What's the Bottom End of the Salary Scale?

When he started working, which is almost 15 years ago, salaries were much lower than that. People were getting paid $80,000 right out of college with a $20,000 signing bonus to go work for companies like Intel and Microsoft. I was lucky to get a salary of $49,000 per year. There are seasonal fluctuations depending on the current prospector status of the stock market. They will greatly influence what you can get paid.