<prompt> Human: My professional career began 6 years ago when I was 25. In 2010 I was hired at 47k. I now make 77k. That sounds completely normal based on what I know some of my friends make. My average raise over this time was 7.There were 2 promotions in that time, but they are outliers and if you take them out my average is about 5.Im 31 now, and if I project this out at 2.5 about the baseline raise in my company when I retire Ill be making 180k, at 5 my average, without promotions a ludicrous 429k, and at 7 my average over 6 years an impossible 831k.Do my bosses know what is going on here? Am I about to enter 30 years of shit raises? Do raises generally start to taper off in most companies for the 30 crowd? Or is this in line with inflation, and that 429k will just be the new average for a top performer approaching retirement in 2047 or whatever?Our CEO makes 300k and our other top managers make between 120-150k. Im on an management trajectory, but Im not Steve Jobs.  <response>: Most peoples salary growth tapers or stops by the time they are 40.In a recent project with bloggercareer guru Penelope Trunk, we examined the age at which salaries top out. It turns out pay goes essentially nowhere after age 40. Of course there are some differences across gender, degree level and jobs, but the real lesson is dont expect a raise of any real value in the 25 or so years before retirement.Of course this is a statistical thing, but still, its a thing. My guess is some people on reddit dont know about this yet, and it will be interesting when the find out, especially if that easy six figures in their 20s ends up not being quite so easy to find in their 30s, but meanwhile, they have this 700K house that they could easily afford. Before. 