Ask HN: What Is Your Salary?

Posted by camjohnson26 on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.

The hiring market is weird right now which makes it difficult for job seekers to know what their value is. Companies try to control the spread of salary information so they have more leverage when negotiating. So my question is where are you, what is your role, and how much do you make?

I’m in the midwest United States earning $150k as a senior frontend engineer with 7 years of experience.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by simonblack on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:04PM (#29076438)

A better question is "What is your Income"?

Salary is fleeting. You could be fired tomorrow. You could get run over by a bus. Your company may be taken over and shut down. Your blood-pressure might get so high that you can't work. You might become a paraplegic.

"Where is your salary now??"

Prepare your time-after-salary now, while you still have it.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by pnutjam on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:31AM (#29080253)

Midwest, bigger city. Sr. Linux Admin - $113,196.00 (company claims $125,666.89 with benefits)

More people need to talk about salary.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by redredhathat on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:59PM (#29086637)

NYC 120k with 10% Target bonus. First software engineering job (2 YOE in Project Management beforehand).

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by LarsLarson on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @01:54AM (#29091492)

Germany, Junior Fullstack Dev. Just made my Bachelor in CS. 44k€

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by pbkdf2 on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:45PM (#29072005)

https://www.levels.fyi/

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by metabro on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @02:30AM (#29091649)

Assuming you mean income?

330k usd data engineer 10 yoe Bay Area

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Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Salary? by Z0rb on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:26AM (#29094244)

320K USD 8 YOE Bay Area

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