How much did you make at your first full-time job?

[MaxDSP]

$12.72/hour, full time while I was going to school full time also. It increased to $13.72 after they saw how much work I did, but it was still a crap job that gave me little experience.

 

[shortylickens]

17,000. US Navy. Now I am up to about 27,000. (8 years later.)

 

[mi xiao]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
17,000. US Navy. Now I am up to about 27,000. (8 years later.)

that is still not enough.
do you not have "danger pay?"

 

[Kanalua]

Security Gaurd: $6.25/hr

 

[yllus]

$30/hour as a junior software developer.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

I'm making $36k/year at my 1-year full-time internship

Will be $50k/year plus all benefits my first year outta college in a full-time position for the same company, and it only goes up

EDIT: Those numbers are about 30% above average for my degree (BUS) in my area (very low cost of living...$500k buys a small mansion)

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: mi xiao
14$ an hour.
that sucked.

uh, why?

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: mi xiao

Originally posted by: shortylickens
17,000. US Navy. Now I am up to about 27,000. (8 years later.)

that is still not enough.
do you not have "danger pay?"

Its the military dude. The paycheck IS the danger pay.

Oh, in the navy we get 150 a month if we are actually out at sea.
I have no idea if the army gets paid to actually go into the field.

 

[mi xiao]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Its the military dude. The paycheck IS the danger pay.

Oh, in the navy we get 150 a month if we are actually out at sea.
I have no idea if the army gets paid to actually go into the field.

so, you get 150 on top of the 27K?
that is ridiculous.

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
uh, why?

it was my first job after uni. i should have been paid more than that!!!

 

[blodhi74]

38k

 

[kurt454]

5 something an hour in the 80s.

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: mi xiao

Originally posted by: shortylickens
17,000. US Navy. Now I am up to about 27,000. (8 years later.)

that is still not enough.
do you not have "danger pay?"

Its the military dude. The paycheck IS the danger pay.

Oh, in the navy we get 150 a month if we are actually out at sea.
I have no idea if the army gets paid to actually go into the field.

Yup..depending on if its a combat zone or not. I am no longer in but when I was pay adds up quick. Aside from the ~2k a month base pay, theres COLA, BAH, BAS, hazardous duty pay, jump pay, etc. I took home around $2400 after taxes every two weeks ($4800) a month the last few years I was in (including BAH, COLA, BAS, and all the supplemental pay). It was actually good money considering. Oh and thats not to mention that time served in a combat zone is tax free, so when I was deployed the money was even better.

 

[Riprorin]

$25,300 in 1985.

Salary has gone up over 4x since then.