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Clicky Poll: Salary increase over the last 5 years

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This poll is for those who have worked FULL TIME for the last 5 years, without extended maternity leave (no more than 12 weeks per baby).   This poll is not for moms who work part time or for those who left the workforce for a period of time.  I'm not trying to be rude by excluding other working moms, but am only trying to compare apples to apples.

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Re: Clicky Poll: Salary increase over the last 5 years

  • madhatter2003madhatter2003

    I'm the huge jump....but to explain I switched fields completely just about 5 years ago from banking to IT.  My salary doubled doing that.

    BUT each year I've worked here I've had at least a 3% raise, last year was 6%....I've been here 4, going on 5 years this January.  

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  • Mr.&MrsSMr.&MrsS
    I was also a big jump, but that was because in the past 5 years I have got two promotions and that is where the big pay increases came from. My actual "raises" each year have been very minimal. One year I think I got 3%, the next year 1%, and the past two years have got 0.
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  • momofoliviamomofolivia
    huge jump here too.  switched jobs twice during this time, salary jumped 55%.  regular annual raises though are around 3% in my current job for the past 3 years.
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  • yellowcaryellowcar
    If you had asked for 4 years, I would have had a 12% increase.  However, 4.5 years ago I had to leave my family-unfriendly, high-paying job to take a lesser-paying job with better hours.  So I ended up reporting a 12% DEcrease.  I am a working mom horror story.
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  • gmugrad9gmugrad9 member

    In the last 5 years I was promoted twice, finished my MPA, and received excellent performance reviews.  I was out for 15 weeks with DD though but it didn't effect my pay.

    In the past 3 years really my pay has increased by 1/3.

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  • ShufflerChickShufflerChick

    My salary has just about doubled in the last 4 years, mostly due to 2 promotions. Raises were small, and this year non-existent. Same with bonuses.

    This is also partly because I came into this job right out of school. I think the progression will slow down now in % terms since I am more established.

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  • PeskyPesky member
    For my current job where I've been for 4 yrs, a little increase total (probably about 5%) but when you factor it against inflation, rising healthcare and daycare costs, it works out to be a pay decrease.


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  • jessicaanne10145jessicaanne10145
    Huge increase...I worked by butt off and got 3 promotions.
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  • luciagdelopezluciagdelopez member
    changed my job and got a 30% pay cut.  I know it will work out in the end.  And my sanity needs it.
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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    I'm also in the huge bump category but that's because I totally switched jobs. Still in education, but switched from teaching in private school to overseeing a program at a university. Now I'm finally making about as much as some of the teachers with my experience in public schools. I've been very fortunate to have about a 3% raise each year. I couldn't believe we were able to receive raises this year, but the university has been very financially responsible and made some wise decisions, I guess :)
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  • jays_bridejays_bride member
    Still a teacher, but switched schools at a higher pay rate. Since then I have gotten my Master's and received 3% COL increases, so it totals out to almost 50% increase in the last 5 years.
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  • jenns123jenns123

    Wow we are a bunch of over achievers on here. 

    I too had a big jump but switched jobs twice and both were big promotions.

     

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  • luvmagoldnluvmagoldn
    I've been with the same company for seven years and have gotten 3% - 4% pay raises each year.  But I also got two big bumps - both were right before I went out on maternity leave.  My boss never admitted it but I've wondered whether she wanted to make sure I came back from maternity leaves (6 months with the twins, 9 weeks with #3). 
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  • molldoll71molldoll71
    The last two years I had no increase and then in August I was downsized so not sure where I fit in. 
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  • ai&Jasai&Jas member

    imagemomofolivia:
    huge jump here too.  switched jobs twice during this time, salary jumped 55%.  regular annual raises though are around 3% in my current job for the past 3 years.

     This is exactly where I am currently. I've been with my current job for a year and a half and last years raise was 3%. 

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  • kyfirewifekyfirewife member
    I selected "decreased". You all suck. LOL.

    I used to get a small COL increase at my anniversary date, provided I got a good review (always did). But this year we had to take a 10% cut in our base pay. It pretty much wipes out every increase I'd gotten. I estimate that if they reinstate the COL increases any time soon, it'll take approx. 4 years to get back up to what I was making this time last year.
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