#+title: Salary
#+slug: index

** Salary Transparency

The data below details the base salary information for each job I've held. I
have posted this information publicly to ensure others in my position have a
solid reference point when determining if their current or proposed salary is
appropriate.

While sites like Glassdoor are locking salary data behind a pay wall, LinkedIn
is discontinuing LinkedIn Salary, and helpful websites like [[https://www.big4transparency.com/][Big 4 Transparency]]
are rare, I wanted to provide my personal data publicly and freely to those who
need it.

I have seen what can happen when great employees don't know the market values
for their skills and I happily help those in my teams, so I'm happy to extend
this information to the online community.

As a final note, there are numerous reasons companies pay people in the same
role differently (e.g., expertise, years of experience, certifications, or
education). You should only use the data in this table as a single point of
reference, not the whole story.

** Salary Data

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
When in a role that gives periodic raises, I will create a new record with the
new base salary in the table below. See the KPMG records for an example of a
raise while in the same role.
#+END_QUOTE

This table is a compressed version of the data so that it can fit reliably on
screens. For the full dataset with all fields, you can view the [[https://cleberg.net/salary.csv][source data]].

| Title                       | Company   | Year | Salary   |
|-----------------------------+-----------+------+----------|
| Manager, TA - Audit         | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2025 | $147,600 |
| Manager, TA - Audit         | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2024 | $141,200 |
| Senior, TA - Audit          | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2023 | $116,700 |
| Senior, TA - Audit          | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2022 | $110,000 |
| Senior Tech Risk Consultant | [[https://www.ey.com/en_us][EY]]        | 2021 | $89,500  |
| Senior IT Auditor           | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2021 | $72,000  |
| IT Auditor                  | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2020 | $65,000  |
| IS Auditor II               | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $58,000  |
| IS Auditor I                | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $20/hour |
| Internal Audit Intern       | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2018 | $16/hour |
| Teaching Assistant          | [[https://www.unl.edu/][UNL]]       | 2017 | $7/hour  |
| Community Management Intern | [[https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/][Walgreens]] | 2017 | $14/hour |

** Salary Visualization

View the graph below for a visualization of each job's salary over time, as well
as the percentage of change between jobs.

#+caption: Salary Visualization
#+attr_html: :alt A visualization of salary data over time from the table above.
[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/salary/salary.webp]]

[[https://xeiaso.net/salary-transparency/][Xe]] inspired me to publish this page, so I will quote the following wording from
them as I want to reiterate this piece:

#+begin_quote
Please consider publishing your salary data like this as well. By open,
voluntary transparency we can help to end stigmas around discussing pay and help
ensure that the next generations of people in tech are treated fairly. Stigmas
thrive in darkness but die in the light of day. You can help end the stigma by
playing your cards out in the open like this.
#+end_quote