public accounting:

2009 - 50k
2014 - 85k
2019 - 150k
2021 - 160k
2021 -200k (job change)

Would be interested in seeing the real numbers. Quite the jump the last two years.

Congratulations to everyone. I am at 3x more of my first salary more than 20 years ago. But then it has plateaued because I am in a bad city for my kind of jobs plus not being part of a "protected" class/racism.

Anyway I realized some years ago that it is better to have a revenue stream that is distinct from one's employer. I have it now from my investing and last year (COVID 2020) I made 12 times my salary. In 2019 I made 6 times my salary. Almost every year I am doing well and there is a rare down year which goes negative.

So while I have a good salary from my company, it is not obscenely high but I feel comfortable that I will have enough as I approach retirement.

AgStats said:

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NW:
2010: 0.1x (of 2010 salary)
2015: 0.5x
2019: 5x
2021: 555x

To keep it short: don't be afraid to take risks, especially with people and ideas you believe in

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WTF man that is awesome. Well done.

What is "NW"? Is it Net Worth?

My NW is 50x my 2010 salary.

Current NW is 25x first year salary

93rd percentile in my age group

ORAggieFan said:

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Net worth to some random salary is a meaningless number. Not that most of this thread isn't nearing that.

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Tbh, so is their current salary vs starting salary. Some starting salaries are quite low making the gains seem artificially impressive

I'm sure the 555xer probably Yolo'd In some incredibly risky stuff and will lose a large portion of it in time

1992: x
1997: 2.1x
2002: 3.3x
2007: 4.7x
2012: 5.8x

2021 update 7.2x....raises have slowed down big time

Hmmm... well, I have base + commission

Base = x
Comm = y

2013: x + y (First year and only 8 months. However, have to start somewhere. My comm was about 1/3 my base salary)
2104: x + 2.8y
2015: x + 3.99y
2016: x + 5.92y
2017: x + 6.06y
2018: x + 6.75y
2019: 1.56x + 9.53y (received a substantial raise in base salary, though it started mid year)
2020: 2.5x + 9.9y
2021: 2.5x + 11.5y (I am estimating based on my average so far, for the year and looking at outstanding commissions)

Nice

I'll play

2007 baseline x
2012 2x
2017 4x
2021 4.75x

I was an Agronomy major. 2007-2011 was in golf course maintenance. 2012-present have been in petrochem. From a firewatch, to pipefitter, to expeditor, to planner, to maintenance coordinator, to planning supervisor

Aggie1806 said:

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Business Consulting

2006: $50,000
2011: $105,000
2016: $225,000
2021: $465,000

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Yeah but he's leaving off the fact he only worked those years. 2017-2020 he was in the red trying to make tee times to drum up business.

Just messing with ya.

Congrats.

Management Consulting:

2012: $40k
2017: $74k
2021: $222k

16Ag18 said:

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Where do you work and how can I do that?! Lol

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MBB probably.

BCG just announced OCR MBA starting at $175k.

Big 4 reacting accordingly banding $5-10k below. My firm just announced raises on Tuesday. Non-Strat/Transaction (non-MBA) consultants are still commanding near this coming from industry at Manager/Director level. It's pretty wild what you can land right now. We just had a Senior/Associate (low performer) leave for a $75k bump at ACN.

aduma said:

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Man...crazy that this got stickied and is still going. Never thought this thread would have blown up the way it has. I haven't checked TexAgs in some time, but I'm glad to see people moving up in their careers and making that money.

To give an update, I'm still with the Feds, probably until I retire to get that sweet pension (33% of my salary if I retire at 57)

2010 - $38k
2015 - $75k
2020 - $138k

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How long ago did you switch to a Fed position? Close to doubling your salary in 5 years with a Fed position is pretty rare. Did you switch recently and had a previous career doing something different?

AggiEE said:

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aduma said:

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Man...crazy that this got stickied and is still going. Never thought this thread would have blown up the way it has. I haven't checked TexAgs in some time, but I'm glad to see people moving up in their careers and making that money.

To give an update, I'm still with the Feds, probably until I retire to get that sweet pension (33% of my salary if I retire at 57)

2010 - $38k
2015 - $75k
2020 - $138k

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How long ago did you switch to a Fed position? Close to doubling your salary in 5 years with a Fed position is pretty rare. Did you switch recently and had a previous career doing something different?

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Honestly got lucky and gamed the system a little bit. I was hired out of college on an aggressive career track for specialists and then switched to another organization once I peaked at my old job. Then I took a step back for a few months, then went back to my old gig which by law, had to give me like a $15k raise because technically I was promoted (basically took a demotion for 6 months, even though my pay was the same, then came back and was "promoted" back to my old grade...which had to give me a raise).

So now my boss is offering to put me up for promotion again because he's leaving and needs me to take over, so I'll update this to $150k if/when that happens.

Not MBB nor do I have a MBA.

All of these great numbers!



Your employers should study my company. "Salary" and "Bonus" have gone down around here for over 7 years!

I keep laughing every time i give them less effort at work and more effort at other money making ventures.

JMac03 said:

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2004 - x
2005 - 1.14x
2006 - 1.62x
2008 - .74x (moved cities where market for my job type was SLIM)
2010 - 1.08x
2012 - 1.29x
2014 - 1.18x
2016 - 1.12x
2018 - 1.26x

I likely won't ever have any of the insane numbers some of you have, but that is okay. I enjoy what I do, and this doesn't include my side business.

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Soooo I don't know if I did this wrong or not back then. Do you take each year and then multiply it?

So lets say my X was $30k. So for 2005 that would have been $34,200. So for 2006 - do I take $34,200 and multiple times 1.62 (which I did) OR do I figure out how much of an increase it was from $30k?

If the latter, I did it all wrong. I built it off each year.

Think of it like algebra. 'X' is a constant, based on whatever your first salary was in your career.

Thanks. I did it all wrong lol.

Started at the very bottom of the Oil and Gas industry pushing a broom in a shop, washing and painting equipment, and yard hand. Worked my way up pretty quickly to Outside Sales to Operations Manager in Completion and Production, back to Sales on the drilling side before jumping over to Midstream as a Pipeline Inspector. More recently left the O&G industry to spend more time with family, however that didn't really happen as I still worked about 3 hours from them Monday - Friday. Back home now consulting for a previous employer while getting to spend a lot more time at home with occasional travel. Will eventually open up my own shop, more than likely in midstream.

2011: 35K maybe 40k
2012: 65k
2013: 125k
2014: 132k
2015: 137k
2016: 75k (laid off for 8 months)
2017: 160k (laid off 2 months)
2018: 176k (laid off 1 month)
2019: 192k
2020: 120k (left O&G in April)
2021: on track to 125k (part time consulting gig in O&G)

2006 - 0.5x
2011 - x (broke college student working summers)
2016 - 6x
2018 - 6x
2019 - 4x
2020 - 8x (even includes a 6 month sit at the house. Thanks alot COVID)
2021- 4x right now, looking like 6-8x at YE?.. Oilfield sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe sh*t.

Been a while since I participated, let's update:

2011: x
2012: 1.25x
2013: 1.50x
2014: 1.81x
2015: 2.37x
2016: 2.63x
2017: 3.00x
2018: 3.50x
2019: 3.61x
2020: 3.69x
2021: 3.81x

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20X+ From where I started. Graduated in 2010

OhLongJohnson said:

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Petroleum Engineering

Currently working in Land Development/Civil Construction

2016 - 1.00x
2017 - 1.10x
2018 - 1.56x (Significant raise)
2019 - 0.94x (Started my own small construction company and was finally happy)
2020 - 2.50x (Small company started producing some decent profits)
2021 - 12.5x (Small company now employs 25 people full time and we are capitalizing on housing market)
2022 -15x-20x (Serious Projection)
2023- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (Not a serious projection, but housing market will crash soon and so will we)

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So in two years you rode a construction uptick, made some good money (congrats), and now you predict a housing collapse that will result in your bankruptcy [I duly note your caveat as not being serious].

I would offer an alternative to manage your business through the ups and downs. Treating your employees, contractors and vendors during the good times will help you through the lean,

Edited to Add: Not trying to be overly critical. But in the construction space managing feast and famine is an art. Better to be an ant than a grasshopper. Though have seen plenty of guys be a reincarnate grasshopper over and over again.

JobSecurity said:

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JobSecurity said:

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2014: x
2015: 1.06x
2016: 1.78x (1.96x total comp) - consulting to industry
2018: 2.0x (2.5x total comp) - new job, title promotion

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Almost 3 year bump because a thread on the GB reminded me of this one and this was interesting back in the day. Looking back there are lots of names that still post here and could update again.

2021: 3.2x (4.3x total comp) - couple internal promotions since 2018

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Another 3 year bump. Curious to see what people are at post covid/inflation. I definitely haven't kept up the last two years but my company is so stable it's hard to look elsewhere.

2024: 3.9x (5.6x total comp)

AggiEE said:

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I'm just frugal by nature. My hobbies aren't expensive, and I enjoy living a minimalist lifestyle (no expensive cars or humongous mansion). I prefer knowledge/skill based activities over materialism. Those tend to be relatively cheap. It's a myth that you have to spend money to enjoy your free time. Plenty of ways to entertain through means that don't involve consumption...but everyone's different and if you enjoy more expensive hobbies more power to you.

I'd much rather have financial security than have large fixed costs that inflate my lifestyle but wouldn't genuinely improve my QoL. I avoid the hedonic treadmill.

And yes, I am single...so that helps, although I've seen married couples live a similarly frugal lifestyle, just have to pick the right spouse.

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Wait until you have grandkids. Your modest lifestyle will be out the window.