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 1#+title: Salary
 2#+slug: index
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 4
 5I've worked in the IT Audit field since 2018, across internal and external
 6audit, small companies and Big 4, in person and remote. Across five companies
 7and both sides of the compensation conversation, I've watched good people leave
 8money on the table because they didn't have the information they needed. That's
 9what this page is for: I believe the playing field should be level.
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12<figure>
13<a href="https://img.cleberg.net/blog/salary/salary.webp">
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15<source srcset="https://img.cleberg.net/blog/salary/salary-dark.webp" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)">
16<img src="https://img.cleberg.net/blog/salary/salary.webp" alt="Step chart of annualized pay by job from 2017 to 2027. Each job is a horizontal segment colored by company and labeled with its pay and title. Hourly jobs are hatched and show the hourly rate. The area after today is shaded.">
17</picture>
18</a>
19<figcaption>Salary visualization. Click for full size.</figcaption>
20</figure>
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22
23The table goes back to 2017 because I'm proud of where I started and what it
24took to get where I am today. I took what I could get to break into the auditing
25field while finishing school, and I've worked hard every day since.
26
27This table is a compressed version of the data so that it can fit reliably on
28screens. For the full dataset with all fields, you can view the [[https://cleberg.net/salary.csv][source data]].
29
30| Title                       | Department                   | Company   | Year | Salary   |
31|-----------------------------+------------------------------+-----------+------+----------|
32| Manager                     | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2026 | $158,000 |
33| Manager                     | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2025 | $147,600 |
34| Manager                     | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2024 | $141,200 |
35| Senior                      | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2023 | $116,700 |
36| Senior                      | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2022 | $110,000 |
37| Senior                      | Technology Risk - Consulting | [[https://www.ey.com/en_us][EY]]        | 2021 | $89,500  |
38| Senior IT Auditor           | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2021 | $72,000  |
39| IT Auditor                  | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2020 | $65,000  |
40| IS Auditor II               | Internal Audit               | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $58,000  |
41| IS Auditor I                | Internal Audit               | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $20/hour |
42| Internal Audit Intern       | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2018 | $16/hour |
43| Teaching Assistant          | College of Business          | [[https://www.unl.edu/][UNL]]       | 2017 | $7/hour  |
44| Community Management Intern | Store/Retail                 | [[https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/][Walgreens]] | 2017 | $14/hour |
45
46[[https://xeiaso.net/salary-transparency/][Xe Iaso]] put it better than I would:
47
48#+begin_quote
49Please consider publishing your salary data like this as well. By open,
50voluntary transparency we can help to end stigmas around discussing pay and help
51ensure that the next generations of people in tech are treated fairly. Stigmas
52thrive in darkness but die in the light of day. You can help end the stigma by
53playing your cards out in the open like this.
54#+end_quote