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Bandsohard t1_iuutkpk wrote

Everyone I know in Aerospace in a technical role has a starting salary out of college of like 70-75k, about a 3% raise each year, and about a 5-10% bump per promotion every 3 ish years. If they job hop with a few years experience they get like a 20% raise or whatever. Making like 120k with 5 years experience really isn't that bad.

The younger people job hopping are going to be the ones self reporting. You aren't going to get much reporting from one's in management roles or committed to a company long term. Plus people willing to self report are usually those who feel underpaid and are filling out like glassdoor reviews before they job hop themselves. But yeah, tech companies wanting people in cloud or software roles are obviously going to get paid more.

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Roamingkillerpanda t1_iuv1uhd wrote

Yeah that’s what I did essentially, 5 years out making 130k plus a 5-7k bonus. Didn’t job hop as much but leveraged some good situations with counter offers.

If you’re just putzing around and taking the meager 3% raises every year you’re just playing yourself.

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sjrotella t1_iuw5huw wrote

It sucks cause there's only one real company I can work for in my city, and my wife doesn't want to leave. I could be making SIGNIFICANTLY more than what I currently do as an aerospace engineer, but because the wife won't leave her parents, I cant.

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Bris2500 t1_iuymdig wrote

Have you considered leaving the wife /s

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sjrotella t1_iuymnu6 wrote

Lol... She's the one who makes the good financial decisions, like buying the house we're in now with an 1100 mortgage including taxes and insurance.

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Xaqv t1_iuw1ap7 wrote

Yeah! And they can shove all that loyalty, principles, higher moral ground bs, too!

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MVRK_3 t1_iuwdx6u wrote

Obviously it’s not a bad salary, but for what the career entails, it seems like it. If you had the same schooling and experience in my government agency, you’d be close to around $150k easy.

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