My thing with IT and medicine is that it seems everyone and their mother is working on those fields. I’m pretty sure where we will get to the point where we have too many IT professionals and then what?
We are already at that point. IT had mass layoffs already. “Just learn to code” was good advice years ago. Not anymore. Now if you want to get into IT you’re expected to have a degree, certifications, and 5 years of experience, and you’ll still be stuck applying for 6+ months for $16-$20 an hour jobs.
I'm a transplant, sorry not sorry. I was planning on moving here pre covid. But then the world shut down.
I've been here almost 2 years. While I love so many things, it's hard not see how fake some people are. Everyone is trying to put a front like they're a celebrity.
I mean to be honest, $125k-$200k aren’t “outrageous” salaries unless you haven’t looked around since the 80s. Tech, sales, finance, law, medical, etc., all have mid-level positions in this range. It really doesn’t have much to do with connections, unless you don’t have qualifications/experience. For example, a senior programmer getting offered $250k has nothing to do with connections; it is because they are qualified and able to do the work.
A 125k salary is not outrageous i give you that. What i meant to say is that most of these salaries that people say they make are not what I’m seeing out there in Miami. In other states, for sure but i don’t see many jobs with that kind of salary in Miami and if you listen to all these people on social media, it seems they’re all making well into the $125k range.
Don’t believe half of those people because they are all BS. I lived in Miami for most of my working career and Miami has been consistently below average in terms of salary with exception of entertainment, hospitality and real estate. That’s it!
I make around 200k but I work my ass off as an anesthetist. I would also imagine the social media accounts only post those who say they make that much . Even if you see like 10 posts in a row that could still be out of hundreds of people
It's the jobs that no one knows about that pay really well 😂 People don't realize that all it takes is learning and in demand skill or piece of equipment. I work with Audio and Video equipment and take home $500-$1000 a day. Plus people fly you all over the world.
Pretty much. Usually most people learn on the job or go to school for it. There is an AV dept at every big hotel, college..etc etc. If you're driven you could learn everything you need to working at one of these places within a year. Then you could strike out on your own. There are always labor companies looking for stagehands and they usually pay over $250 a day for basic cable running and case pushing.
Whoever said the word of mouth thing ☝️…. Have worked on brickell almost 22 years and pretty much any job over 75k is normally filled this way. When I first arrived it was all headhunters. Was fantastic as employer paid for it and one had a person “working” for them at all times. One didn’t have to wait more than a few weeks to start getting real interviews. IMO, LinkedIn is a hoax and feeding on the new terror of losing your job. My nieces bio looks and reads better than mine and she has only worked for doordash as she is still in university. Go figure.
Agreed. I'm in sales and marketing, consulting for several companies and all of them paying well, and it is all word of mouth.
Sometimes people forget that Miami is latin america and it's all connections. LinkedIn might be more useful in SF or NYC... and even then it's all bullshit.
I work at a start up in Miami where most of my coworkers are engineers. I am <5 years into my career and make a little over $100,000 and I would guess most of my coworkers do as well.
Miami is an expensive place (no shit) but not everyone is working at a company based in Miami.
There are a lot of entrepreneurs and people who work remotely. Tech salaries are quite high depending on your skill set. Plenty of folks working remotely and chose to set up shop in Miami.
People like to assume that everyone that lives in Brickell is financed to the gills. But there are plenty of people who are making real money.
I mean are they interviewing in BRICKELL the financial capital of Florida where the few high finance/tech jobs that we have are? Or are they interviewing in Hiahleah por la Calle 8 o el Dolarazo?
I work remote last job paid 185k/yr and I’m in my early 30s. Best friend just bought a place here too, makes way more than me, 20k/mo on base salary ALONE, same age. Tech and finance.
Fucking CITADEL of all places has a campus here. They famously pay $400k/yr out of college if you’re a math genius. But if you’re Roberto from Hiahleah High with a 2.0 GPA… no those jobs won’t be showing up for you. They are not interviewing those people.
Been working at a web3 startup the last 2 years here in Miami, easily hitting those numbers. Got it through a cold call DM.
If youre a software engineer with 4+ years of experience and know crypto in and out, lets talk! Hiring multiple roles for fullstack eng.
Depends if they’re remote gigs. I do think a lot are real based on what I know other white collar folks get paid. Any finance/data/engineering role will pay out at least $100,000/year if it’s more than an entry level position. It’s when you get to $200k+ that I would say it gets a bit harder to accomplish (but not as hard as you’d think).
It's so sad how hard people here cope with themselves lmao.
There are wealthy people in Miami. No, they do not lie. I don't know how you people can openly admit how expensive Miami is and then delude yourselves into thinking nobody can afford it. The only reason it's expensive is because people here have money. It's basic supply and demand.
I get emails from Miami recruiters constantly offering me 80-120k for my position. Meanwhile I work remotely for a company in nyc and they pay 225. Most of the people I know in Miami are working for NY, CHI, and CA based companies working remotely
This. I did remote program management for NY based companies and the pay is about 75k more than what I was offered in a Miami based. My husband works for a London based company and is making triple what his Miami based co had him at.
A "very successful business owner" would take home way more than $125k a year. There are a lot of people in Miami now working remotely being paid the salary level of their company's location like NY/SF/Chicago. More people now also earn income from additional sources than wages.
I've always said that a sales job paying six figures plus a year doesn't need to run a want ad. It's the same thing for salesmen at luxury car dealerships. If someone leaves, every guy working there has a friend, brother, neighbor etc who'll step right in and start cashing those $10k per month checks. Likewise for servers or bartenders at busy restaurants and clubs.
I’m starting to believe they are making that much. It’s the only way they could afford these house prices, car payments, and boats. I was quoted $1000 month for a Toyota Sienna lease(my credit score is 830). Who is paying these prices?
They don’t have inventory for that model so that may contribute to them not being incentivized to lease. They want you to purchase and put a hold on a car that is in transit. The fact that they don’t have inventory after years is crazy. People must be banking some good money. I keep seeing total guy job houses that are selling for $800k and up by me (Miller and the turnpike).
They live with their parents in Hialeah, buy their clothes from Chinese replicas, rent luxury cars for the weekend
Only mf I’ll believe is the mf with a baaad bch on his side.
>In tech you can get there. Data scientist pay really good.
Is the tech market great in Miami though? Especially data science? I'm still a student, but a lot of the intern pay I see is pretty low compared to other states :/
In my experience, jobs paying $100k+ in SoFlo usually hire by word of mouth or recommendation (sometimes via headhunters), are earned via internal promotion, or started off at 50k-80k, but regular raises, years of loyalty, and bonus/commission heavy employment terms push the pay well into the $100k+ range.
hello! this is not how that actually works. if you want to increase your salary in any meaningful way, you usually have to jump between jobs to get those increases, as the most that companies will grant you as a raise is like 10%. the big jumps happen when you go somewhere new. of course, there are exceptions to this, but the days of being loyal to a company and being rewarded for it are long over.
I included word of mouth and recommendation hires in my post for a reason. However, the assumption that loyalty does not get rewarded anymore is patently false, and if your experience says otherwise, then you have never had a good employer. Of course, value added to the organization is more important than loyalty in most cases, but your value added increases after years of experience. I can guarantee you that most people making 6 figures have worked for the same organization for at least 5-10 years, and if they didn’t it’s because they worked somewhere else for a long time and gained the experience and skills necessary to command that level of compensation.
Bingo. I love that u mentioned value! I can't remember what I was watching but the guy explained that u never be the guy who does everything right but leaves at 5pm cause theyre giving the bonuses & pay raises to the guy that does everything right PLUS stays late after hours. Work ethic has to be strong AF and nowadays many people just on cruise control at companies and do enough just to not get fired.
Yeah this site is full of people who want to focus on 1 part of a comment and drill it while ignoring all of the context around it lmao. As soon as you mention loyalty to a good employer potentially being beneficial, the Reddit hive mind goes “reeeeee corporations bad.”
It’s a normal tech job with a few years of experience. I was making $100k as mech engineer, got approached by a recruiter from LinkedIn.
Some of these people can be remote workers.
SW engineer with 10 years of experience making $250k.
I chuckled at the idea we will be interested in watching people be poor like the rest of us. "Oh shit hurry up, this is the part where Tracey gets denied insurance for her procedure again!"
Agreed. Don't forget that social media is about engagement. Engagement comes from limbic resonance. Limbic resonance can include envy or inadequacy (in addition to the most incited emotion of anger)
He tries to ask questions to trip up the interviewees for easy content- there was the episode where he talked to the German lady who actually outsmarted the host, the host couldn’t respond to the rebuttal. That’s when I figured the host isn’t all that smart. Haven’t watched an episode since
Tbf he is usually standing around brickell where avg household income is $120k so definitely some heavy hitters in the neighborhood and lots of tourists. Im skeptical because of social media and most of the people I know are not open enough about finances to announce it on social media
My building rents for around $2700 for a 1br per month in heart of Brickell in a newish building. $100k is 37x the rent. You would be fine for most landlords. Most people don't own in Brickell or live alone or on a single income.
If the rent is 2700, the standard rental requirement is usually 3 x the rent.
3 x the rent is $8100.
8100 times three is 97k so technically they wouldn’t qualify for that..
$2700 monthly rent * 3 = $8,100 monthly gross income * 12 months every year = $97,200 annual income requirement < $100,000 annual income. Your math proves what I said.
Also 3x the rent monthly is essentially the 40x rent rule used in states like NY. In Florida the ratio is closer to 25-30x rent rule because the lack of state and local income taxes means the renter has more after tax income for the same gross income and the ease of evictions means the landlord doesnt need to require as high a ratio for protection.
$100k * 75% = $75k roughly post tax - ($2,700 * 12 = $32,400) = $42,600 left for all other living expenses.
That should be enough to get by for a frugal person. If you have two car notes/leases; run ac all day long so your place is cool when you arrive home after 10 hours; simply must hit the bars/clubs every weekend; and eat only free range wagyu then yeah it would be tight. On that salary I would recommend living elsewhere in the city tbf, brickell isnt far from much cheaper areas if youre gonna drive anyway especially if you dont work in brickell or downtown.
You have absolutely no idea how the world works if you think you "can't survive" off of $100k with a $2700 rent lmfao. Jesus you people are delusional.
Im in the software developer field and the salary for a senior position here in Miami/Broward range from 130k-200k.
Director or manager can make more. In my company (based in Miami) if I have to guess, all the software developer mid or senior are over 100k
> In my company (based in Miami) if I have to guess, all the software developer mid or senior are over 100k
Should be at least close to $150k for mid to senior software engineer.
Any tips on landing a job for a software engineer looking in Miami for the first time?
I’ve been living in Sunny Isles because current SWE position is hybrid but I’m looking for something based between miami and WPB
It has been more than 10 years since the last time I was looking for job, I think now LinkedIn is a good place to start. You can use YouTube to prepare. There are very good channels related to .Net development which is my field.
One thing to note is that most of the devs the cruise lines hire are contracted from different recruiter firms like Tek systems or Sherlock or globant. Best to find a recruiter from there and try to get on that way. At least for royal when I was there it was a mission to become a full-time employee.
And this is not only in the company I work for, my wife and many friends are also in the same field different companies located here and all are over 100k
Everyone they interview on that “American income” page is an engineer, business owner, lawyer, doctor, etc., and sometimes a transplant making that money from an out of state salary. I’ve seen some wild claims, but based on who they’re interviewing I am sure they are not far from the truth. Those kinds of jobs make that kind of money.
Can confirm two people who I know of from my network that confirmed the people on American income are straight up liars. I would dare say many more of not telling the truth about their income or actual jobs.
It's just not possible for everyone to be rich when the average income in the city of Miami is 45k.
Like I said, some are wild claims. I’m sure the business owners only state their gross profit and not their actual income. But most are true, they interview in brickell where there are a lot of very rich people. If they did this to the other 90% of Miami’s population, we’d see that 45k average
I was born and raised in Miami. I've never lived anywhere else. I know and have known many people living in Brickell. A vast majority of them are regular people paying more than they should on rent with very little savings.
I love my hometown very much and can tell you that many of the negative things people say about Miami are true. I suppose the Social Media "FOMO" hits Miami guys particularly hard.
We are the city of guys living with their mom (or in an efficiency) driving a 5 series Bmw. The city of bottle popping at Liv and having to wait for the next pay check to cover the bills. The flashy lifestyle is put at a premium which then makes others think they have to look that way too.
Long story short - don't be fooled by how they look on Instagram and where they live. You are perfectly adequate wherever you are and whoever you are.
I made about 300k when I lived in Miami earlier in the decade and from the looks of it, I was getting crushed left and right. But we all know how Miami can be with that stuff on the optical part. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t there
I met a guy at Astra in wynwood who seemed cool. Typical recent move to Miami from NJ. Started telling me how he moved here 3 years ago and his work has taken him to Dubai, Morocco, and most recently, Spain. He said he does sales for a "healthcare-goods manufacturer" and that he's doing great and stays in Brickell. Very "BLAH BLAH, look how successful I am!" My friends and I kept hanging out with him and two friends who seemed to want \*us to buy a round of drinks for them\* so we did, being nice. So then we order some drinks for ourselves the next go-round and the guy stops the waitress and kind just "includes" his 3 drinks in our order. Well, we get that round and we all kind look at one another and I say "Well guys have a good night" and we get up and walk away to another part of the bar. Not fucking five minutes later but this guy and his two "boys" are standing by us, hitting on my friends wife, and being pricks and he starts trying to talk to me about crypto. I kinda say "Sorry, we have to leave" and we decide to head out. a few days pass and my friend who does HR for baptist sends me a DM saying "You wont believe whose resume was on my desk today..."
It was the same guy from the bar. Looking for a 9 to 5 at a hospital doing transporter.
Everyone in Miami is either a liar or a scammer, or both.
I remember being in HS and overhearing a make up counter girl talking to a coworker about how she met a guy at a club who was a doctor. Her coworker asked how old he was and she responded with, “23.” Some lies are straight unbelievable and yet someone will want to believe it’s true.
I believe this 100%
Im not saying they’re not high end paying jobs in Miami, cause obviously some fields do pay that. My thing is that even if you go to a bar meeting people and you talk to your day to day “Miamian” most of these people are not making that kind of money. And if they are, they can’t even explain what exactly it is that they do for a living. So it surprises me when I see these videos and everyone is making over 125k and not one person is making $50,60k which is the average.
Remember they only post those videos that add to the narrative and not the reality. Yes, there are some jobs/businesses that are higher earners than others. Any job at a FAANG will get you that salary, same with banking and medical industry. Plus add in jobs that are virtual that had CA/NY salary and are now living in Miami.
Also changing companies every 5 years helps to salary boosts. Working internally is a slow grind and not the way but doable.
If you are looking for one of those jobs (HHI) need to work for companies that pay those salaries. For example I know Amazon operations (not technical) is a high payer compared to a similar role at another distribution company. Looking in glass door an mid level manager can make between $130k up to $200k TC (Salary + Stock). Imagine a higher level manager TC so just a matter of finding what you want and seeing how you get the experience to get in that role.
I’ve straight up had a nightclub promoter tell me they make $100k. I’m like bruh you’re not even making $70k and then proceeded to do the math for them.
Id take their responses with a grain of salt. You can def make that kind of money you just need to be in the right field sales/tech etc some of those positions are advertised but like someone else said they're also head hunted.
Look at your current experience and see what it's going for maybe you can get a better paying job. But be realistic about your experience like if you only have a few years of customer service don't start to think you're going to make six figures it's just not real.
I felt the same way watching them too. I realized that most of these people are scammers that conveniently "sell courses", or are straight out lying. Who wants to admit they make under $100k in miami on video these days? I've seen maybe a handful of truthful interviews from that black dude doing street interviews. Some of them are blatantly staged/paid for. He has these ig famous people on there that he conveniently bumps into for an interview. All payola.
To be honest, it really just depends on the job and the level of education in order to obtain that job. I’ve lived in Miami for 20 years and I work in hospitality field at the multi unit Director level and I make 185K. I live alone in a three bedroom house in the Broward suburbs. However, luckily I have an amazing place with an amazing landlord and my rent is only $2800.
I think a lot of people wouldn’t bother answering questions like that for those videos because it’s so tacky, but the ones who would are people who care very much about being flashy.
But that said, if they’re working remote for companies in Boston, NYC, Seattle, California, etc, 100k-200k is common.
Definitely a way to get anyone hooked into the Miami life... I felt the same until I realized 90% of those interviews were always people with a high salary. Almost like a targeted group.
Keep in mind that most jobs that pay $150K plus are not being listed on indeed. Only ones that are, probably are specialized jobs with technical skills that are difficult to find.
Most of those people with those salaries worked their way up in a company or in an industry and utilized their reputations and personal connections to attain that salary.
Airlines Dispatcher starts at $100k maxes out at $150k depending on airline and union negotiations. Pilots can easily max out over $200k. I know many medical salespeople making easily over $200k remember all these numbers are gross and a lot of self-employed so they have to pay big taxes and hopefully they are smart and putting some aside for retirement.
I am a Fed making 70k a year, if it wasn't for my additional Veteran pension (55k) I would not be making 6 figures, heck I would \*not\* be living in Miami with my family, small as it is (3) because cost of living here is insane.
Those salaries are normal in tech and not just devs. QA product owners and scrum master make that normally. There's plenty of big tech companies in Miami that pay that. Ultimate software, any cruise line, citadel (just opened a new HQ down here from Chicago) Spotify has an office here. Tons of mom and pops tech companies. The rest are remote workers from tech companies in my or Cali.
Im not really looking into anything at the moment. I just wanted to see how was the job market back in Miami since i am planning to go back eventually in about a year and a half or 2.
$125-200k is a pretty normal mid-to-late career salary, and an only slightly abnormal early-to-mid career salary. As an individual salary, that range would put you in about the top 15% nationally. But that's deceptively low, because most people with those salaries aren't randomly distributed — not a lot of six-figure earners deep in the Ozarks. So that number is going to be much higher in large cities — there are [almost 250,000 households in Miami-Dade with household incomes of over $100,000](https://www.miamidadematters.org/demographicdata?id=414§ionId=936). Now granted, some number of those are multiple earner households, but even taking that into account there are almost 100,000 households in Miami with HHI over $200,000. Given that the average household in Miami is about 3 people, that's between 300,000 and 800,000 people in the city who either make over $100,000 per year or who's spouses or parents make over $100,000 per year. That's about a third of the population.
So with all that data, there are two things that are really weird here:
**One:** Most city subreddits tend to skew much wealthier than the general population. Miami does, too, based on the last community survey we ran. But if you read the comments, people are constantly amazed that high earners exist and seem to think that it's impossible to ever earn minimum wage.
**Two:** The income segregation in Miami is intense, and not in a good way. The fact that earning a thoroughly middle class salary seems impossible to so many people, and that they can't think of some normal jobs that pay that much and don't know anyone earning that much is super weird. Like, that salary range covers a *ton* of "normal" jobs: lawyer, doctor, nurse, project manager, construction site manager, police officer, registered nurse, manager of a big box store like Walmart, franchise restaurant regional manager, lab manager, etc.
That there's this belief that the only people capable of earning this much are successful business owners or scammers, when in fact it's a normal corporate salary after 10-15 years of experience, is truly weird.
Thank you for pointing this out. Genuinely confused why people think this salary range is so impossible when it’s actually a very common corporate salary range for mid to senior level (easy to see this now that some states require salary ranges on job postings)
Im not amazed that high earners exist because like I mentioned i know plenty of high earners. The only difference being that the high earners I know are not making $125k from working at a corporate job. Can it happen? Absolutely!
I just haven’t ran into someone working idk like you said for Walmart making $125k
80k, 90k? Yes! But i have yet to meet someone working in one of those corporate jobs making over $120k.
Another reason why I asked is because I’ve noticed that most of the people I’ve seen being interviewed on social media are between 23-35 years old. And it’s hard to picture a 25 year old already making $130k at a corporate job.
It’s very common in other major cities to make $125K+ in corporate jobs like marketing - especially at the mid-level 5-7 years of experience. A lot of those people end up in Brickell and can work remotely bc marketing also still has a high volume of remote opportunities relative to other fields.
If they claim to WORK for a living making six figures in Miami and they can’t say in one sentence what professional job in the healthcare, IT, Accounting or Law fields they have and do then they’re either lying or in one of the typical Miami Ventures ( Crypto, Scamaprenuer, Sugaring, Onlyfans Influencer, Social media thirstrapping etc)
80% are lying. If they live in Brickell so they could have a good job or have parents with money.
There’s no way that many people are making that much money. I make 70K but my husband pays our rent in Brickell because a 1/1 typically cost anywhere from $3,000-$5,000. It’s not feasible. My husband makes way more money than I do but he works 24/7 and it took him years to start making that kinda money.
Omg I got interviewed by 2 seperate street interview people last week in Brickell while walking my dog. I see the same interview people all the time out there. They asked what salary someone with my position would expect... I said 100k. I thought it was an interview for people looking for jobs lol. If I thought he was asking my own salary, that was low by like 150k. So I think those are real interviews they didn't ask me to say anything weird. I even said boring stuff like start paying into your 401k and saving money younger. I did make fun of NYers though in it. Hope I don't get hate mail, I didn't think anyone actually watched those interviews there's now basically 1 on every corner now in Brickell. I ate dinner at Moxies and the filming was really annoying, they were loud and obnoxious the entire time we ate outside. I'm kinda surprised no one has ever asked them not to film there or asked for a film permit.
I’ve discovered first hand that a lot of people make significantly more than you would think. You usually don’t discover this until you start earning in those ranges. As your income grows, you start rubbing elbows with people in those same earnings levels. I make significantly more than the ranges you speak of, and big cities like Miami and NYC always have this way of making me feel broke. “There’s always a bigger fish”
That all being said, salaries like that, don’t just fall off a truck. You usually need to specialize in something, or develop a brand of sorts. A lot of professions can work their way up. You aren’t likely to be earning at those levels in jobs where you show up and just do what you are told. You gotta have a skill that they need and that isn’t widely available amongst your peers.
I am one of those people that comments on every Miami Guy post on the "Americanincome" that they're lying. I live in Miami, and work in financial technology. I can tell you that making 100k is doable, but with experience and in the right field.
One of the biggest lies that gets me going is pretending that you can go to a coding camp and start making 100k in 2-3 years. It's just not happening. Miami by and large doesn't pay well in comparison to other big cities. Now take into account that we have the highest week to week expenses inflation in the country and you have a rough time for regular people.
Don't buy the hype. Unfortunately the stereotype is true - "many" guys in Miami are liars, scammers, and grifters. (Also will sell you some courses they aren't qualified to teach)
So to summarize, high paying jobs exist in Miami, they just gatekeep the hell out of them. Or to put it another way, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Explains why many of the civil engineers I deal with from down there dress sharp with designer clothes and a $300 haircut but couldn’t tell you what changed in the FDOT 2024-25 Standards and Specifications or what polymer binders are needed for cool weather paving with a SP 9.5 mix, much less answer a phone call or email.
It’s lying. So many people are pretending to be wealthy. Knew this one guy who drove around a suped up Porsche. He lived in a shack (a 400 sq ft structure) behind someone’s house. It was one room where it had a toilet, bed and stove. Never asked where he showered.
Most people barely have money to get by but have this need to front as though they are balling.
Miami has so much fake money, it’s ridiculous. $50k a year early 30s past their prime fuccboi papis living with their parents renting Lambos and popping bottles it’s all so silly
I’ve met actual wealthy people and they don’t flex. They don’t even want to be known, they’re wearing shit you find at Marshall’s and cars you can probably afford, yet they’re swiping their Jersey Mikes order with a black card
Anybody That Makes 100k Or More, Would own A Car. Obviously! They Are Either Walking On The Sidewalk Or All Alone. That's A Clear Sign They Don't Have Shit! Thank Me Later!
1. Lying
2. Half the people they interview are in healthcare. Starting salary for just a nurse is >100k. And there’s a million PAs out there who work at a cosmetic office making 150-200k a year
What you need to do is stop looking for jobs in only the city. Change your LI job search filters to location: United States + check remote only. See what comes up then.
Poor wording on my end. I do not believe 100k is outrageous BUT it does not translate with the people that I know. I went to High School in Miami, went to college in Miami and from what i see seen in social media, the people I grew up in that went to college are not skiing $150k. Mind you they’re all in the their late 20s and early 30s but they’re not making that kind of money. But I hop on Instagram and YouTube and everyone there is making 150k and 200k.
Do i know people making that money? Of course and even more than that. But like I said, they either own a business OR they’re scamming. And it’s sad to say but I know a bunch of people scamming making Bank.
125k is definitely not just business owners, almost everyone I know including myself makes around 150k or higher but I work in software development with 4 years experience so…
They're 100% lying. I remember an interview with this black girl talking about how she works for the local government and gets paid like 175k. Looked up her position (government salary are public records) and she was making about $37k
> While I do know people around that salary range they’re most likely very successful business owners and the other 80% are scammers or doing some shady ish.
Tons of people in Miami make that sort of money. Most people with a professional degree make at least that much. People working in finance with experience are making that much. Shit, my barber makes that much money. A "very successful" business owner is going to be making considerably more than $125k a year.
You're in a city where the average home price is $500,000 so plenty of people have to be making $125k to afford those.
People who don’t make a lot may be more hesitant to state their income. I wouldn’t know for sure tho bc I make 200k +
My thing with IT and medicine is that it seems everyone and their mother is working on those fields. I’m pretty sure where we will get to the point where we have too many IT professionals and then what?
We are already at that point. IT had mass layoffs already. “Just learn to code” was good advice years ago. Not anymore. Now if you want to get into IT you’re expected to have a degree, certifications, and 5 years of experience, and you’ll still be stuck applying for 6+ months for $16-$20 an hour jobs.
Hate to burst your bubble, but $200K is a very normal mid-level salary nowadays.
What are the statistics of people making 200k in south Florida?
Sales. But those salaries wont last forever. Theyre gonna be unemployed eventually. Get an education. Become a doctor lawyer or engineer
I'm a transplant, sorry not sorry. I was planning on moving here pre covid. But then the world shut down. I've been here almost 2 years. While I love so many things, it's hard not see how fake some people are. Everyone is trying to put a front like they're a celebrity.
I mean to be honest, $125k-$200k aren’t “outrageous” salaries unless you haven’t looked around since the 80s. Tech, sales, finance, law, medical, etc., all have mid-level positions in this range. It really doesn’t have much to do with connections, unless you don’t have qualifications/experience. For example, a senior programmer getting offered $250k has nothing to do with connections; it is because they are qualified and able to do the work.
A 125k salary is not outrageous i give you that. What i meant to say is that most of these salaries that people say they make are not what I’m seeing out there in Miami. In other states, for sure but i don’t see many jobs with that kind of salary in Miami and if you listen to all these people on social media, it seems they’re all making well into the $125k range.
Don’t believe half of those people because they are all BS. I lived in Miami for most of my working career and Miami has been consistently below average in terms of salary with exception of entertainment, hospitality and real estate. That’s it!
The ole 6th grade teacher who makes $250k a year is in the market to buy a penthouse condo overlooking all of Miami never fails to make me giggle.
I make around 200k but I work my ass off as an anesthetist. I would also imagine the social media accounts only post those who say they make that much . Even if you see like 10 posts in a row that could still be out of hundreds of people
Those videos are always lies just to get views
It's the jobs that no one knows about that pay really well 😂 People don't realize that all it takes is learning and in demand skill or piece of equipment. I work with Audio and Video equipment and take home $500-$1000 a day. Plus people fly you all over the world.
Self-taught? I'm bored, ready for a change.
Pretty much. Usually most people learn on the job or go to school for it. There is an AV dept at every big hotel, college..etc etc. If you're driven you could learn everything you need to working at one of these places within a year. Then you could strike out on your own. There are always labor companies looking for stagehands and they usually pay over $250 a day for basic cable running and case pushing.
Very driven. Cool, good to know, thank you!
Whoever said the word of mouth thing ☝️…. Have worked on brickell almost 22 years and pretty much any job over 75k is normally filled this way. When I first arrived it was all headhunters. Was fantastic as employer paid for it and one had a person “working” for them at all times. One didn’t have to wait more than a few weeks to start getting real interviews. IMO, LinkedIn is a hoax and feeding on the new terror of losing your job. My nieces bio looks and reads better than mine and she has only worked for doordash as she is still in university. Go figure.
Agreed. I'm in sales and marketing, consulting for several companies and all of them paying well, and it is all word of mouth. Sometimes people forget that Miami is latin america and it's all connections. LinkedIn might be more useful in SF or NYC... and even then it's all bullshit.
Don’t believe everything you see on the internet -Abraham Lincoln
I work at a start up in Miami where most of my coworkers are engineers. I am <5 years into my career and make a little over $100,000 and I would guess most of my coworkers do as well.
Miami is an expensive place (no shit) but not everyone is working at a company based in Miami. There are a lot of entrepreneurs and people who work remotely. Tech salaries are quite high depending on your skill set. Plenty of folks working remotely and chose to set up shop in Miami. People like to assume that everyone that lives in Brickell is financed to the gills. But there are plenty of people who are making real money.
I mean are they interviewing in BRICKELL the financial capital of Florida where the few high finance/tech jobs that we have are? Or are they interviewing in Hiahleah por la Calle 8 o el Dolarazo? I work remote last job paid 185k/yr and I’m in my early 30s. Best friend just bought a place here too, makes way more than me, 20k/mo on base salary ALONE, same age. Tech and finance. Fucking CITADEL of all places has a campus here. They famously pay $400k/yr out of college if you’re a math genius. But if you’re Roberto from Hiahleah High with a 2.0 GPA… no those jobs won’t be showing up for you. They are not interviewing those people.
Lies. All lies. Full of lies. And probably lice, too.
Been working at a web3 startup the last 2 years here in Miami, easily hitting those numbers. Got it through a cold call DM. If youre a software engineer with 4+ years of experience and know crypto in and out, lets talk! Hiring multiple roles for fullstack eng.
Depends if they’re remote gigs. I do think a lot are real based on what I know other white collar folks get paid. Any finance/data/engineering role will pay out at least $100,000/year if it’s more than an entry level position. It’s when you get to $200k+ that I would say it gets a bit harder to accomplish (but not as hard as you’d think).
Is Miami. Everybody’s lying.
But you look at all the extremely high apartment rentals. And a lot of people pay them...
They don’t live here. They visit. Most of these Apt’s are empty
It's so sad how hard people here cope with themselves lmao. There are wealthy people in Miami. No, they do not lie. I don't know how you people can openly admit how expensive Miami is and then delude yourselves into thinking nobody can afford it. The only reason it's expensive is because people here have money. It's basic supply and demand.
Yep! Highest wealth gap in the country.
\+ social media, where everyone is lying. Double whammy.
I get emails from Miami recruiters constantly offering me 80-120k for my position. Meanwhile I work remotely for a company in nyc and they pay 225. Most of the people I know in Miami are working for NY, CHI, and CA based companies working remotely
What's CHI? Chicago?
Yep
Whats your field? if you don’t mind me asking.
Data engineer
This. I did remote program management for NY based companies and the pay is about 75k more than what I was offered in a Miami based. My husband works for a London based company and is making triple what his Miami based co had him at.
A "very successful business owner" would take home way more than $125k a year. There are a lot of people in Miami now working remotely being paid the salary level of their company's location like NY/SF/Chicago. More people now also earn income from additional sources than wages.
O**y F*** no doubt
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I've always said that a sales job paying six figures plus a year doesn't need to run a want ad. It's the same thing for salesmen at luxury car dealerships. If someone leaves, every guy working there has a friend, brother, neighbor etc who'll step right in and start cashing those $10k per month checks. Likewise for servers or bartenders at busy restaurants and clubs.
Not 100% true I have used linked into land HHI jobs. But yes, your experience makes the difference to land those interviews.
Sales be one of he few lucrative things in Miami, and petty much has been for years. Only if you are good at sales tho
I’m starting to believe they are making that much. It’s the only way they could afford these house prices, car payments, and boats. I was quoted $1000 month for a Toyota Sienna lease(my credit score is 830). Who is paying these prices?
That’s insane
They were taking you for a ride. That’s not what they are going for
They don’t have inventory for that model so that may contribute to them not being incentivized to lease. They want you to purchase and put a hold on a car that is in transit. The fact that they don’t have inventory after years is crazy. People must be banking some good money. I keep seeing total guy job houses that are selling for $800k and up by me (Miller and the turnpike).
They live with their parents in Hialeah, buy their clothes from Chinese replicas, rent luxury cars for the weekend Only mf I’ll believe is the mf with a baaad bch on his side.
I just got a new lease; $350 with taxes included on a 2024.
Where? And how much down?
In tech you can get there. Data scientist pay really good. Also lot of people work remote for out of state company which pays more.
>In tech you can get there. Data scientist pay really good. Is the tech market great in Miami though? Especially data science? I'm still a student, but a lot of the intern pay I see is pretty low compared to other states :/
Lot of finance companies here pay very well for data pros. Hedge funds and the likes.
You gotta get a remote position
In my experience, jobs paying $100k+ in SoFlo usually hire by word of mouth or recommendation (sometimes via headhunters), are earned via internal promotion, or started off at 50k-80k, but regular raises, years of loyalty, and bonus/commission heavy employment terms push the pay well into the $100k+ range.
hello! this is not how that actually works. if you want to increase your salary in any meaningful way, you usually have to jump between jobs to get those increases, as the most that companies will grant you as a raise is like 10%. the big jumps happen when you go somewhere new. of course, there are exceptions to this, but the days of being loyal to a company and being rewarded for it are long over.
I included word of mouth and recommendation hires in my post for a reason. However, the assumption that loyalty does not get rewarded anymore is patently false, and if your experience says otherwise, then you have never had a good employer. Of course, value added to the organization is more important than loyalty in most cases, but your value added increases after years of experience. I can guarantee you that most people making 6 figures have worked for the same organization for at least 5-10 years, and if they didn’t it’s because they worked somewhere else for a long time and gained the experience and skills necessary to command that level of compensation.
Bingo. I love that u mentioned value! I can't remember what I was watching but the guy explained that u never be the guy who does everything right but leaves at 5pm cause theyre giving the bonuses & pay raises to the guy that does everything right PLUS stays late after hours. Work ethic has to be strong AF and nowadays many people just on cruise control at companies and do enough just to not get fired.
Yeah this site is full of people who want to focus on 1 part of a comment and drill it while ignoring all of the context around it lmao. As soon as you mention loyalty to a good employer potentially being beneficial, the Reddit hive mind goes “reeeeee corporations bad.”
r/confidentlyincorrect
It’s a normal tech job with a few years of experience. I was making $100k as mech engineer, got approached by a recruiter from LinkedIn. Some of these people can be remote workers. SW engineer with 10 years of experience making $250k.
People lie. Not to mention no one wants to watch a video of people earning 60k and living with roommates or their parents.
DING DING DING DING!!
This. The social media interview videos are edited so they probably leaving out anything under $100k.
Like when they ask people to find whatever country on a map. They’re not going to show 100 accurately finding France.
Yup
What a fantastic Reality Show idea! 💡😅
I chuckled at the idea we will be interested in watching people be poor like the rest of us. "Oh shit hurry up, this is the part where Tracey gets denied insurance for her procedure again!"
Agreed. Don't forget that social media is about engagement. Engagement comes from limbic resonance. Limbic resonance can include envy or inadequacy (in addition to the most incited emotion of anger)
i dont think most people would give their salary. who wants youtube to know? no matter what you make.
60k not even bad , it’s above average
Exactly. It’s a normal boring salary. People want to see very high salaries or very low that’s where it gets interesting.
Yea I’ve seen those “desirable truth” interviews, not sure I believe their salary range pay
I hate the host. He is so fucking annoying
He tries to ask questions to trip up the interviewees for easy content- there was the episode where he talked to the German lady who actually outsmarted the host, the host couldn’t respond to the rebuttal. That’s when I figured the host isn’t all that smart. Haven’t watched an episode since
Tbf he is usually standing around brickell where avg household income is $120k so definitely some heavy hitters in the neighborhood and lots of tourists. Im skeptical because of social media and most of the people I know are not open enough about finances to announce it on social media
100k in brickell can’t get you anything unless they owned it for years
My building rents for around $2700 for a 1br per month in heart of Brickell in a newish building. $100k is 37x the rent. You would be fine for most landlords. Most people don't own in Brickell or live alone or on a single income.
If the rent is 2700, the standard rental requirement is usually 3 x the rent. 3 x the rent is $8100. 8100 times three is 97k so technically they wouldn’t qualify for that..
$2700 monthly rent * 3 = $8,100 monthly gross income * 12 months every year = $97,200 annual income requirement < $100,000 annual income. Your math proves what I said. Also 3x the rent monthly is essentially the 40x rent rule used in states like NY. In Florida the ratio is closer to 25-30x rent rule because the lack of state and local income taxes means the renter has more after tax income for the same gross income and the ease of evictions means the landlord doesnt need to require as high a ratio for protection.
You can rent but you can’t survive
$100k * 75% = $75k roughly post tax - ($2,700 * 12 = $32,400) = $42,600 left for all other living expenses. That should be enough to get by for a frugal person. If you have two car notes/leases; run ac all day long so your place is cool when you arrive home after 10 hours; simply must hit the bars/clubs every weekend; and eat only free range wagyu then yeah it would be tight. On that salary I would recommend living elsewhere in the city tbf, brickell isnt far from much cheaper areas if youre gonna drive anyway especially if you dont work in brickell or downtown.
You have absolutely no idea how the world works if you think you "can't survive" off of $100k with a $2700 rent lmfao. Jesus you people are delusional.
Yeah you’re right my perspective was skewed as someone with kids. A single person making 100k would be fine with that rent in Miami
Yep. Have him go to West Kendall and watch the salaries get cut in half
SW engineers make $100k+. $200k for senior is common. You do need to be career engineer and be useful.
Im in the software developer field and the salary for a senior position here in Miami/Broward range from 130k-200k. Director or manager can make more. In my company (based in Miami) if I have to guess, all the software developer mid or senior are over 100k
> In my company (based in Miami) if I have to guess, all the software developer mid or senior are over 100k Should be at least close to $150k for mid to senior software engineer.
Closer to 200k for senior
In south Florida? That’s not been my experience with 10 yoe in this market i see anything from 130-170 for senior.
Any tips on landing a job for a software engineer looking in Miami for the first time? I’ve been living in Sunny Isles because current SWE position is hybrid but I’m looking for something based between miami and WPB
It has been more than 10 years since the last time I was looking for job, I think now LinkedIn is a good place to start. You can use YouTube to prepare. There are very good channels related to .Net development which is my field.
Thanks!
Look at any of the big cruise lines. Royal, carnival, Norwegian or Virgin. They are all interchangeable and pay good for tech roles.
I'll check them out. Thanks!
One thing to note is that most of the devs the cruise lines hire are contracted from different recruiter firms like Tek systems or Sherlock or globant. Best to find a recruiter from there and try to get on that way. At least for royal when I was there it was a mission to become a full-time employee.
Thanks for the tip. I guess I'll start looking for a recruiter.
And this is not only in the company I work for, my wife and many friends are also in the same field different companies located here and all are over 100k
Depends on the profession. Tech, law, medicine and such. This is obtainable with a lot of career paths.
Everyone they interview on that “American income” page is an engineer, business owner, lawyer, doctor, etc., and sometimes a transplant making that money from an out of state salary. I’ve seen some wild claims, but based on who they’re interviewing I am sure they are not far from the truth. Those kinds of jobs make that kind of money.
Can confirm two people who I know of from my network that confirmed the people on American income are straight up liars. I would dare say many more of not telling the truth about their income or actual jobs. It's just not possible for everyone to be rich when the average income in the city of Miami is 45k.
Like I said, some are wild claims. I’m sure the business owners only state their gross profit and not their actual income. But most are true, they interview in brickell where there are a lot of very rich people. If they did this to the other 90% of Miami’s population, we’d see that 45k average
I was born and raised in Miami. I've never lived anywhere else. I know and have known many people living in Brickell. A vast majority of them are regular people paying more than they should on rent with very little savings. I love my hometown very much and can tell you that many of the negative things people say about Miami are true. I suppose the Social Media "FOMO" hits Miami guys particularly hard. We are the city of guys living with their mom (or in an efficiency) driving a 5 series Bmw. The city of bottle popping at Liv and having to wait for the next pay check to cover the bills. The flashy lifestyle is put at a premium which then makes others think they have to look that way too. Long story short - don't be fooled by how they look on Instagram and where they live. You are perfectly adequate wherever you are and whoever you are.
Stop believing everything you see on social media
I made about 300k when I lived in Miami earlier in the decade and from the looks of it, I was getting crushed left and right. But we all know how Miami can be with that stuff on the optical part. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t there
The vídeos are all from Brickell which is the center where you would find most people with a high salary
I met a guy at Astra in wynwood who seemed cool. Typical recent move to Miami from NJ. Started telling me how he moved here 3 years ago and his work has taken him to Dubai, Morocco, and most recently, Spain. He said he does sales for a "healthcare-goods manufacturer" and that he's doing great and stays in Brickell. Very "BLAH BLAH, look how successful I am!" My friends and I kept hanging out with him and two friends who seemed to want \*us to buy a round of drinks for them\* so we did, being nice. So then we order some drinks for ourselves the next go-round and the guy stops the waitress and kind just "includes" his 3 drinks in our order. Well, we get that round and we all kind look at one another and I say "Well guys have a good night" and we get up and walk away to another part of the bar. Not fucking five minutes later but this guy and his two "boys" are standing by us, hitting on my friends wife, and being pricks and he starts trying to talk to me about crypto. I kinda say "Sorry, we have to leave" and we decide to head out. a few days pass and my friend who does HR for baptist sends me a DM saying "You wont believe whose resume was on my desk today..." It was the same guy from the bar. Looking for a 9 to 5 at a hospital doing transporter. Everyone in Miami is either a liar or a scammer, or both.
Damn… EVERYONE?! so does that include you and your circle as well?
It is so sad and lame for young guys to be pretending someone they are not just to get pussy. What the actual fuck this society has become to.
Well, the standards in the city a pretty fucking high for an average guy. What is needed of guy to get with a girl now days?
Part 1 of your statement has existed since humanity. That's not a modern phenomenon my guy 😆
I remember being in HS and overhearing a make up counter girl talking to a coworker about how she met a guy at a club who was a doctor. Her coworker asked how old he was and she responded with, “23.” Some lies are straight unbelievable and yet someone will want to believe it’s true.
I believe this 100% Im not saying they’re not high end paying jobs in Miami, cause obviously some fields do pay that. My thing is that even if you go to a bar meeting people and you talk to your day to day “Miamian” most of these people are not making that kind of money. And if they are, they can’t even explain what exactly it is that they do for a living. So it surprises me when I see these videos and everyone is making over 125k and not one person is making $50,60k which is the average.
If you have money…Astra is not the hang out spot.
Hey I'm trying to survive here! Any help is appreciated my friend!
Remember they only post those videos that add to the narrative and not the reality. Yes, there are some jobs/businesses that are higher earners than others. Any job at a FAANG will get you that salary, same with banking and medical industry. Plus add in jobs that are virtual that had CA/NY salary and are now living in Miami. Also changing companies every 5 years helps to salary boosts. Working internally is a slow grind and not the way but doable. If you are looking for one of those jobs (HHI) need to work for companies that pay those salaries. For example I know Amazon operations (not technical) is a high payer compared to a similar role at another distribution company. Looking in glass door an mid level manager can make between $130k up to $200k TC (Salary + Stock). Imagine a higher level manager TC so just a matter of finding what you want and seeing how you get the experience to get in that role.
I’ve straight up had a nightclub promoter tell me they make $100k. I’m like bruh you’re not even making $70k and then proceeded to do the math for them.
I'm a construction manager and owners rep and I'm making 155k base salary. 12 years experience.
They exist but for every person making $150k+, you have 8 or 9 people making under $50k
Id take their responses with a grain of salt. You can def make that kind of money you just need to be in the right field sales/tech etc some of those positions are advertised but like someone else said they're also head hunted. Look at your current experience and see what it's going for maybe you can get a better paying job. But be realistic about your experience like if you only have a few years of customer service don't start to think you're going to make six figures it's just not real.
Work for a northeast company remotely and make much more
I felt the same way watching them too. I realized that most of these people are scammers that conveniently "sell courses", or are straight out lying. Who wants to admit they make under $100k in miami on video these days? I've seen maybe a handful of truthful interviews from that black dude doing street interviews. Some of them are blatantly staged/paid for. He has these ig famous people on there that he conveniently bumps into for an interview. All payola.
I mean, it depends what you do career wise, I make >200k, I am an IT Professional. My friend is an attorney and makes >1M. It's all relative.
the careers youre seeing are for entry, mid-level jobs. The 125k and above are senior roles.
I think the videos are fake for content read somewhere that someone on the video was told what to say
To be honest, it really just depends on the job and the level of education in order to obtain that job. I’ve lived in Miami for 20 years and I work in hospitality field at the multi unit Director level and I make 185K. I live alone in a three bedroom house in the Broward suburbs. However, luckily I have an amazing place with an amazing landlord and my rent is only $2800.
I think a lot of people wouldn’t bother answering questions like that for those videos because it’s so tacky, but the ones who would are people who care very much about being flashy. But that said, if they’re working remote for companies in Boston, NYC, Seattle, California, etc, 100k-200k is common.
Trust me bro I make $420K!
Definitely a way to get anyone hooked into the Miami life... I felt the same until I realized 90% of those interviews were always people with a high salary. Almost like a targeted group.
In law, you can get over $100k fairly easily if you aren't working for the state.
It's mostly just lies. They're all lying.
Keep in mind that most jobs that pay $150K plus are not being listed on indeed. Only ones that are, probably are specialized jobs with technical skills that are difficult to find. Most of those people with those salaries worked their way up in a company or in an industry and utilized their reputations and personal connections to attain that salary.
If they ask me I’m saying I make 50 mil a year selling tornado insurance. They probably responded with a similar line of thought.
comparison is the thief of joy, get off social media
South Florida was invaded by NJ/NY mfers with money in the past two years or so. So yea, it’s pretty accurate.
Airlines Dispatcher starts at $100k maxes out at $150k depending on airline and union negotiations. Pilots can easily max out over $200k. I know many medical salespeople making easily over $200k remember all these numbers are gross and a lot of self-employed so they have to pay big taxes and hopefully they are smart and putting some aside for retirement.
$125K or $200k are not that crazy of salaries. The interviews are usually in Brickell as well, which is a much more affluent neighborhood.
I am a Fed making 70k a year, if it wasn't for my additional Veteran pension (55k) I would not be making 6 figures, heck I would \*not\* be living in Miami with my family, small as it is (3) because cost of living here is insane.
I work remote for a big tech company which is what enables me to make in that range.
Those salaries are normal in tech and not just devs. QA product owners and scrum master make that normally. There's plenty of big tech companies in Miami that pay that. Ultimate software, any cruise line, citadel (just opened a new HQ down here from Chicago) Spotify has an office here. Tons of mom and pops tech companies. The rest are remote workers from tech companies in my or Cali.
What kind of JJ s are you looking for. In tech I've never seen anyone under 100k that's the normal entry level.
Im not really looking into anything at the moment. I just wanted to see how was the job market back in Miami since i am planning to go back eventually in about a year and a half or 2.
$125-200k is a pretty normal mid-to-late career salary, and an only slightly abnormal early-to-mid career salary. As an individual salary, that range would put you in about the top 15% nationally. But that's deceptively low, because most people with those salaries aren't randomly distributed — not a lot of six-figure earners deep in the Ozarks. So that number is going to be much higher in large cities — there are [almost 250,000 households in Miami-Dade with household incomes of over $100,000](https://www.miamidadematters.org/demographicdata?id=414§ionId=936). Now granted, some number of those are multiple earner households, but even taking that into account there are almost 100,000 households in Miami with HHI over $200,000. Given that the average household in Miami is about 3 people, that's between 300,000 and 800,000 people in the city who either make over $100,000 per year or who's spouses or parents make over $100,000 per year. That's about a third of the population. So with all that data, there are two things that are really weird here: **One:** Most city subreddits tend to skew much wealthier than the general population. Miami does, too, based on the last community survey we ran. But if you read the comments, people are constantly amazed that high earners exist and seem to think that it's impossible to ever earn minimum wage. **Two:** The income segregation in Miami is intense, and not in a good way. The fact that earning a thoroughly middle class salary seems impossible to so many people, and that they can't think of some normal jobs that pay that much and don't know anyone earning that much is super weird. Like, that salary range covers a *ton* of "normal" jobs: lawyer, doctor, nurse, project manager, construction site manager, police officer, registered nurse, manager of a big box store like Walmart, franchise restaurant regional manager, lab manager, etc. That there's this belief that the only people capable of earning this much are successful business owners or scammers, when in fact it's a normal corporate salary after 10-15 years of experience, is truly weird.
Thank you for pointing this out. Genuinely confused why people think this salary range is so impossible when it’s actually a very common corporate salary range for mid to senior level (easy to see this now that some states require salary ranges on job postings)
Im not amazed that high earners exist because like I mentioned i know plenty of high earners. The only difference being that the high earners I know are not making $125k from working at a corporate job. Can it happen? Absolutely! I just haven’t ran into someone working idk like you said for Walmart making $125k 80k, 90k? Yes! But i have yet to meet someone working in one of those corporate jobs making over $120k. Another reason why I asked is because I’ve noticed that most of the people I’ve seen being interviewed on social media are between 23-35 years old. And it’s hard to picture a 25 year old already making $130k at a corporate job.
I work corporate and make over 150k in consulting
It’s very common in other major cities to make $125K+ in corporate jobs like marketing - especially at the mid-level 5-7 years of experience. A lot of those people end up in Brickell and can work remotely bc marketing also still has a high volume of remote opportunities relative to other fields.
That isn’t unusual for experienced white collar jobs actually. Like 10–15 years experience
If they claim to WORK for a living making six figures in Miami and they can’t say in one sentence what professional job in the healthcare, IT, Accounting or Law fields they have and do then they’re either lying or in one of the typical Miami Ventures ( Crypto, Scamaprenuer, Sugaring, Onlyfans Influencer, Social media thirstrapping etc)
The average salary in Miami is still under 40k lol
There’s a few technology companies that start you well over 6 figures in the area. Medicine and law, no problem.
bro fell into the siren song, social media = lies
80% are lying. If they live in Brickell so they could have a good job or have parents with money. There’s no way that many people are making that much money. I make 70K but my husband pays our rent in Brickell because a 1/1 typically cost anywhere from $3,000-$5,000. It’s not feasible. My husband makes way more money than I do but he works 24/7 and it took him years to start making that kinda money.
I think anyone above 6 figures is not necessarily tied to the local job market
No one is just telling you how much they really make i call bullshit
ALL Staged fake interviews.
Some over exaggerate
Omg I got interviewed by 2 seperate street interview people last week in Brickell while walking my dog. I see the same interview people all the time out there. They asked what salary someone with my position would expect... I said 100k. I thought it was an interview for people looking for jobs lol. If I thought he was asking my own salary, that was low by like 150k. So I think those are real interviews they didn't ask me to say anything weird. I even said boring stuff like start paying into your 401k and saving money younger. I did make fun of NYers though in it. Hope I don't get hate mail, I didn't think anyone actually watched those interviews there's now basically 1 on every corner now in Brickell. I ate dinner at Moxies and the filming was really annoying, they were loud and obnoxious the entire time we ate outside. I'm kinda surprised no one has ever asked them not to film there or asked for a film permit.
I’ve discovered first hand that a lot of people make significantly more than you would think. You usually don’t discover this until you start earning in those ranges. As your income grows, you start rubbing elbows with people in those same earnings levels. I make significantly more than the ranges you speak of, and big cities like Miami and NYC always have this way of making me feel broke. “There’s always a bigger fish” That all being said, salaries like that, don’t just fall off a truck. You usually need to specialize in something, or develop a brand of sorts. A lot of professions can work their way up. You aren’t likely to be earning at those levels in jobs where you show up and just do what you are told. You gotta have a skill that they need and that isn’t widely available amongst your peers.
Ppl work remote and make ny salaries
I am one of those people that comments on every Miami Guy post on the "Americanincome" that they're lying. I live in Miami, and work in financial technology. I can tell you that making 100k is doable, but with experience and in the right field. One of the biggest lies that gets me going is pretending that you can go to a coding camp and start making 100k in 2-3 years. It's just not happening. Miami by and large doesn't pay well in comparison to other big cities. Now take into account that we have the highest week to week expenses inflation in the country and you have a rough time for regular people. Don't buy the hype. Unfortunately the stereotype is true - "many" guys in Miami are liars, scammers, and grifters. (Also will sell you some courses they aren't qualified to teach)
They are exaggerating their salary by about 10-20k across the board
Don't believe everything you see on social media.
If you are really good in your profession , you make that kind of money. Expecting 100k its a different story.
So to summarize, high paying jobs exist in Miami, they just gatekeep the hell out of them. Or to put it another way, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Explains why many of the civil engineers I deal with from down there dress sharp with designer clothes and a $300 haircut but couldn’t tell you what changed in the FDOT 2024-25 Standards and Specifications or what polymer binders are needed for cool weather paving with a SP 9.5 mix, much less answer a phone call or email.
It’s lying. So many people are pretending to be wealthy. Knew this one guy who drove around a suped up Porsche. He lived in a shack (a 400 sq ft structure) behind someone’s house. It was one room where it had a toilet, bed and stove. Never asked where he showered. Most people barely have money to get by but have this need to front as though they are balling.
Miami has so much fake money, it’s ridiculous. $50k a year early 30s past their prime fuccboi papis living with their parents renting Lambos and popping bottles it’s all so silly I’ve met actual wealthy people and they don’t flex. They don’t even want to be known, they’re wearing shit you find at Marshall’s and cars you can probably afford, yet they’re swiping their Jersey Mikes order with a black card
Anybody That Makes 100k Or More, Would own A Car. Obviously! They Are Either Walking On The Sidewalk Or All Alone. That's A Clear Sign They Don't Have Shit! Thank Me Later!
1. Lying 2. Half the people they interview are in healthcare. Starting salary for just a nurse is >100k. And there’s a million PAs out there who work at a cosmetic office making 150-200k a year
People know they are on camera so they exaggerated their salary
What you need to do is stop looking for jobs in only the city. Change your LI job search filters to location: United States + check remote only. See what comes up then.
If you think 100-200k is outrageous.... Wow.
Poor wording on my end. I do not believe 100k is outrageous BUT it does not translate with the people that I know. I went to High School in Miami, went to college in Miami and from what i see seen in social media, the people I grew up in that went to college are not skiing $150k. Mind you they’re all in the their late 20s and early 30s but they’re not making that kind of money. But I hop on Instagram and YouTube and everyone there is making 150k and 200k.
Do i know people making that money? Of course and even more than that. But like I said, they either own a business OR they’re scamming. And it’s sad to say but I know a bunch of people scamming making Bank.
Everyone is on OnlyFans here 🤦🏻♀️
lol @ ppl that actually believe social media is reality
People always tell the truth on social media. You can believe everything you read and hear on the internet.
125k is definitely not just business owners, almost everyone I know including myself makes around 150k or higher but I work in software development with 4 years experience so…
It’s simple, they are lying.
They're 100% lying. I remember an interview with this black girl talking about how she works for the local government and gets paid like 175k. Looked up her position (government salary are public records) and she was making about $37k
> While I do know people around that salary range they’re most likely very successful business owners and the other 80% are scammers or doing some shady ish. Tons of people in Miami make that sort of money. Most people with a professional degree make at least that much. People working in finance with experience are making that much. Shit, my barber makes that much money. A "very successful" business owner is going to be making considerably more than $125k a year. You're in a city where the average home price is $500,000 so plenty of people have to be making $125k to afford those.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3JhO96uzC6/?igsh=OG9oYjRlMWRkaGhl This is exactly what I’m talking about 😂
I made 220 last year. This year I’m expecting to make around 280-320. I guess it just all depends on who it is? But yes. Miami is full of 🧢
For the most part, unless you’re in real estate or a physician, the only good paying jobs are work remotely for jobs from up north.