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This is pretty scary and telling of income stagnation. When I graduated from college, I was offered $45k for an IT gig that was back in 1999.
So you're telling me that here we are in 2007 or 2015 people are still getting paid what I was paid in 1999.
"Houston, we got a problem!"
Hell, a lot of folks make even less. That $28k I quoted in Virginia was for a help desk role. While not exactly high skill, help desk people were probably making about the same in 1999.
This is pretty scary and telling of income stagnation. When I graduated from college, I was offered $45k for an IT gig that was back in 1999.
So you're telling me that here we are in 2007 or 2015 people are still getting paid what I was paid in 1999.
"Houston, we got a problem!"
The thing to keep in mind, too, is that the late 90s was a pretty big employment boom. 2007-2013 was a pretty tough period if you were just entering the workforce. I had relocated from a bad job market to a more vibrant job market without a job, so I didn't have the option to be picky or negotiate much on my salary. I took the first thing that came my way. That said, my salary has more than doubled in seven years.
40k in Chicago, early 2004 in IT contracting. Learned how the contracting biz worked and moved up to 80k in mid-2005. Wish I could have doubled it every year thereafter but am happy with where I am.
25K, accountant, August 1995, small start-up in NYC, this was 10K less than what my classmates got at the then Big 6, 20K less than what two of the brightest accounting majors received from the big investment banks, and 35K less than what the smarted of the bunch of us, with a double major in accounting and consulting got from a mgmt. consulting company.
Hell, a lot of folks make even less. That $28k I quoted in Virginia was for a help desk role. While not exactly high skill, help desk people were probably making about the same in 1999.
MY job was entry IT Desktop support for $45k back in 1999. I've received 4 offers from $35k-45k and I picked the highest bidder.
Everything back in 1999 was cheaper, if we go with inflation. My starting gig should be paying atleast $70k today.
I know many IT Helpdesk in NYC starts at $45k these days up to $100k and they avg around $50-60k in general here in NYC.
This is pretty scary and telling of income stagnation. When I graduated from college, I was offered $45k for an IT gig that was back in 1999.
So you're telling me that here we are in 2007 or 2015 people are still getting paid what I was paid in 1999.
"Houston, we got a problem!"
Wages have been flat *overall* in this country much longer than that, going back to the mid'70s by most economist's findings. And during that time, overall worker productivity has increased dramatically.
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