This summer, we asked Austin’s tech industry a difficult question: Tell us how much money you make.

Our goal was to gather demographic and salary data on Austin’s tech industry, one of the fastest-growing and most vital pieces of the Central Texas economy.

Many of you answered that call. We got 2,659 responses from a cross-section of people who work for more than 300 companies within Austin’s tech industry, from CEOs to entry-level workers and entrepreneurs.

Reporter Lilly Rockwell and Data Editor Christian McDonald reviewed these responses, eliminating those that did not fit our criteria of working in the tech industry.

We specifically wanted to gather data on Austin-area residents who work for tech companies in any capacity, rather than workers who perform a technical job but work for the government or a nonprofit.

Keep in mind when reviewing these survey results that every question was optional, so the number of people who answered each question will vary.

Check out some of our results below:

Median salary

Below is the median *salary of the people who took our survey and work in Austin’s tech industry. For comparison, we have shown the median earnings of the entire Austin-Round Rock metro area.

*Salary does not include annual bonus