Biggest raise

[zebano]

No raise for first two years after I got the job fresh out of college, then a 25% boost.

 

[FeuerFrei]

24%
29K -> 36K

 

[brikis98]

42%
70k -> 100k
changed jobs after spending 1.5 years at my first job out of college

 

[dionx]

10%

around $42K/year to $46.2K/year

 

[Descartes]

> 100% a few years back. I quadrupled my income over a 5 year period.

 

[TXHokie]

33% jumping one job
another 25% next jump
15% last job change
most I ever got from the same job was 6%
...must stop changing job

 

[Scarpozzi]

Just over $8k. It was justified through 3 seperate raises though....but all landed at the first of a fiscal year.

 

[Jugernot]

3 years ago I got a 10% bump... ONLY because of how I negotiated my position. They couldn't pay me what I asked in the interview, but I was assured that I would be properly paid the next year when raises happened. Sure enough, they did what they said they would.

EDIT: This was after getting a 20% bump the previous year when I moved into the new postion.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

After I left the Air Force in early 2005 I started at a pretty modest salary, then got a 15% raise after about 6 months. I got another 15% raise about a year after that, an 8% raise a few months later, then another 10% about 8 months after that. At this point I make 66% more than I did less than 3 years ago, and have also made mid-5 figures in bonuses over the last year and a half.

 

[PricklyPete]

17% in the same job...just over 25% when switching jobs.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Koing
First job out of Uni I got 53% for my first year. I was grossly underpaid...

Getting a huge percentage raise is a pretty god sign that you've been grossly underpaid.

 

[darkxshade]

biggest raise I ever got was a paycut

 

[hellokeith]

Many years ago, I asked for and received a 15% raise when my coworker (a fellow system admin on different systems) bailed right in the middle of the ERP system upgrade with less than 4 weeks notice. The exec's and CFO (my boss) were very nervous about me leaving too, so I probably could have asked for more considering how quickly they agreed (next day).

 

[NatePo717]

18/hr for my current co-op to 50,000/year or a 75% raise. Just accepted a job offer

 

[Kadarin]

8K/yr was my biggest raise. Moving from job to job, I once went from $45K to $85K. Good times...

 

[Rudee]

50% raise in 3 yrs.

 

[D1gger]

My biggest increase was in 1984. I was earning ~$35,000 per year as a very junior systems engineer for IBM and I took a promotion to marketing rep on a small account geographic territory. The first year as a marketing rep I earned ~$75,000 so the increase was a little better than 100%.

 

[sygyzy]

Over 40%

 

[mattocs]

17%. Which only came out to be $1.60 an hour. Assholes.

 

[Squisher]

I once got 2 raises each being $2/hr. two weeks apart. I went from $9/hr to $13/hr.


I still can hear my boss's thick German accent, "Jesus Christ, Craig you were in here two weeks ago. I think you are getting addicted to this."


Basically, after I got the first raise I found out what some of my coworkers were making and these coworkers were doing so even though I had much more responsibilities and was putting out much more work.

 

[Imdmn04]

What's considered a good year-to-year raise? (not a job-hopping or promotion type of raise)

 

[her209]

I've gotten 4 consecutive raises of 10%.

 

[Jadow]

On a percentage basis, I have the largest raise on record at my company, a large publicly traded company with thousands of employees. 37%

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

About 11%. My company pays you crap when yo ustart and after 6 months of a "probationary period" they boost your pay to more normal rates. It's sad as I am a software engineer.

These days, I'm lucky to get inflationary raises.

 

[Joemonkey]

33% 1.5 years ago when I switched jobs, then 22% of that after ~1.1yr at my new job

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