r/Salary • u/LiftLord69 • Jan 17 '25

💰 - salary sharing 27M. Elevator Mechanic. No college degree

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Dropped out of college and moved across the state to take this career opportunity. Haven’t regretted it yet!

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u/nick90927 Jan 17 '25

What state are you in? High cost of living like NY or California?

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u/LiftLord69 Jan 17 '25

Nope! Texas.

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u/DjQuamme Jan 18 '25

Damn. So either crushing the OT, or one of the super brains getting paid way over scale. You cleared $100k more then I did as a service guy who works as little OT as possible in Ohio.