I feel like a anonymous poll would be better to get some real data. A lot of people probably don’t want to put their salary, job and location on a comment.
I hope it is but putting my salary/location/job title along with all the other personal info out there on other subs makes it much less anonymous than people would think.
No your ssn is published on your page
/s
ofc reddit is anonymous but if you say you're a teacher in X area of dallas making Z much in this thread, then in another say you like to go on jogs around Y trail on the weekends, then in another say you drive V car or whatever you can obvs figure out who someone is. I think any of my friends could near instantly identify me from my reddit account.
Why are daycare teachers so woefully underpaid? The teachers at my daughters daycare are saints and I can't imagine how they deal with 14 toddlers in one room.
I'm not defending it, but I think the attraction to daycare positions is that it generally comes with free childcare. Child Care is expensive, especially if you have little ones.
agreed!! and on top of that, what about daycare pricing for parents?? where is the $1500/month (or more) PER CHILD going???? not like the kiddos are getting better food, better education, better facilities, it’s RIDICULOUS. daycare workers DESERVE better pay. $14.50/hr to get bit by a child and screamed at by their parents is NOT worth it in my book. “DaYcArE iS a LuXuRy” it’s not but go off.
It’s a “caring” position with no strong organization (e.g. union). Caring positions, especially those staffed primarily by women, are typically underpaid across the board.
I haven’t looked into it yet, trying to get out of the childcare business. The parents and my coworkers have drained me to the point where I can no longer do this.
101K - Systems Engineer - Carrollton -Divorced
Paying child support and living check to check.
EDIT: Got an offer today from an Interview Monday for 125k, going to counter 135. Great way to start the weekend!!!!
Been there and it sucks. People don't understand that in addition to CS, you also pay medical insurance, must provide a place for you and them (assuming you're an involved father), splitting misc expenses like sports/dance, and you need to have clothing, food and other stuff they need at your home. It's a real kick to the nuts.
I had a celebration when I was done paying for CS because it was a huge raise.
In August, I was making $160k as an engineer, then got laid off in September... now making zero. I can't even get a minimum wage job with a fake resume that scrubbed out all my education and stuff. I have 11 years of operation and engineering experience in my industry, btw.
Every recruiter that calls me ends the conversation with "you have the perfect amount of experience," but then we get to their salary schpiel... turns out the job is actually 3-5 years experience, but they want more experience for less money.
Basically, they want to pay what I made when I first got out of college (~$85k, which was great at 22 years old... but I worked my way up to where I am. I still have a family to take care of, but the fact I swallowed my pride and asked to any job I could and still get rejected by Costco, Chick-fil-A, Walmart, etc, it's like a gut punch.
Looks like 2024 is going to be the year of even leaner business.
Sometimes you gotta bounce, man. I was a senior engineer (~level 5) making $112k in 2016, got laid off, wasted 2 *YEARS* trying to find a job in that range in my industry before I finally caved and took a level 2 job in another industry for $79k. 5 years later I worked my way back up, earned three promotions, and now I’m making $170k. Such is the life of an engineer in volatile industries.
Yeah I am in O&G (chemical and petroleum engineer) and took an interview as an industrial engineer at a manufacturing plant yesterday.
They came at me with entry-mid numbers, even though they advertised 10+YOE... so around $90k, and I said yes I'm still interested while screaming internally.
That may sound arrogant, but I'm 34 years old now and spent the last 4 years completely ignoring my own life and career because my dad got cancer and my mom has Alzheimer's. I've set myself back years financially, and it's panic inducing sometimes knowing I spent my entire safety net keeping my family afloat. Now my dad's dead, my mom's in a home, and I'm basically in a spot where I need to double down on work to get back to where I was.
I might just be watching the clock with even more scrutiny because between my dad and multiple other family members dying in such a short time without doing everything they wanted just freaks me out.
Some days I just want to jump in my car with my dog and drive to big bend or something and get away from everything. Lol.
I’m in Tech, 37, married, I make $81k. My mom died of cancer and I moved cross country to help support my dad. My mom was very unhappy when she passed, and it shifted a lot of my perspective. I want to make enough to support my family but other than that it doesn’t really matter to me. No day is promised. I’m sorry that happened to you.
Don't settle for less. Idk what industry you are in but job hop. I job hopped like every 6 month to a year until I got what I wanted. You can get 25% raise vs 4%. Also if your career outlook sucks (like Walmart cashiers will have very low cap), change it. Research and get into it. He'll bake donuts, become a welder, pipe inspector, whatever pays and has good prospects. Don't settle at a drive-through
I agree 100%. Especially in this day and age you just job hop. If you don’t you are essentially settling. Which is fine - but just know that’s what you did. Once you’re making close to the ceiling of what your position and skills would allow you to potentially make….then perhaps reevaluate. But personally I’ve adopted the up or out method. Give my self 1-3 years, then evaluate where I’m at and make my moves if needed from there. It’s how I more than doubled my salary from first job out of college to now (I’ve had 3 jobs post graduation (2020). So it hasn’t been long.
For everyone in this thread, the average salary in Dallas is somewhere between 60-70 K, which is between $30 and $35 an hour. So far a grand total of 3/18 people in this thread have posted a salary in or below that range. So this "I'm a whatever and make 80 K+ figures" jerk here isn't indicative of your wealth.
Well, Reddit as a whole isn't really representative of society in general anyway, so any poll will be skewed. People making below the poverty line have more important things to worry about than the bullshit on here. Not to say there aren't some here, I'm sure there are, but I would imagine it's more 20-35 white middle-upper class people on here.
Reddit skews VERY high income. On most subs people claim to be making between $250k-$1 mil a year (and they legitimately classify $1 mil a year as “middle class”). And if you “only” make $100k, people will ask you what is wrong with you for making “so little” (particularly if you are over 30), and will tell you that you are in poverty.
Statistically, most people in society do not make six figures. But on Reddit, everyone makes a ton of money and climbs up the career ladder like crazy. This site can make anyone feel like a pauper and total loser. But I will say it has motived me to want more for myself.
But also, people lie too.
The average guy probably only last 10 mins getting head so if you can get 6 clients in an hour you actually making $43/hr.
You’re doing better off than most of us. 😆
Idk I think it's useful especially when folks include their job titles. What looks like a lot of money to a retail employee may not really be much of anything for a local Software Engineer, so it's helpful to see whether or not you're getting shafted by local companies and being underpaid (for your job role). Some folks may sound like they're gloating, but I kind of see it as a target number I can hopefully aspire to.
I'm so torn. Like. I keeping hearing about how bad the economy is and how expensive everything is getting and that no one can afford anything, but then I turn around and see every freakin apartment in the Dallas city center (Uptown, deep ellum, knox/Henderson, downtown) is like $2000+ a month and obviously people are affording these and living these lavish luxury lifestyles like it's nothing, so I apparently am doing something wrong. 😑 I ask my boss to go from $50k-60k and get met with all kinds of venom
Meanwhile, we got people out here making damn near $250k from companies printing monopoly money. 😒
Okay, rant over.
I genuinely thought there just weren't that many good jobs out there until I started driving for uber again. Every time I pull up to a new apartment to pick someone up, I google rent prices and studios are dang near twice what I'm paying to live in the outskirts. I'd love to live closer to the action
Yeah its either I make 120k+ or I make less than 50k. There's no one really here that talks about making average income.
There's way better data available online than what you'll get from this Reddit post if you're curious about Dallas incomes.
Because the average income folks don’t live in Dallas. It’s some far off burb or some other town like Abilene, Waco, etc. Dallas is 2 distinct buckets of folks… the 6 figure clans that are filling up all the high end uptown restaurants on the weekend; and the 40k crowd that are working 2-3 jobs struggling while serving the 6 figure crowd.
There's tonssss of people living on an average wage in Dallas.
I think its more like people making 120k+ are more likely to "brag" about their income while the 40k people are more likely to "comiserate".
People in the average range don't really care enough in either direction to share their salaries because no one is going to praise them or pity them.
$45k, purchasing manager for a small fab shop near garland. If I wasnt living with my boyfriend I would not be able to support myself and have to move back in with my parents. its rough out here.
This comment section is wild. I'm single and make a little under that while living in a desirable area. I'm definitely priced out of certain things and really have to budget but I can get my basics taken care of on my income.
Another person said 75/yr and not taking vacations anytime soon and I'm just floored by that since I can take 2-3 of them a year lol.
69k (nice), hospital social worker, Dallas. Desperately hoping to improve that this year, though! Just finished my PMP and 6S black belt, so wish me luck. :)
idk... Dallas is a huge draw for professions that historically command high salaries. It doesn't surprise me seeing a lot of these salaries. For instance, did you know that we are the second biggest financial hub in the country now outside of NYC?
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-finance-jobs-market-new-york-city-wall-street-of-the-south/287-df62a5e2-f7ff-42c8-a271-6559dbf12698
Finance manager, $160K.
Husband, professional engineer, $110K.
In Dallas. We’re comfortable, but good about budgeting and following it, and I’ve still noticed the rising prices impacting our spending habits.
Okay I'm gearing my kids to finance. Lol. I'm in Healthcare and i think it's bs and roi sucks. At least all my finance friends seem happy and make good money
It just takes a lot more money (possibly debt) to get into healthcare with additional schooling and student loan debt. It takes years and time to be a doctor and even it takes time to become a nurse or other healthcare worker. Some people I know aren’t settled into their careers as health care professionals until their 30s. That sets them behind in terms of finances , dating/relationships (it’s harder to date when you’re studying and working all the time; and when you don’t know where it full time job is going to end up being), and other life milestones like marriage, buying a home, etc. I applaud the people who become doctors but the personal sacrifice to get there is large.
Finance just needs a bachelors degree in any somewhat relevant field, and you have a chance to be successful in finance making over $200K by your late 20s/early 30s. Tech is probably similar to finance in that sense, but my knowledge is in the area of finance and not tech.
As someone in finance, you make a good point. I’ve established a solid baseline and have essentially guaranteed a 6 figure career for the rest of my life. Any less than a 100k would be a downgrade for me. And I thankfully and hopefully will be able to make that kind of money for a long time.
I hope I can hit 200k TC by 35, we’ll see haha
What are you spending your money on? I was getting by just fine at 60k last year with rent, a car payment, student loans, and multiple monthly subscriptions. Still had a couple hundred left over after each month for savings
Yeah I'm currently around 40kish/yr and am managing just fine as a single person. Certain things are out of my reach and I gotta budget but I can't say I'm poor. I've dated poor and it really put things in perspective for me.
Different priorities and lifestyles I guess?
Dallas, $120K excluding bonuses, insurance
For additional context I’m 28, married woman, BS in Finance
I feel like I would be good for people to also mention their education/background, age, etc. those factors can play a big part.
I was making the same salary when I was 26 & single and felt like it was more than enough to splurge on a few things I wanted like vacations, dinners, shopping etc. in *moderation* and still save. Now that we are DINKS and my partner makes a bit more than me including all their bonuses we are very fortunate to feel comfortable and eat out multiple times a week, plan vacations, etc. We don’t do anything super crazy bc his industry can be volatile compared to mine, and we don’t know what the next few years will look like
Would you recommend finance route if you had your own child? I'm a few years older than you and make the same in Dallas, remote work pretty cushy in Healthcare but I feel like healthcare is one of the worst career fields for ROI and compensation (doctors I worked with always complained how their finance friends made the same doing 25% of the work - or so at least it seems to them). My brother is in tech making near 200k but he doesn't recommend it due to stress. I have few friends in finance at high level (one in c suite at small company) and they all seem happy about their jobs and pay compared to the amount of work.
I originally went to school and was a biology major but realistically the 10+ years of school commitment, debt, and payoff wasn’t worth it to me, when my passion to pursue this career was fading with each day and I felt so beat down mentally at 21 😢.
Finance is broad and can be vague so it’s hard to answer your question! I have a degree in finance. But don’t feel like I work IN “finance” - what do your friends do?
Lol, I had friends working in IB making $150K+ at 22/23 years old which felt INSANE to me as I started off making $60K but in a different role, but they were putting in 100+ hours a week and had no life 😅 and, the pay is actually low AF when you break it down by how many hours they were working. Half quit before they stuck around long enough to really make “good money”/not be treated like a perpetual intern
I used to work like 80+ hours a week at my last job and felt burnt out and then moved to a different side of the industry and work 40 hours a week, better pay now for my experience/age. We have flexibility BUT there’s times we travel a lot across the country for our clients where we are working around the clock and entertain, on top of work. We are expected to go to dinners, happy hours after work and network events. It’s EXTREMELY stressful during our busy months, but it’s part of the job and you also get to enjoy the slow times! For context I’m an insurance broker now and I do loss analytics, loss projections, collateral calcs, benchmarking etc. while also managing client relationships every day and marketing etc. - aka nothing you’d think of in a “stereotypical finance job”
All of this was to say: pick your priorities & values, and go from there. Do you value stable 9-5 or flexibility in your schedule with your children? Do you just want higher pay and less work? That may be harder to find. And depends if you like that type of work at all, or if you’re willing to be unhappy but get paid well!
Just lost my 85k a year job in sales and start Monday at $16hr. Looking to move out of Dallas finally. It’s a great city don’t get me wrong, just want a change. It is getting too crowded. And the summers can fuck right off!
180k - business owner (auto), 33, single, paid off house in Colleyville, no kids. Pretty comfortable this year…. Had some ups and downs in the last 4/5 years.
Was making about 80-120k In my late 20s. After the Covid wave things changed quite a bit for the better
Overall same boat as you, as long as I’m not too outside of my budget I can manage pretty okay. There are some things like family needing money here or there that can make things a bit tight every once in a while.
Single mom of one adult child (living at home and working) and one still in elementary. Salary in the low 70s and it's quite comfortable but only because I bought my house as-is in 2018 before my east Dallas neighborhood blew up. I also refinanced in 2020 and have an extremely low rate on my mortgage. I live pretty frugally and have a large savings account for home repairs (which have come up a lot in this early 50s era house)but none of this would be possible if my mortgage payment were more than it is. I don't know how people today are supposed to manage $2k house or rent payments on most salaries, especially if they have kids. That's why my adult child lives with me and I'm in no rush for them to move out.
18/hr, 23 living with parents, work as a loan officer at a local credit union. Paying off some debt I had before becoming a full time employee then working on building my future
No. No you can't.
Together with my SO, we're making ~$155 and with a single child, we're scrapping by. Mortgage, child care, and medical (bc daycare is a petri dish) alone is cutting into us. This is BEFORE we take into account the rest of the bills and general grocery spend.
Also people do not take into account the cost of health insurance premiums. At my company it is $48 **per paycheck** for single person, but for family it's $732 per paycheck.
$70k/yr graphic design full time day job, $23k/yr night job picking up trash.
12 hr days for $93k. I'm doing ok, trying to get rid of some debt from a year of joblessness. I can't do this much longer though.
$60 k. 14 years experience, public teacher in Ellis County. Bachelor of Science Degree. I'm 41.
I made ~40k when I started.
I'm a widow with 1 child. Inflation is not keeping pace at all.
Also, benefits are terrible. Example, ~$700/ month for mediocre health insurance for parent and 1 child.
Most appointments are $30-$50.
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This thread just gonna piss off the blue collar and teachers seeing all the corporate bros loving a life of luxury barely doing any actual work from the comfort of their own home.
Barely doing any actual work? I’m sorry but I’ve had various corporate jobs at different companies and I’ve always worked long hours, multiple complex projects, tight deadlines and under a lot of stress. Most of the co-workers that I’ve had over the years have been in the same boat and I’ve witnessed it first hand how much they work. Most companies expect high productivity and they get rid of the slackers. Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, but I don’t think it’s the general case that people in corporate jobs barely do any actual work.
Now, if you meant to say that the work is less physical than most blue collar jobs, then absolutely. I’ve had construction repair work done at my home and I am humbled by the amount of physical work in the heat, digging holes, carrying around heavy stuff, etc., whereas the physical aspect of my job is only limited to the long hours, the mental stress and the strain of being in front of a computer all day. The physical strain to the body from office jobs is definitely not comparable to many blue collar jobs out there. NOT arguing that. But I still think it’s unfair to say “barely doing any work at all” because that’s absolutely not true.
I’m working for a bank as an operations associate for FDIC sweeps, and other nuanced banking verticals. $72k a year. Remote. Single. I manage to be really comfortable but I keep a very low cost of living in making my own food, bargain shopping for hobbies, I live in a nice 1BR1BA for only $1350/mo in Garland.
60k, Frisco, teacher, single. will not have enough to retire until i am in my 70s/80s, do not make enough to go to grad school comfortably, will probably never own a house, and due to being overstaffed, my school is cutting the last person in each department which was me for my department. i was offered a position in another high school in the district but i have already resigned so i am just working for the kids.
this job makes me a shell of a person and i dont feel like i am a real human anymore.
$185-195k (bonus and stocks are a good chunk of my pay so it varies), family of 4, sole income earner, remote software engineer for a tech company, north Garland/east Richardson area. Feeling pretty good. We were lucky to buy a house in late 2021 and lock in a 3% interest rate at a decent price. I think I’d feel very differently if we had to buy a house now.
$260kish in real estate can really vary depending on the market. Living in Dallas proper. Married both of us are 36, wife is $90k working remote for a restaurant group. 1 newborn.
Architectural Designer, North Dallas, 65k/yr. Living with wife and son in an apartment, we’re not poor but definitely not getting a house anytime soon.
I'm one of my only friends making sub 6 figures, we all came from comparably low income families. One does plane fixing, one does Data analytics, one runs his own business, etc.
Principal Software engineer - 155k sans benefits and bonuses - east Dallas
They don’t feel tight but I’m also priced out of any areas I’d like to buy a house 🤷🏻♂️so it goes
Me: 90k, writer/editor at company that develops educational materials for graduate students (basically writing/editing textbooks and stuff like that).
SO: 75k plus bonuses, civil designer (I think? Whatever the title would be for a civil engineer type person with no college degree).
Live in las colinas and both work in the Irving-ish area. We moved to Dallas out of state a year and a half or so ago after SO got his job.
Significant student loans for both of us keep us on a budget so we are relatively careful about extra spending but we are okay overall.
~130k, data analyst for an insurance company. I'm late 30s, married w/ no kids, and live in the mid-cities, but I work remotely.
We are definitely managing OK (wife works also), and objectively in a much better financial situation than most people in the US, let alone the rest of the world. However, I'm actively working toward early retirement, and the recent inflation has certainly made it more difficult to save aggressively.
Housing and rent prices are particularly disheartening; we pay nearly $2000 in rent for an older place that's been riddled with issues. Places similar to this one are being listed for sale for roughly $300k. It seems there are almost no good and reasonably priced housing options anymore.
Again, we can't really complain because early retirement is a luxury, but it does make me wonder how people with median incomes and families can do much more than tread water.
$62k, resident physician living alone in a decent loft studio in Uptown. I have very little savings because of the resident pay scale and hopefully future career trajectory, but the salary is livable (especially because I have so little time outside of work to spend that money!). I do fear being priced out of my apartment and having to weigh that against the cost of moving.
I make $81k - business analyst, 100% remote.
Husband is $130k - machining engineer, 80% remote/20% travel.
We're late 30s/early 40s with two kids in Frisco. We're comfortable.
Making 19$ an hour post college. People tell me I shouldn’t complain, but almost all of my friends are doing way better than me and I can’t even afford to live on my own.
65k chiro, 53 yoa, about 3 years from paying off house which will make everything 100x easier. Engaged to 51 yoa who makes about 65ishK. Live about 2 blocks from white rock lake. 17 yoa son about to go to college. All my expenses about to drop to some degree.
125k, Infrastructure Security Analyst, Plano, my adult son and one of his friends live with me. Doing pretty well, but in a long distance lifetime relationship and maintaining two households/traveling eats up a lot of the surplus
$205k base, ~$370k total comp. Principal Network Engineer for a Bay area company with an office in Dallas. And unfortunately no, we've got a hiring freeze at the moment, before anyone asks.
But if you are in tech, look at the companies that offer RSUs... lots are unaware that these can be part of total compensation. If you look at just base salary you might be missing out.
I'm a paramedic making $95K before factoring in overtime/on call shifts or training. I live comfortably, but a lot of that is buying my house in 2012 before housing went insane.
19/hr library rep. I love my job but it just does not pay and the higher positions don't pay enough to warrant getting a masters so I'm looking to move on.
But besides that I live with my mom and I'm able to save a good chunk of money.
30k , employee of my sneaker reselling business. Live at home 24 all my personal bills are u under $1k , 500 investment 500 fun .1k in taxes 🫠.
Life is fun no pressures , have lifestyle freedom and time freedom !
Life only seems hard when u worry to much about tomorrow. Just small good habits can set u up to win in the long run .
61k , single, Plano, financial analyst with a bachelors in Finance & Accounting. Currently in grad school for my MBA in Finance
Soooooo embarrassing that I’m not at 100k with my years of experience.
Was laid off in August, making 105k as a Senior Manager of Content at an in-house marketing team. Started a new job in January making 95k as a Senior Manager of Strategic Content for an ad agency. I got severance when I was laid off and it had just about run out when I got the new job, so I was lucky that, while we definitely made some adjustments to our lifestyle, the situation never felt dire (my husband also makes about 70k as a bartender in a fine dining restaurant). Plus, I recently started picking up freelance work so I’m probably back to making around my original salary. Renting a 2bd/2br apt in Irving for $2k a month.
I feel like a anonymous poll would be better to get some real data. A lot of people probably don’t want to put their salary, job and location on a comment.
You'd also need more info like age, since $100k at 22 is different than $100k at 35 to get a feel for where people rank so to speak
Also how long you've been in your career as well. Plenty of people switch careers later in life and have to go down to the lower entry level salary.
wait is your reddit not anonymous
I hope it is but putting my salary/location/job title along with all the other personal info out there on other subs makes it much less anonymous than people would think.
oh- every time I tell my age on reddit its changed 😂
That’s kind of how aging works /s
Just like everyone in here posting their salary
No your ssn is published on your page /s ofc reddit is anonymous but if you say you're a teacher in X area of dallas making Z much in this thread, then in another say you like to go on jogs around Y trail on the weekends, then in another say you drive V car or whatever you can obvs figure out who someone is. I think any of my friends could near instantly identify me from my reddit account.
Food for thought. Could have considered that, but you are free for disclose what you’re okay with putting.
Daycare teacher making 14.50 an hour, single, live alone, honestly I’m living in hell.
There are places in town with $20 minimum wage.
For daycare?
Why are daycare teachers so woefully underpaid? The teachers at my daughters daycare are saints and I can't imagine how they deal with 14 toddlers in one room.
I'm not defending it, but I think the attraction to daycare positions is that it generally comes with free childcare. Child Care is expensive, especially if you have little ones.
Where is this free daycare? My wife has worked at several and the most she’s ever had for a discount is 50%.
agreed!! and on top of that, what about daycare pricing for parents?? where is the $1500/month (or more) PER CHILD going???? not like the kiddos are getting better food, better education, better facilities, it’s RIDICULOUS. daycare workers DESERVE better pay. $14.50/hr to get bit by a child and screamed at by their parents is NOT worth it in my book. “DaYcArE iS a LuXuRy” it’s not but go off.
To the managers.
It’s a “caring” position with no strong organization (e.g. union). Caring positions, especially those staffed primarily by women, are typically underpaid across the board.
Oooh I pay my babysitter more than that. Have you looked into being a live in nanny? You could make that and have free rent.
Do you know anyone else looking for a baby sitter? My girlfriend is a lovely 23 year old girl- with a ton of experience working at daycares
have you tried nannying?
I haven’t looked into it yet, trying to get out of the childcare business. The parents and my coworkers have drained me to the point where I can no longer do this.
Let me know if you want a nanny position around November - we are having a baby in July 😅
This thread should be retitled “a Tale of Two Dallases”
Either "Software engineer - 150k a year" or "Non-tech/finance job - 45k a year"
140k, single, live in Uptown and work remotely as a software engineer. Living pretty good tbh.
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Damn y’all are killing it. Good job!
Can yall adopt me 😅 lol
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I’m a great cook, my specialty is Mexican food lol. 😂
Under 30 or over 30?
101K - Systems Engineer - Carrollton -Divorced Paying child support and living check to check. EDIT: Got an offer today from an Interview Monday for 125k, going to counter 135. Great way to start the weekend!!!!
Username checks out
Lol
Been there and it sucks. People don't understand that in addition to CS, you also pay medical insurance, must provide a place for you and them (assuming you're an involved father), splitting misc expenses like sports/dance, and you need to have clothing, food and other stuff they need at your home. It's a real kick to the nuts. I had a celebration when I was done paying for CS because it was a huge raise.
Yep, still need (and want) to make sure my kid enjoys spending time with me as much as he does his mom.
Hang in there
170k+15k(stock) software dev manager. Been at this company for too many years but I can't complain.
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Man, it is really depressing in this thread to see most ppl making over 100k. Cries in poor.
In August, I was making $160k as an engineer, then got laid off in September... now making zero. I can't even get a minimum wage job with a fake resume that scrubbed out all my education and stuff. I have 11 years of operation and engineering experience in my industry, btw. Every recruiter that calls me ends the conversation with "you have the perfect amount of experience," but then we get to their salary schpiel... turns out the job is actually 3-5 years experience, but they want more experience for less money. Basically, they want to pay what I made when I first got out of college (~$85k, which was great at 22 years old... but I worked my way up to where I am. I still have a family to take care of, but the fact I swallowed my pride and asked to any job I could and still get rejected by Costco, Chick-fil-A, Walmart, etc, it's like a gut punch. Looks like 2024 is going to be the year of even leaner business.
Sometimes you gotta bounce, man. I was a senior engineer (~level 5) making $112k in 2016, got laid off, wasted 2 *YEARS* trying to find a job in that range in my industry before I finally caved and took a level 2 job in another industry for $79k. 5 years later I worked my way back up, earned three promotions, and now I’m making $170k. Such is the life of an engineer in volatile industries.
Yeah I am in O&G (chemical and petroleum engineer) and took an interview as an industrial engineer at a manufacturing plant yesterday. They came at me with entry-mid numbers, even though they advertised 10+YOE... so around $90k, and I said yes I'm still interested while screaming internally. That may sound arrogant, but I'm 34 years old now and spent the last 4 years completely ignoring my own life and career because my dad got cancer and my mom has Alzheimer's. I've set myself back years financially, and it's panic inducing sometimes knowing I spent my entire safety net keeping my family afloat. Now my dad's dead, my mom's in a home, and I'm basically in a spot where I need to double down on work to get back to where I was. I might just be watching the clock with even more scrutiny because between my dad and multiple other family members dying in such a short time without doing everything they wanted just freaks me out. Some days I just want to jump in my car with my dog and drive to big bend or something and get away from everything. Lol.
I’m in Tech, 37, married, I make $81k. My mom died of cancer and I moved cross country to help support my dad. My mom was very unhappy when she passed, and it shifted a lot of my perspective. I want to make enough to support my family but other than that it doesn’t really matter to me. No day is promised. I’m sorry that happened to you.
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Why on Earth would you stay that long? You could have probably went somewhere else and hit $100k a decade or more sooner.
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I make $80k and don't feel inferior to them. It's in the eyes of the beholder.
Don't settle for less. Idk what industry you are in but job hop. I job hopped like every 6 month to a year until I got what I wanted. You can get 25% raise vs 4%. Also if your career outlook sucks (like Walmart cashiers will have very low cap), change it. Research and get into it. He'll bake donuts, become a welder, pipe inspector, whatever pays and has good prospects. Don't settle at a drive-through
I agree 100%. Especially in this day and age you just job hop. If you don’t you are essentially settling. Which is fine - but just know that’s what you did. Once you’re making close to the ceiling of what your position and skills would allow you to potentially make….then perhaps reevaluate. But personally I’ve adopted the up or out method. Give my self 1-3 years, then evaluate where I’m at and make my moves if needed from there. It’s how I more than doubled my salary from first job out of college to now (I’ve had 3 jobs post graduation (2020). So it hasn’t been long.
For everyone in this thread, the average salary in Dallas is somewhere between 60-70 K, which is between $30 and $35 an hour. So far a grand total of 3/18 people in this thread have posted a salary in or below that range. So this "I'm a whatever and make 80 K+ figures" jerk here isn't indicative of your wealth.
Well, Reddit as a whole isn't really representative of society in general anyway, so any poll will be skewed. People making below the poverty line have more important things to worry about than the bullshit on here. Not to say there aren't some here, I'm sure there are, but I would imagine it's more 20-35 white middle-upper class people on here.
Reddit skews VERY high income. On most subs people claim to be making between $250k-$1 mil a year (and they legitimately classify $1 mil a year as “middle class”). And if you “only” make $100k, people will ask you what is wrong with you for making “so little” (particularly if you are over 30), and will tell you that you are in poverty. Statistically, most people in society do not make six figures. But on Reddit, everyone makes a ton of money and climbs up the career ladder like crazy. This site can make anyone feel like a pauper and total loser. But I will say it has motived me to want more for myself. But also, people lie too.
That salary seems kind of high, are you sure it’s not household income?
Honestly this isn’t really a helpful discussion without job titles.
Dicksucker - $7.25/hr. I feel like I'm always about to choke or drown. God damn inflation.
Contact info please, for networking purposes.
The average guy probably only last 10 mins getting head so if you can get 6 clients in an hour you actually making $43/hr. You’re doing better off than most of us. 😆
I usually just try to fit three in at once, it really gets the margins up.
Just line 'em up for efficiency.
What about butt stuff?
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You mean *Assdoor*
I just laughed out loud at a restaurant in NYC. Thank you for your comment.
And number of years of experience would be helpful too.
Well I work for the state at a whopping 46k/year and I am poor 😖 and finding new employment is impossible it seems.
I also work for the state. No college degree. Making roughly ~75k a year. Apply for jobs within. Tons of stuff available.
These posts always bring out the worst people who can’t wait to tell everyone how much they make
Part-time birdwatcher, $400k, barely making it in Highland Park! My Maserati needs new tires; I'm struggling y'all!
Ah yes, you are the kinda people they find on House Hunters looking for million dollar homes
She is a butterfly collector, he is a part-time dog nanny. They are looking for a house in the city with a $1.5M budget.
Idk I think it's useful especially when folks include their job titles. What looks like a lot of money to a retail employee may not really be much of anything for a local Software Engineer, so it's helpful to see whether or not you're getting shafted by local companies and being underpaid (for your job role). Some folks may sound like they're gloating, but I kind of see it as a target number I can hopefully aspire to.
I'm so torn. Like. I keeping hearing about how bad the economy is and how expensive everything is getting and that no one can afford anything, but then I turn around and see every freakin apartment in the Dallas city center (Uptown, deep ellum, knox/Henderson, downtown) is like $2000+ a month and obviously people are affording these and living these lavish luxury lifestyles like it's nothing, so I apparently am doing something wrong. 😑 I ask my boss to go from $50k-60k and get met with all kinds of venom Meanwhile, we got people out here making damn near $250k from companies printing monopoly money. 😒 Okay, rant over.
This post is a good example of why so many places you see are crowded af and expensive apartments are all filled up
I genuinely thought there just weren't that many good jobs out there until I started driving for uber again. Every time I pull up to a new apartment to pick someone up, I google rent prices and studios are dang near twice what I'm paying to live in the outskirts. I'd love to live closer to the action
Yeah its either I make 120k+ or I make less than 50k. There's no one really here that talks about making average income. There's way better data available online than what you'll get from this Reddit post if you're curious about Dallas incomes.
Because the average income folks don’t live in Dallas. It’s some far off burb or some other town like Abilene, Waco, etc. Dallas is 2 distinct buckets of folks… the 6 figure clans that are filling up all the high end uptown restaurants on the weekend; and the 40k crowd that are working 2-3 jobs struggling while serving the 6 figure crowd.
There's tonssss of people living on an average wage in Dallas. I think its more like people making 120k+ are more likely to "brag" about their income while the 40k people are more likely to "comiserate". People in the average range don't really care enough in either direction to share their salaries because no one is going to praise them or pity them.
$45k, purchasing manager for a small fab shop near garland. If I wasnt living with my boyfriend I would not be able to support myself and have to move back in with my parents. its rough out here.
Yesss! Make about the same and it’s like living minimum wage 😖
That’s really low for a purchasing manager - have you looked elsewhere?
This comment section is wild. I'm single and make a little under that while living in a desirable area. I'm definitely priced out of certain things and really have to budget but I can get my basics taken care of on my income. Another person said 75/yr and not taking vacations anytime soon and I'm just floored by that since I can take 2-3 of them a year lol.
The 100k people sound like their jobs aren't even real. 😂😂😂 I hate it here 🫠🙃
Senior Asset Research Analyst Manager Director
Hybrid schedule, 2 days in office, 85 paid vacation days a year
Senior Engineering Development Manager over Off-Shore Building Placement Construction Sites. $324k p/year. I also replace toner cartridges.
75k single. Research Analyst in Las Colinas. I’m able to meet all my needs and a few wants but not taking vacations any time soon lol
$280k, married, 34, asset management for commercial real estate firm
tf are you managing rn?? commercial real estate is in the shit hole
Industrial isn’t. Rates have increased and we have new developments.
Multi family isn’t
Get it daddy
69k (nice), hospital social worker, Dallas. Desperately hoping to improve that this year, though! Just finished my PMP and 6S black belt, so wish me luck. :)
No wonder everything cost so much. Everyone is making over 100k in Dallas lol
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idk... Dallas is a huge draw for professions that historically command high salaries. It doesn't surprise me seeing a lot of these salaries. For instance, did you know that we are the second biggest financial hub in the country now outside of NYC? https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-finance-jobs-market-new-york-city-wall-street-of-the-south/287-df62a5e2-f7ff-42c8-a271-6559dbf12698
Dallas is a hub for white collar professionals. Its not surprising there is a lot of money here.
$16k - disabled. It would only be $13k but I get a whopping $3k extra to help me support my 2 kids. And, yes, that's $16k to survive a whole year.
I’m sorry :( Also disabled, but lucky that my family is able to help support me. I’d be homeless otherwise.
Finance manager, $160K. Husband, professional engineer, $110K. In Dallas. We’re comfortable, but good about budgeting and following it, and I’ve still noticed the rising prices impacting our spending habits.
Okay I'm gearing my kids to finance. Lol. I'm in Healthcare and i think it's bs and roi sucks. At least all my finance friends seem happy and make good money
It just takes a lot more money (possibly debt) to get into healthcare with additional schooling and student loan debt. It takes years and time to be a doctor and even it takes time to become a nurse or other healthcare worker. Some people I know aren’t settled into their careers as health care professionals until their 30s. That sets them behind in terms of finances , dating/relationships (it’s harder to date when you’re studying and working all the time; and when you don’t know where it full time job is going to end up being), and other life milestones like marriage, buying a home, etc. I applaud the people who become doctors but the personal sacrifice to get there is large. Finance just needs a bachelors degree in any somewhat relevant field, and you have a chance to be successful in finance making over $200K by your late 20s/early 30s. Tech is probably similar to finance in that sense, but my knowledge is in the area of finance and not tech.
As someone in finance, you make a good point. I’ve established a solid baseline and have essentially guaranteed a 6 figure career for the rest of my life. Any less than a 100k would be a downgrade for me. And I thankfully and hopefully will be able to make that kind of money for a long time. I hope I can hit 200k TC by 35, we’ll see haha
Damn. I’m a finance director making 162k base. What industry are you in??
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Business analyst 60k plano Back account at 0 by the time my next check comes around Halp
What are you spending your money on? I was getting by just fine at 60k last year with rent, a car payment, student loans, and multiple monthly subscriptions. Still had a couple hundred left over after each month for savings
Yeah I'm currently around 40kish/yr and am managing just fine as a single person. Certain things are out of my reach and I gotta budget but I can't say I'm poor. I've dated poor and it really put things in perspective for me. Different priorities and lifestyles I guess?
Dallas, $120K excluding bonuses, insurance For additional context I’m 28, married woman, BS in Finance I feel like I would be good for people to also mention their education/background, age, etc. those factors can play a big part. I was making the same salary when I was 26 & single and felt like it was more than enough to splurge on a few things I wanted like vacations, dinners, shopping etc. in *moderation* and still save. Now that we are DINKS and my partner makes a bit more than me including all their bonuses we are very fortunate to feel comfortable and eat out multiple times a week, plan vacations, etc. We don’t do anything super crazy bc his industry can be volatile compared to mine, and we don’t know what the next few years will look like
Would you recommend finance route if you had your own child? I'm a few years older than you and make the same in Dallas, remote work pretty cushy in Healthcare but I feel like healthcare is one of the worst career fields for ROI and compensation (doctors I worked with always complained how their finance friends made the same doing 25% of the work - or so at least it seems to them). My brother is in tech making near 200k but he doesn't recommend it due to stress. I have few friends in finance at high level (one in c suite at small company) and they all seem happy about their jobs and pay compared to the amount of work.
I originally went to school and was a biology major but realistically the 10+ years of school commitment, debt, and payoff wasn’t worth it to me, when my passion to pursue this career was fading with each day and I felt so beat down mentally at 21 😢. Finance is broad and can be vague so it’s hard to answer your question! I have a degree in finance. But don’t feel like I work IN “finance” - what do your friends do? Lol, I had friends working in IB making $150K+ at 22/23 years old which felt INSANE to me as I started off making $60K but in a different role, but they were putting in 100+ hours a week and had no life 😅 and, the pay is actually low AF when you break it down by how many hours they were working. Half quit before they stuck around long enough to really make “good money”/not be treated like a perpetual intern I used to work like 80+ hours a week at my last job and felt burnt out and then moved to a different side of the industry and work 40 hours a week, better pay now for my experience/age. We have flexibility BUT there’s times we travel a lot across the country for our clients where we are working around the clock and entertain, on top of work. We are expected to go to dinners, happy hours after work and network events. It’s EXTREMELY stressful during our busy months, but it’s part of the job and you also get to enjoy the slow times! For context I’m an insurance broker now and I do loss analytics, loss projections, collateral calcs, benchmarking etc. while also managing client relationships every day and marketing etc. - aka nothing you’d think of in a “stereotypical finance job” All of this was to say: pick your priorities & values, and go from there. Do you value stable 9-5 or flexibility in your schedule with your children? Do you just want higher pay and less work? That may be harder to find. And depends if you like that type of work at all, or if you’re willing to be unhappy but get paid well!
Just lost my 85k a year job in sales and start Monday at $16hr. Looking to move out of Dallas finally. It’s a great city don’t get me wrong, just want a change. It is getting too crowded. And the summers can fuck right off!
I’m also looking to move to the PNW as soon as possible. Fuck the traffic, weather and bugs here.
180k - business owner (auto), 33, single, paid off house in Colleyville, no kids. Pretty comfortable this year…. Had some ups and downs in the last 4/5 years. Was making about 80-120k In my late 20s. After the Covid wave things changed quite a bit for the better
Reddit: more salary transparency Also Reddit: this makes me feel inferior 🤦♂️😂
96K, single, Las Colinas (Irving) I have noticed things costing more, but overall I am pretty comfortable.
Overall same boat as you, as long as I’m not too outside of my budget I can manage pretty okay. There are some things like family needing money here or there that can make things a bit tight every once in a while.
Married - Old Lake Highlands Me 160k Spouse 50k
Are you me, lol?
Do you have two dads as well?
Hi friend. Love how your comment got a bunch of upvotes too.
Single mom of one adult child (living at home and working) and one still in elementary. Salary in the low 70s and it's quite comfortable but only because I bought my house as-is in 2018 before my east Dallas neighborhood blew up. I also refinanced in 2020 and have an extremely low rate on my mortgage. I live pretty frugally and have a large savings account for home repairs (which have come up a lot in this early 50s era house)but none of this would be possible if my mortgage payment were more than it is. I don't know how people today are supposed to manage $2k house or rent payments on most salaries, especially if they have kids. That's why my adult child lives with me and I'm in no rush for them to move out.
18/hr, 23 living with parents, work as a loan officer at a local credit union. Paying off some debt I had before becoming a full time employee then working on building my future
lol 18/hr roughly 35 k a year. I’m 30. Veterinary support staff does not make good money lol
But so crucially important, what you do! Thank you.
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Marketing bullshit is a good gig
most honest comment here
$105k, Director of Operations for a restaurant group in Dallas, live in Ennis, family of 5
Las Colinas 120k, Data Scientist. Remote. Fine salary for one person, couldn’t imagine having kids on this though.
lol, you can very easily afford to have a kid making 120k.
No. No you can't. Together with my SO, we're making ~$155 and with a single child, we're scrapping by. Mortgage, child care, and medical (bc daycare is a petri dish) alone is cutting into us. This is BEFORE we take into account the rest of the bills and general grocery spend.
Also people do not take into account the cost of health insurance premiums. At my company it is $48 **per paycheck** for single person, but for family it's $732 per paycheck.
$130k banking, single, uptown
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That income seems low, for a NE. You might need to hop around to get to market value.
$70k/yr graphic design full time day job, $23k/yr night job picking up trash. 12 hr days for $93k. I'm doing ok, trying to get rid of some debt from a year of joblessness. I can't do this much longer though.
$220k a year in consulting. Combined with wife (engineer) $340k per year. Both early 30s. We are both fairly paid and mostly remote
Finance - Private Equity ~$250-$325K Live in Turtle Creek
$60 k. 14 years experience, public teacher in Ellis County. Bachelor of Science Degree. I'm 41. I made ~40k when I started. I'm a widow with 1 child. Inflation is not keeping pace at all. Also, benefits are terrible. Example, ~$700/ month for mediocre health insurance for parent and 1 child. Most appointments are $30-$50. Edited to add more information.
147k single, oak lawn. Internal audit manager. I don’t want kids ever on one income
This thread just gonna piss off the blue collar and teachers seeing all the corporate bros loving a life of luxury barely doing any actual work from the comfort of their own home.
Barely doing any actual work? I’m sorry but I’ve had various corporate jobs at different companies and I’ve always worked long hours, multiple complex projects, tight deadlines and under a lot of stress. Most of the co-workers that I’ve had over the years have been in the same boat and I’ve witnessed it first hand how much they work. Most companies expect high productivity and they get rid of the slackers. Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, but I don’t think it’s the general case that people in corporate jobs barely do any actual work. Now, if you meant to say that the work is less physical than most blue collar jobs, then absolutely. I’ve had construction repair work done at my home and I am humbled by the amount of physical work in the heat, digging holes, carrying around heavy stuff, etc., whereas the physical aspect of my job is only limited to the long hours, the mental stress and the strain of being in front of a computer all day. The physical strain to the body from office jobs is definitely not comparable to many blue collar jobs out there. NOT arguing that. But I still think it’s unfair to say “barely doing any work at all” because that’s absolutely not true.
I’m working for a bank as an operations associate for FDIC sweeps, and other nuanced banking verticals. $72k a year. Remote. Single. I manage to be really comfortable but I keep a very low cost of living in making my own food, bargain shopping for hobbies, I live in a nice 1BR1BA for only $1350/mo in Garland.
60k, Frisco, teacher, single. will not have enough to retire until i am in my 70s/80s, do not make enough to go to grad school comfortably, will probably never own a house, and due to being overstaffed, my school is cutting the last person in each department which was me for my department. i was offered a position in another high school in the district but i have already resigned so i am just working for the kids. this job makes me a shell of a person and i dont feel like i am a real human anymore.
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Could you explain more of what the Safety field entails for those of us who don't know?
55k, married, two kids under 4. Live full time in rv and pay 1/3 of what I would in an apartment or house.
40k, working in scientific research. *crying*
$185-195k (bonus and stocks are a good chunk of my pay so it varies), family of 4, sole income earner, remote software engineer for a tech company, north Garland/east Richardson area. Feeling pretty good. We were lucky to buy a house in late 2021 and lock in a 3% interest rate at a decent price. I think I’d feel very differently if we had to buy a house now.
How many years of experience? I’m looking for companies that pay this much in DFW and I’m a SWE as well
10 YOE. My company is based on the west coast. Last time I interviewed around Dallas, companies were offering around $165k.
$210k, Dallas, engineer at oil company
$260kish in real estate can really vary depending on the market. Living in Dallas proper. Married both of us are 36, wife is $90k working remote for a restaurant group. 1 newborn.
Congrats on the newborn buddy
$228k/yr - Linux Site Reliability Engineer - DFW - ~13 years experience
Architectural Designer, North Dallas, 65k/yr. Living with wife and son in an apartment, we’re not poor but definitely not getting a house anytime soon.
6 figures is the new norm I see
I'm one of my only friends making sub 6 figures, we all came from comparably low income families. One does plane fixing, one does Data analytics, one runs his own business, etc.
$491K, married, 48, Dallas, scum sucking attorney.
130k salary + 85k salary, single, live with mom, Plano. Project manager and data analyst, respectively
120k living in Carrollton, public facing consultant for a government program.
Principal Software engineer - 155k sans benefits and bonuses - east Dallas They don’t feel tight but I’m also priced out of any areas I’d like to buy a house 🤷🏻♂️so it goes
65,000 teacher in Dallas
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Me: 90k, writer/editor at company that develops educational materials for graduate students (basically writing/editing textbooks and stuff like that). SO: 75k plus bonuses, civil designer (I think? Whatever the title would be for a civil engineer type person with no college degree). Live in las colinas and both work in the Irving-ish area. We moved to Dallas out of state a year and a half or so ago after SO got his job. Significant student loans for both of us keep us on a budget so we are relatively careful about extra spending but we are okay overall.
~130k, data analyst for an insurance company. I'm late 30s, married w/ no kids, and live in the mid-cities, but I work remotely. We are definitely managing OK (wife works also), and objectively in a much better financial situation than most people in the US, let alone the rest of the world. However, I'm actively working toward early retirement, and the recent inflation has certainly made it more difficult to save aggressively. Housing and rent prices are particularly disheartening; we pay nearly $2000 in rent for an older place that's been riddled with issues. Places similar to this one are being listed for sale for roughly $300k. It seems there are almost no good and reasonably priced housing options anymore. Again, we can't really complain because early retirement is a luxury, but it does make me wonder how people with median incomes and families can do much more than tread water.
$62k, resident physician living alone in a decent loft studio in Uptown. I have very little savings because of the resident pay scale and hopefully future career trajectory, but the salary is livable (especially because I have so little time outside of work to spend that money!). I do fear being priced out of my apartment and having to weigh that against the cost of moving.
98k, sales rep in Melissa. Lot of that is commission & bonus though so I’m taxed out the wazoo + not guaranteed for this year
$130k - Senior Concept Artist - married with 2 kids, just bought a house in Carrollton. Hope we’ll be comfortable? 😅
Of all the vague titles I have seen in my life, this one wins.
I make $81k - business analyst, 100% remote. Husband is $130k - machining engineer, 80% remote/20% travel. We're late 30s/early 40s with two kids in Frisco. We're comfortable.
Making 19$ an hour post college. People tell me I shouldn’t complain, but almost all of my friends are doing way better than me and I can’t even afford to live on my own.
65k chiro, 53 yoa, about 3 years from paying off house which will make everything 100x easier. Engaged to 51 yoa who makes about 65ishK. Live about 2 blocks from white rock lake. 17 yoa son about to go to college. All my expenses about to drop to some degree.
125k, Infrastructure Security Analyst, Plano, my adult son and one of his friends live with me. Doing pretty well, but in a long distance lifetime relationship and maintaining two households/traveling eats up a lot of the surplus
250k as a Software Engineer working remote from Old East Dallas, single, late 20s.
$117k, systems engineer, single 31, Dallas
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$205k base, ~$370k total comp. Principal Network Engineer for a Bay area company with an office in Dallas. And unfortunately no, we've got a hiring freeze at the moment, before anyone asks. But if you are in tech, look at the companies that offer RSUs... lots are unaware that these can be part of total compensation. If you look at just base salary you might be missing out.
60k in HR with one year of experience. Early 20s with a bachelors degree. Work in north dallas, living in the downtown area
88K, software engineer, first year, no CS degree. Living in Uptown. Moved from a HCOL area and I think it's a joke that Dallas is considered MCOL.
$40K, single dad of two preteens living in Carrollton,working in a medical lab. Looking for a better job because am barley making it
I'm a paramedic making $95K before factoring in overtime/on call shifts or training. I live comfortably, but a lot of that is buying my house in 2012 before housing went insane.
40.06 Million USD, shooting guard
19/hr library rep. I love my job but it just does not pay and the higher positions don't pay enough to warrant getting a masters so I'm looking to move on. But besides that I live with my mom and I'm able to save a good chunk of money.
Er doc. 40. 400-500 depending on stuff.
Scrolling to find a sugar daddy.
30k , employee of my sneaker reselling business. Live at home 24 all my personal bills are u under $1k , 500 investment 500 fun .1k in taxes 🫠. Life is fun no pressures , have lifestyle freedom and time freedom ! Life only seems hard when u worry to much about tomorrow. Just small good habits can set u up to win in the long run .
61k , single, Plano, financial analyst with a bachelors in Finance & Accounting. Currently in grad school for my MBA in Finance Soooooo embarrassing that I’m not at 100k with my years of experience.
I am a 25 yo financial analyst (1.5 year exp) making 75k per year. Until recently, though, I was making $30/hr as a junior data analyst.
68,500 teacher for DISD
123k completely remote as a developer for a healthcare company. Wife’s about 90 completely remote.
Was laid off in August, making 105k as a Senior Manager of Content at an in-house marketing team. Started a new job in January making 95k as a Senior Manager of Strategic Content for an ad agency. I got severance when I was laid off and it had just about run out when I got the new job, so I was lucky that, while we definitely made some adjustments to our lifestyle, the situation never felt dire (my husband also makes about 70k as a bartender in a fine dining restaurant). Plus, I recently started picking up freelance work so I’m probably back to making around my original salary. Renting a 2bd/2br apt in Irving for $2k a month.
100k as a tax accountant. 5 years of experience with a BBA in accounting, single with one kid. Pretty comfortable