What is 'Starting Salary' in Austin?

Discussion in 'Horn Depot' started by SomeMildLanguage, Mar 23, 2007.

  1. SomeMildLanguage

    SomeMildLanguage 500+ Posts

    I wasn't eavesdropping at all, but I recently overheard someone in Austin ask someone else:

    "If you don't mind me asking, how much is their offer?"

    "Austin starting salary, plus 5%."

    [acting like she knew exactly what that meant]"Oh, great. So you going to take it?"[/acting like she knew exactly what that meant]

    I have no idea what profession she was in (probably just a basic office job, if I had to guess), but what would you think "Austin starting salary" means? Because I have no clue.
     
  2. CleverNickname

    CleverNickname 500+ Posts

    Basically its dallas minus 5%
     
  3. tropheus

    tropheus 1,000+ Posts

    ^^^ that's hillarious!
     
  4. BattleshipTexas

    BattleshipTexas 1,000+ Posts

    Basically its College Station starting salary plus 1500%
     
  5. pulque

    pulque 1,000+ Posts

    Or a Houston salary minus 25%... [​IMG]
     
  6. VoodooChi|d

    VoodooChi|d 500+ Posts

    supply and da' man
     
  7. The Dog

    The Dog 250+ Posts

    it means the employer told her that they were offering the average starting salary for her position in Austin plus an additional 5%.

    There's really no way to know what that is without knowing what she does and what career level she was at.

    Keep in mind it could also be what the EMPLOYER considers to be the Austin average and that Austin+5% could be the actual market average.

    So the answer is the number could be just about anything.
     
  8. SomeMildLanguage

    SomeMildLanguage 500+ Posts

    Yeah, I know.

    But what would you think that meant?
     
  9. gsoda3

    gsoda3 250+ Posts

    this is my guess.

    she was deciding b/t offers from the same firm but in different cities. so say NY offers 50k + 5k signing bonus, Austin offers 48k + 3k signing, and she's waiting for San Fran's offer. she finally gets the offer from SF and her friend asks her what it is, and the girl says "it's Austin's offer + 5%".

    i'm almost positive that's what she meant, as that's the same language we used to use.
     
  10. EuroHorn

    EuroHorn 2,500+ Posts

    Didn't Austin go to a flat rate for salaries? Everyone gets paid the same regardless of what you do.
     
  11. Ramathorn

    Ramathorn 1,000+ Posts

    Dallas and Houston are the land of the wealthy? Not being facetious, but on average, the citizens of Houston and Dallas make quite a bit more than Austinites? If so, that's ok, stay up there.
     
  12. Hayden_Horn

    Hayden_Horn 1,000+ Posts


     
  13. OrangeBlooded

    OrangeBlooded 500+ Posts


     
  14. homer

    homer 500+ Posts

    average per capita income is higher in Austin than both Dallas and Houston. Austin is also a more expensive city (especially for housing).

    I am not sure why people think salaries are higher in Dallas and Houston (maybe in many specific professions, but not over all).
     
  15. Fried JJ Pickles

    Fried JJ Pickles 1,000+ Posts


     
  16. ut1969

    ut1969 250+ Posts

    Accounting salaries are much higher in Dallas and Houston. Federal jobs also pay more in Houston and Dallas.
     
  17. SomeMildLanguage

    SomeMildLanguage 500+ Posts


     
  18. Swiffert

    Swiffert 250+ Posts

    i'd say about tree-fiddy
     
  19. BA93

    BA93 1,000+ Posts

    I would think this is a conversation between two people who really don't know what they are talking about.

    Was she trying to impress someone that she's going to make 5% more than someone else who is starting? 5% doesn't really impress anyone unless the salary starts to get high in the 6 figures. And at that level, there is no such thing as a starting salary.
     

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