With many employees leaving now, thinking of leaving or have been PILed already, can we post here what are reasonable salaries to expect during job hunt? This will help everyone what to ask for as a salary during an interview and what to expect and stay realistic - a job at lower pay is better than no job at all. Let me start with myself 30 years in engineering at ExxonMobil, salary at ExxonMobil $187K, found new job at $155K plus 15% bonus and 6% 401K. Please state # years experience, field - process engineering, project engineer, project management, process controls, analyzers, logistics, FLS, SLS etc, last salary at ExxonMobil and what you were offered at a new job or what you think is fair and reasonable.
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I nominally make less, and I even make less after tax, but the new contract fully pays health insurance for me and all my dependents, so that's like a $10k raise, so I'm only really losing about 7k per year, except the new company has a 6% match so I'm only really losing 3k... And my sanity. Going for my master's now.
May 2019 graduate. One yr with Exxon, contact engineer and left with 104K. Now in Chemicals industry as production engineer: 6% 401K match (immediate vesting), 90K salary, 6% bonus, relocation differential allowance = 10K pre tax,
15 yrs technical experience. Salary, 0, because there simply are no jobs. Doing something outside oil now and making $80,000, with 3% 401k match and no bonuses of any sort. But you know what? I’m much happier. I no longer work in a toxic environment and enjoy the work I’m doing.
6 YOE final annual salary of $120K
Left for the following: $135K + up to 10% bonus + 5% 401K. Roughly equivalent but greater upside of performance is strong.
$187k after 30 years in engineering – I am questioning if you work for EM. Too low.
And for those of you outside the US, you aren't comparing apples to apples. Remember in the US we don't have all of the safety nets for healthcare, retirement, etc. so salaries are generally higher as there is more focus on individual responsibility rather than government programs in the US.
Salaries? Here?
I hope you are jetsam soon - or flotsam shortly after.
Then you'll find your value.
It matters who you report to.
187k at 30 years is on the low side
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I’d actually say 30 years experience at Exxon with $187k is low...would expect to be north of $200k at that level. Also, if you think O&G salaries are high look at the tech industry, where new grads are making six figures. It’s all about demand for the talent and skills.
Apologies, misread that you are 30 rather than 30 years in. Ignore below
The fact that you are 30 yo and are on $187k is an absolutely madness when compared to your global colleagues who will not finish their careers at these salaries, whilst being taxed at higher levels. Take the $155k, your bosses’ boss in Europe is getting paid less than you do...I would not be surprised if these salary levels get corrected in the US as that is just unsustainable.