Tech Worker Are Sharing Their Salaries On LinkedIn To Help Others Make Sure They Get Paid What They Deserve

LinkedIn has roughly 930 million members in more than 200 countries around the world, making it the largest professional networking platform by far. 

While much of what you see on LinkedIn is rehashed information, there are times when something truly unique comes to light. And that's what happened when tech worker Charlotte Chaze decided to post the salaries of all of her previous jobs to her profile. 

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Salary Transparency At Its Finest

In the Experience section of her profile, Chaze details the roles she held as an unpaid research assistant during her time as a chemistry major at Towson University in Maryland, which concluded with her graduation in 2013. This is followed by a detailed list of her full-time employment history since that time, including their respective salaries.

She started earning $28,000 as a research assistant, which increased to $70,000 when she became an analytics associate. Her salary trajectory continued upward, reaching its peak in her last corporate role as a senior analytics manager for AT&T, where she earned $158,000.

"I believe in salary transparency, and I wanted to show others what's possible," Chaze told CNBC in a recent interview. "I've gotten huge salary increases by teaching myself new skills online and job hopping."

She credits free online courses that taught her data analytics and fueled her career change into tech.

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Should Everyone Do The Same On LinkedIn?

As interesting as it may be, Chaze doesn't believe others should follow her path on LinkedIn.  She said previous salary data could make it difficult for job seekers to earn as much as they deserve.

Instead, she's hoping that hiring companies will take positive steps toward salary transparency.

"It's on the employer to be transparent, not the employee," she said. "And I'm in a unique position to be able to share my past salaries because I'm no longer a W-2 employee."

Regardless of whether this trend catches on, it's a step in the right direction. 

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