/biz/ - Business & Finance

2014 - IT Helpdesk Scrub - $10/hr
2014-2015 - Junior Security Analyst - $16/hr up to $18/hr
2015-2016 - Network Engineer - 50k up to 55k
2016-2017 - Network Threat Analyst - 65k
2017-Present - Malware/Threat Analyst - 105k

I strongly agree with advice from >>8815334 and see that we had a pretty similar progression over time.

Only exception was that for my third position I ended up taking a job that wasn't within my exact field, but it was similar enough that I could succeed at it and knew I needed the pay increase that came with it. Because 18/hr under my second job as a security analyst was grossly underpaid. As that anon mentioned the salary ranges for almost identical jobs in some fields can be surprisingly wide.

Scope and difficulty of work I did at my forth job wasn't all that different from the fifth one, yet I earned 40k less. Granted this was a shift from public sector to private sector, so that certainly affected things. Public sector for certain departments looks fantastic on a resume though, so I know that alone helped bump me up to current position.