My somewhat complete salary history as a software engineer
Dates and amounts from fallible memory, all in USA.  Salary rates made a huge jump when I started changing jobs frequently (which is sad) as well as when I moved to Seattle (after an initial correction, as I came in very &quot;underpaid&quot;).<p>&#x27;95-&#x27;99: $8&#x2F;hr as Perl-based &quot;webmaster&quot; in Pennsylvania<p>&#x27;99: $27.5k&#x2F;year as Coldfusion dev (plus some very mild Oracle work) in Norfolk, VA (3 months at a startup)<p>&#x27;00-&#x27;07: Perl Contractor for state govt in Richmond, VA.  Hourly, but worked out to $45k&#x2F;yr, rising to roughly $70k&#x2F;yr<p>&#x27;07-&#x27;12:  Java FTE for state govt in Richmond, VA.  Started at $81k&#x2F;year, ended at $90k&#x2F;yr<p>&#x27;12-&#x27;18: Moved to Seattle, WA as JS dev.  Started at $90k&#x2F;yr (+ $10k signing and ~$5k&#x2F;yr bonus), ended at $187k&#x2F;yr (+ signing RSU that is probably $30k&#x2F;yr)