I'm a 46-year-old head of security at a major pharma company earning more than $200,000 a year. Here's my salary journey over 25 years.
Each story in"Salary Journeys" reveals what people have made over their career.I'm a 46-year-old white man working at a prominent pharma company. I've been there about 16 years. I started as a contractor, and I've steadily moved up the ladder. I now earn a salary of $163,00 plus a $40,000 bonus and another $25,000 in deferred stock that I'm eligible to cash in in three years.
I'm never going to be a millionaire. But I think I'm well-compensated and that I make a fair wage for the kind of work I do. At this point, I'd have to be offered an exorbitant amount of money to jump ship to a new company.Editor's note: Every salary journey is kept confidential, but Insider has verified the subject's pay and identity with documents for their current, or most recent, job.
At this point in my life — my 30s — I was trying to buy a forever home, and my wife and I were starting a family. Unless you get promoted, or you get another offer to use as leverage, you're only going to get small percentage increases every year. I was so excited to be hired that I was nervous to ask for more. I didn't want to blow it. But I did and it worked out.My company is very big on pay transparency. I don't know exactly what other people make, but I know that based on my"band," I make about 90-100% of what others at my level earn. If anything, maybe I'm a little underpaid.
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