[OC] Grafik meines monatlichen Gehalts von 2019 bis 2024, inflationsbereinigt

Data Source: My monthly salary + CPIAUCSL Inflation Data from FRED (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL)

Tools: Microsoft Excel

Given the high inflation rate of the past few years, I wondered what my \*real\* salary looked like for a job I started in Oct of 2019. So I adjusted it on a monthly basis using CPI data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Many months during 2021 and 2022, my salary was actually \*less\* than when I started, despite quite sizable yearly raises. I now make $111k yearly but this is equivalent to only $90k in 2019.  I am a chemical engineer with a PhD. Male/36

I thought this would be useful for visualizing how inflation can make you feel like you’re falling behind. It sure did for me.

Edit: I can provide the formulas/spreadsheet used to make adjustments if anyone is interested.

This is beautiful, and kinda sad. We think we’re making progress, but technically we aren’t.

A 24K salary increase from 2019 to 2024, and you’re ‘only’ really making 6K more per year.

Very interesting data.

Same job?

At least for my changing jobs is what really helped me exceed inflation for wage growth.

The impressive part to me is that you are getting consistent annual raises…

Sometimes you eat the bar..

Look at mister money bags over here, beating inflation.