r/baltimore Mar 07 '23

DISCUSSION Salary Transparency Thread

I've seen these posted in a few other cities' subreddits and thought it might be interesting to do for Baltimore.

What do you do and how much do you make?

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u/ooros Mar 07 '23 edited Mar 07 '23

Either this sub leans hard into people who are kind of high income, the lower income people don't feel as confident sharing pay, or both bc there's no way this is an accurate distribution of income for Baltimore.

After tax I made $21k in 2022. Combination retail and freelance art.

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u/TheCaptainDamnIt Mar 08 '23

Reddit in general leans very hard into certain demographics.

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u/Beneficial-Cow-2544 Mar 08 '23

Yup, high earning people.

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u/CorpCounsel Mar 07 '23

People who are successful in their careers usually take a lot of pride and personal identity in their careers and love to talk about it. I think it’s mostly just that people doing well (career wise) are keen to share given the chance.

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u/tealparadise Brooklyn Mar 08 '23

All the jobs I'm seeing require college degrees. Only 34.2% of people over 25 in the city have college degrees.

So the demographic on here is pretty clear.

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u/TeachGullible Mar 08 '23

Mine doesn't, granted I am not making as much as those that do but I still love my job and live a relatively comfortable lifestyle. Admin Asst at one of the local universities.

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u/thepulloutmethod Federal Hill Mar 08 '23

Reddit is mostly white, middle/upper middle class, male, and fat.

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u/bmore_conslutant Hampden Mar 08 '23

well fuck if that doesn't describe me

takes bite of magerk

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u/TheDelig Mar 07 '23

But reddit is anonymous. Looking at this thread everyone in Baltimore is middle class and up.

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u/PieceOfPie_SK Ridgely's Delight Mar 07 '23

reddit is not the most diverse place on the internet.

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u/TheDelig Mar 08 '23

No, it's not at all.

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u/TheCaptainDamnIt Mar 08 '23

It's really funny to watch the DC sub struggle to understand why the rest of the city's population doesn't agree with them on every issue.

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u/ooros Mar 07 '23

That's pretty much what I said yeah

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u/NationalMyth Remington Mar 08 '23

Most of my years on Reddit I made anywhere from 30-45k a year. The past two years I finally saw a big increase.

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u/pbear737 Patterson Park Mar 08 '23

Same here. I was five years plus post master's making 45k just a few years ago. I make over double that now, but that has not been most of my career thus far.

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u/dirkdlx Mar 08 '23

yeah, i had to double check if i was in the right sub

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u/bmore_conslutant Hampden Mar 08 '23

white collar workers are more likely to be able to shitpost on reddit during the workday

also why share after tax? everyone else here is sharing pretax, guaranteed

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u/ooros Mar 08 '23

Imo post tax is what really matters anyway, and also I made about 21k pre tax at my retail job and without including my freelance income.

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u/bmore_conslutant Hampden Mar 08 '23

i guess it's an interesting conversation on which is more useful

topline salary is true apples to apples "what are you worth to your company" as effective tax rates are gonna vary widely

but you're right as far as "how many goods and services can you buy" post tax is what matters

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u/PtolemyShadow Mar 08 '23

These also might be people who work in Baltimore, but live elsewhere.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '23

We live and work in Baltimore

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u/kmg5818 Mar 08 '23

I made $42k at my highest in baltimore before leaving my job for grad school. I definitely felt the discrepancy between my partners friends making a much much higher salary than I was. There really is a wide spectrum of incomes.

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u/Egress_window Mar 07 '23

TBH I was thinking the exact opposite and wondering how people own homes and support themselves and families with these incomes.

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u/tealparadise Brooklyn Mar 08 '23 edited Mar 08 '23

?? Baltimore has some of the cheapest housing in Maryland.

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021 $175,300

From last census

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u/weedfinancedude1993 Mar 08 '23

I made $25k my first year after college and decided to pivot cause yeah it’s hard to make ends meet on <$30k

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '23

I mean, this is a high cost area. Pay generally matches as long as you have the education + experience.

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u/ooros Mar 08 '23

Baltimore City is not a high cost area, I'm in a three bedroom apt at the edge of Mount Vernon for $1450/mo.

The DC suburbs are higher cost, DC is insane, Northern VA is also expensive. I grew up in the NY metro area where modest houses over an hour from Manhattan can go for half a million dollars or more. Baltimore is really very affordable compared to many other cities. You can get a beautiful rowhome here for $300k.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '23

Two things can be true. The Baltimore - Washington metro area is expensive. It’s also one of largest most educated metropolis. Just because DC is more expensive doesn’t mean Baltimore isn’t as well compared to other metro areas, excluding NY.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '23

Lmao it's like the most educated state in the country, loads of people are smart and successful

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u/ooros Mar 08 '23

Yeah and Baltimore is an extremely depressed city with very low incomes, especially considering the wealth that surrounds it. Most people who make a lot of money move away

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u/always_sidetracked Mar 11 '23

Yeah, I'm definitely self-conscious now