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 1#+title: Salary
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 5** Salary Transparency
 6
 7I've worked in the IT Audit field since 2018, across internal and external
 8audit, small companies and Big 4, in person and remote. Across five companies
 9and both sides of the compensation conversation, I've watched good people leave
10money on the table because they had no reliable reference point. That's what
11this page is.
12
13The table goes back to 2017 because the starting point matters. I took what I
14could get to break into the field while finishing school, and I've worked hard
15every day since. I'm not ashamed of any number in that table.
16
17** Salary Data
18
19This table is a compressed version of the data so that it can fit reliably on
20screens. For the full dataset with all fields, you can view the [[https://cleberg.net/salary.csv][source data]].
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22| Title                       | Department                   | Company   | Year | Salary   |
23|-----------------------------+------------------------------+-----------+------+----------|
24| Manager                     | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2025 | $147,600 |
25| Manager                     | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2024 | $141,200 |
26| Senior                      | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2023 | $116,700 |
27| Senior                      | Technology Assurance - Audit | [[https://kpmg.com/us/][KPMG]]      | 2022 | $110,000 |
28| Senior                      | Technology Risk - Consulting | [[https://www.ey.com/en_us][EY]]        | 2021 | $89,500  |
29| Senior IT Auditor           | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2021 | $72,000  |
30| IT Auditor                  | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2020 | $65,000  |
31| IS Auditor II               | Internal Audit               | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $58,000  |
32| IS Auditor I                | Internal Audit               | [[https://nelnetinc.com/][Nelnet]]    | 2019 | $20/hour |
33| Internal Audit Intern       | Internal Audit               | [[https://www.ameritas.com/][Ameritas]]  | 2018 | $16/hour |
34| Teaching Assistant          | College of Business          | [[https://www.unl.edu/][UNL]]       | 2017 | $7/hour  |
35| Community Management Intern | Store/Retail                 | [[https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/][Walgreens]] | 2017 | $14/hour |
36
37** Salary Visualization
38
39#+caption: Salary Visualization
40#+attr_html: :alt A visualization of salary data over time from the table above.
41[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/salary/salary.webp]]
42
43[[https://xeiaso.net/salary-transparency/][Xe Iaso]] put it better than I would:
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45#+begin_quote
46Please consider publishing your salary data like this as well. By open,
47voluntary transparency we can help to end stigmas around discussing pay and help
48ensure that the next generations of people in tech are treated fairly. Stigmas
49thrive in darkness but die in the light of day. You can help end the stigma by
50playing your cards out in the open like this.
51#+end_quote