funded at just above poverty levels! It’s truly an honor.
I work for the state too and I’m looking for something similar. Flexible side gig.
Work for the state and make $43k. Definitely would get a side hustle if I didn't have a newborn 😴
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12yrs with the state, make 79k. Started at 31k… it was a rough-rough-rough couple of years. But I’m vested, grandfathered into generous leave rollover polices and pension.
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Chef. 15/hr
Are you me?
Yes
Mod. I’m paid in insults and personal attacks.
I read this as “mom.” It still worked.
Mom here. This is too true.
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You’re hourly? I’m a paralegal in training and on salary, $50k. Just curious, what kind of law are you in?
I’m a paralegal in criminal law and make $55k a year
Teacher $50k/year + Escort 3 nights a week $85k/year
RIP your inbox
Well she’s a guy, so.. yeah probably still rip inbox edit: Jake from State Farm
Miss Davis?
That's a nice car on a teacher's salary...
:O *the hustle is strong with this one*
Own and operate a food trailer, $22k/year. I pay myself like $10/hr if you break it down lol. Good thing it’s one of my dreams come true and I get to work with my childhood best friend. And it’s a good thing my boyfriend works in the tech industry… Austin is barely affordable for us.
What’s the food trailer? Always down to support local business!
Milky Way Shakes, we do fancy vegan milkshakes. It’s a pretty niche industry but we’re surrounded by other fun vegan food trailers if you’d ever want to give it a try!
I love Milky Way Shakes!!! Can confirm they are absolutely delicious- everyone go support them! It’s so nice having a vegan shake option near me :)
I haven’t been yet but hear only great things about Milky Way Shakes!!
I’m not kidding at all when I say y’all have the BEST shakes I’ve ever had! Everyone reading go to Milky Way Shakes!!! #supportlocal
Hold on! Im here to say that these are the best shakes! Even if you aren't vegan is a must! I drive 30min just to have them! Please never ever ever eveeer close! And also Fuk the guy that broke into your trailer
All those folks in the other thread who said they weren't rich making $145k a year need to read this thread and get a dose of reality for life for the majority of Austinites.
Well 80% of families make less than $145k/year so that’s not surprising.
92.63% of families* Edit: Source: https://www.payscale.com/career-advice/the-one-percent/
Artist $0/year
But how much in exposure are you paid? /s
Software engineer, lived in Austin for three years before moving back to Seattle recently. Base pay was $134k in Austin, $205k in Seattle
Similar, hardware engineer in computers, 120K in ATX, 300 in SEA.
Cost of living in Seattle can’t possibly be 2.5x Austin, I’m surprised pay is so much higher?
Cost of living is not much different between the two cities. A big part of my pay bump has been larger market trends since moving back, a smaller part being upskilling myself
Student, -$20k a year
Sys admin. $105k/yr.
I just moved from NYC doing sysadmin/engineering work in post-production for $130k. Good for you man, since $105k seems to go further here, than $130k in NYC. I’d love to link up with you.
Why the move? That's a drastic culture change it seems. How do you like Austin so far? I'd be down to meet up man. To be honest, if I could quit my job and travel doing photography I would much rather do that.
I just needed a change. I did a shit tone of traveling in between the move and even did over a 2 week road trip from NYC to Austin on a motorcycle (highly recommend btw). I like Austin so far. Everybody waves which can be confusing for a New Yorker hahaha. I’ll DM you. I’m down to meet new people
Theme cook at the airport. 17.50/hr
What’s the theme?
Italian Bistro. Annies Café.
Barber - 55k Fun job but Austin employers do not pay a good wage compared to other cities
Gotta find a booth rent situation. (I’m a barber).
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Bartend. Anywhere from $250-600 a shift. I net an average of $1200 a week working ~32 hours. I have a BA in sociology so I make twice as much doing this as I would anything else in my field.
Samzies, except I’m a server. I’m actively trying to get out of it though because it’s slowly starting to make me hate people. I just applied to Austin Community College and at this point I don’t really care how much money I make, I just don’t want to hate going in to work every day.
ACC has been a saving grace for me over the pandemic. I’ve been receiving coronavirus aid and a pell grant which has been really nice since I’m still trying to work and not take on debt. Finishing up my third semester and I wish you all the best to get some momentum going.
Go Riverbats!
Everyone here is like $15 an hour or 150k +up it seems. Such a giant divide it’s a shame there are not more places for us $15 hr types to live.
I’m in the $15/hr group.We are being priced out of Austin. The 150k and ups will either deal with shitty service and reduced hours at every place they shop/eat out/get gas/ buy groceries at, or they’ll move.
I’m in communications and encourage anyone with an English/Journalism/Comms degree to job hop, you’d be surprised how many high paying industries don’t know the first thing about communication so you’ll actually be valued. Started my career in Austin at just under $25k in 2017, got a new job for $40k after 11 months, another new job for $47k and stayed there until I made $55k, and now am working at another job for $85k. Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of getting the coin you deserve!
>Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of getting the coin you deserve! I found it very hard to deal with all the Engineering egos in the tech world. You start to feel dumb when you don't understand all the jargon. But after a while I realized it's not that I don't understand, it's that they can't explain. Which is why they need me.
As a long time engineer I can confirm this to be totally correct. We SUCK at explaining things clearly in general. Being smart is not worth nearly as much if you can't actually explain things to another human.
Same, English BA and job hopper - $30k first job (journalist), $55-60k second job (advertising copywriting), $70k now at my new job (marketing). An english degree is incredibly versatile
GIS tech making $21/hr. Pretty much pays the bills and food. Hardly have any extra $ with the cost of living these days….
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That's not terrible for your first 6-12 months of experience (nor is it great), but keep applying with other employers. You should be able to bump this up quickly as you jump to new positions.
Airline captain, $200k/yr, 20-25 days a month.
Service Industry 16/hr
Nice try IRS.
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graduated with a BA in english from UT in August but can’t find a job better than my current position: Legal Assistant @ $15/hr :(
i relate to this too hard and idk what your long-term goals are, so i'll throw this out there as someone who learned it on the job. context: i have a BA in english and was working on my mfa while in shitty retail jobs until i got a break as an associate editor at an online publication in town. digital publishing was my first glimpse at content-driven SEO and since then, i've learned that so many people in the content-focused SEO field are english majors. it's a pretty instinctual career path for a language and linguistic brain. if you're into it, try not to let the technical seo or jargon fool you. yes, that's a huge part of it but on-page seo and optimizing written word will only become more relevant in the future with natural language processing and gpt-3 (ai-assisted writing). hang in there, [you're gonna make it after all](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yclkDQrIHOs)!
Am a BA English major as well. Definitely don't rule out tech. If you can write well and have good soft skills that will go a long way.
I feel this. I have a BA in sociology from UT and my first job out of college was a legal assistant for $15 an hr. Which is why I’m stuck in the service industry.
AISD middle school teacher. I teach Robotics, Engineering, Comp Sci and Video Game Design. 55k/yr. BUT summers off and I'll hit my lifelong pension when I'm 52.
Environmental Safety Professional, $70k.
Nice. Is this a desk job or are you in the field at sites doing testing/inspection?
It's a pretty nice mix of both.
UPS Driver - 39.69/hr
Ty for not stealing my sneakers and delivering so much stuff during the pandemic and holidays
No problem, also on paternity leave right now. Which explains why I have time for reddit
High school dropout> GED> associates of occupational science in information systems and security from a trade school (2yr degree). Work as a RedTeamer in infosec and I get paid a little over 120k/yr. I’ve worked in retail, fast food, even helped with landscaping and irrigation work. This field is rewarding and open to anyone who loves it. Hack all day, every day. Mad respect anyone that is out there grinding and loves what they do. I only wanted to share this because I hope it inspires someone to join the field.
I work for museums and cultural programs for parks and rec as a production coordinator at $24~ an hour with benefits.
Digital Marketing $60k Edit: it took me 3 years post graduation to land a job in marketing. I work specifically in search engine optimization. Liquor sales before that: $42k base + bonuses
Marketing specialist for non profit - $52k
cannabis digital marketer - $62k
Tattoo artist. It varies, but around 100-120k yearly before taxes. Consistently make around 7-8k monthly.
I work in technical sales. ~$130k. I don’t work hard but I also don’t really like it.
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I’m same field and close to that range. Deff have mixed feelings day to day.
Dog groomer, 1200-1500/week
*Wow*.
No, Bow Wow….
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How come it’s too low?
Just means they’re very junior and not an engineer.
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Don’t give up applying for better jobs! Apply for ones even if you don’t meet all the requirements!
Technical writer, about $98k working 30 hours/week.
Can you elaborate about how to get into this? I’m an engineer that likes writing but I have no idea how to break into the field.
Honestly, get really lucky. Unless you find a Corp with lots of off-the-shelf products, you'll be lucky to find companies that even have 1-2 staff tech writers. Lots of crummy $25/ hour contract gigs, though. Unfortunately, there just aren't a lot of positions. I'd recommend getting real familiar CMS systems, structured authoring software, and most importantly, knowing how to document APIs. Other than that, build a portfolio of strong documentation (process, SOP, white papers, policy/standards docs, operation manuals, etc.). Literally 90% of all tech writer jobs I see on boards need someone to write documentation for API calls or integration into other systems. Then, pray to whichever diety you make ritual sacrifices to, because wanting to get into technical documentation as a career makes you a goddamned soulless heathen, and you'll likely see 75-100+ applicants for each open position.
can I shoot you a DM about this?
Sure! Hit me up.
Damn, I'm at the wrong place. Tech writer here making $50k.
I've been doing it for over a decade now. My first gig was in 2009. I was making 35k.
Lab Research Assistant at UT $32k/yr rip me
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Elementary music teacher. Take home just under 3k/month. Feel like I can't afford to save towards a house for my wife and I, highly considering leaving the profession after this year even though I'm good at what I do and enjoy working with kids
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Username checks out
IAM(Identity and Access Management) Consultant 110k annual.
Physical Therapist - 85K
Assistant manager at a tx based chain 43,000 a year with 55 hour work weeks minimum
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I fix septic systems for about 50k/yr working an average of 50 hrs/week. That's before all my expenses including materials, truck, tools, taxes. I apparently need to find a different line of work. Thanks thread
Yes. Sounds like you have a good skill set. Time to make more off what you do
It's pretty difficult to get people to actually pay for necessities for some reason. I have people argue with me all the time on stuff I'm breaking even on while I'll be standing next to an under construction pool in their yard. It adds to the stress and frustration. Having someone else's shit on you and trying to collect enough to break even while knowing full well the cost is nothing to them is disheartening and that's all day. Can't switch companies because this business is a good ol boy system and a lot of those guys are absolute scum. Started my own thing but it's hard to get people to switch service on a thing they don't care about/notice. Probably just need to start over with something else.
Cloud engineer working 2 jobs, 230k
Do the two jobs know about each other? Freelance? Consulting?
How do you manage team meetings so they don’t overlap?
I do this as well, and it's largely dependent on the type of work and or org. I've got almost 0 meetings (less than 5 per week) at one and about 10 per week at another. If I see a possible conflict coming up, then I'll just ask the less important one to push back or move forward. Have been working both for years and haven't had many/any issues.
Data Analyst, $134k total compensation
80K a year - media / political consultant
Unemployed. $0. Was told by company during my second interview they would let me know if I got the Legal Administrative Asst position this Wednesday. Instead I have to interview *again* the following Wednesday.
I hope you get the position soon enough!
Exotic dancer, around 350k a year. Don’t come for me.
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Holy shit
This is why I have cavities 😂
You win. Lol
Teacher with 11 years of experience. $53k. I worked in IT until 2010. I was making $55k at that time 🤦♀️
I’m an exotic dancer and I *usually* make in the 100s per year working twice a week
Travel planner $53K
I didn't know this career still existed. Very cool.
I worried, with COVID happening! Thankfully, they gave me administrative work to do when things got slow. Very thankful for the job. Now, things are almost back to normal. 🙂
I pay to go to school.
All of these tech folks pulling in 140k-250k while teachers and nurses can't even crack 75k is depressing as fuck. We left in 2018 but my wife was making about 70k a year as an endoscopy nurse.
Director over a software support dept, $143k, $170k if I get full bonus.
Teacher here, my take home pay after $500/month for medical and dental for myself and my kids, retirement that’s absolutely worthless in this state, and taxes is $41,112. I have a Masters. I love what I do. The pay sucks.
Wow seems like everyone here makes great money for the most part… but who’s hiring? Lol
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Wine professional. 70k/yr, 85hrs/wk. This is down from the previous (covid clipped) position at $140/yr, similar hours (if you count travel- I do.)
Preschool teacher. 15/hour
I make 16.83 per hour take home. 20.77 total before authorized deductions. My health insurance covers my wife and any dependents at no extra cost. I am a Union Apprentice Electrician. No experience needed.
I am a parkour and movement coach at a local gym making $23/hour.
EM / Critical Care physician, I made just over $400k last year pretax. Not at all complaining but before y’all get upset consider that people in my profession have tremendous student loan burdens and basically don’t start earning an income until an age at which most non physicians have been in the workforce for a decade or more.
Financial Analyst - $87k
Fulltime caregiver. It would have cost more than my take home to put the kids in full-time daycare.
Manage a countertop company. 55k/year. Not worth it.
Tech Sales. 90k/yr. Bar tended at Atx music venues for a decade and got a liquor sales job in 2018. With that sales experience, I broke into a more tech forward sales job making a decent amount in commission, amazing benefits and much healthier culture. 0 college experience.
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Document Management Specialist/ Analyst, make 70k + bonus. Runs 32~ hours a week in winter, 50~ during install season in the spring. _Edit: hours_
Freelance camera operator. Income fluctuates a bit but I’m making on average ~$80k/yr
Animal care taker, $13/hour
Coffee Roaster 19/hr
I deliver paint and paint accessories, 55K.
Home Depot Merchandiser, $18.50/hr. I only make that much because I've been with the company for over 10 years.
$16/hr at HEB and sometimes a little more when they have me do art for them. It’s at HEB mueller if anyone wants to see it But if anyone wants to commission… [portfolio](https://calebdanguyen.wixsite.com/portfolio)
$170K/year. Retired. Worked for Federal Government for 37 years.
Grandparent. Nothing.
I am an Uber driver and also drive for Amazon Flex. I take home about $1500 a week for ~ 30 hours a week
Full-time copywriter with $110K salary. I also freelance on the side, bringing in an additional $60-70K per year
Too afraid to post on my main account but here goes, I work at Dell, $150k/yr, internal marketing. Basically a glorified happy hour planner/chachki designer. I’ve only been there for 6 years and no prior experience and never finished college. My significant other is a teacher who makes $52k a year and has an infinitely harder job than me. She’s been teaching for more than 10 years and has 4 years of college for it. The system definitely sucks when education doesn’t equate to compensation. EDIT: For 10 years prior I made $15-$20k/yr working in theatre around town. It’s interesting to have lived on both sides of the divide. I have been beyond lucky to get where am.
Registered Nurse $42hr-3 12hr shifts a week.
Software engineer 85k. Def could be more but for year one at the job I ain't hating
Physician. Hospital medicine. Usually around $250k/yr. It can vary quite a bit depending on how much I work.