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This doesn't appear to be inflation adjusted, at least I saw no mention of it. Quick math below based on BLS's inflation calculator. Year Starting $ Inflation

by cco 8y ago

This doesn't appear to be inflation adjusted, at least I saw no mention of it. Quick math below based on BLS's inflation calculator. Year Starting $ Inflation Inflation adjusted to 2018 2000 $48,000 1.50 $67,500 2001 $62,500 1.44 $90,000 2001 $68,000? 1.44 $97,920 2003 ? 2005 $82,000? 1.32 $108,240 2006 $115,000 1.27 $146,050 2008 ? 2011 ? 2013 $175,000 1.10 $192,500 2014 $208,000 1.08 $237,600

twtw 8y ago
> I know that my starting salary was $48,000 (about $70,284 in 2018 dollars)
- cco 8y ago
  I'm curious where he drew that number from.
  - tomnipotent 8y ago
    The BLS shows roughly this: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=48000&year1=200001&year2=201809 https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=48000&year1=20...
jacknews 8y ago
Looks like I'm currently on a salary more suited to last century. I'm not in goldrush country though.
- ravenstine 8y ago
  That's the thing... most of the information in this thread is useless besides when it's categorized regionally. Some of the salaries posted here appear epic, but could be not that impressive relative to the area.