What considered a good salary per Industry

In my field (engineering proj management) -

Avg salary around 100-140k
Good salary around 140-170k
Great salary 170-200k

(inc super)

Obviously the higher end requires 20yrs+ exp in my field

Interested to see how his reflected in other industries. Again.. it’s not a contest.. I am just genuinely curious.

Overall I think 100k is pretty common in professional type jobs therefore the aspirational target for many is 200k (ie highest tax bracket)

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    • i found these online salary guides are not that accurate

  • If you have 20 years+ experience and still working as a project manager then you need to find a job that pays better.
    They should be looking for a program manager, vice president, director or even president role.

    • Unless you are a minority and/or a female :P

  • +10

    Depends on your location too.

    I’d personally rather earn less and live rural and commute 5 minutes, than commute to a city every day on a fart cabin

    • upvote for "fart cabin"

  • eBay seller, you can put any price you want

  • wow that's a lot of money…
    My job is 26k annually, customer service/call center job. I can't speak on behalf of the whole industry.

    • Change your job or study something for job in demand.

  • 91k teacher 10 years

  • +6

    Thumbs up to you for attaining a profession and earning a decent income.

    I use to be on 100k, but had to work 50 hour weeks (health field). Gave that up for less money, but much happier now.

    • Good point, I think you're actual hourly rate tells more of the story. Even then it doesn't factor in if you're actually switched off when you're not working… And yes my username checks out!

  • Not revealing my current role and pay, but one role in financial services I had recently paid $150K (perm FT role with no qualifications and just under 10 years of experience). The salary was slightly above average for what I was doing.

    Each quarterly cycle consisted of two months surfing the net, sitting around at home or on-call on holidays, followed by one crazy month of actual work at home and in the office.

    That crazy month wasn't good for health and I was needing "special assistance" to stay awake during those periods. Gave it up after almost seven years.

  • Just wondering, what is the average salary for an engineer straight out of university, working at NorthConnex?

    • It depends where you go and what you want to do…some places have horrid starting salaries as right out of uni you aren't a professional engineer so probably $50-70k. Other places will pull talent, im from unviersity of waterloo in Canada, we have students pulled right out of school to massive firms that pay $100-150k easily.

      I had friends on co-op jobs making 100k+ while in university

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