yea, 88K seems good until you get there and see how much it costs to buy a decent house.....other than that, congrats!
I would say starting at $88k is good, as long as there is room to improve well into the 6 figure range. My brother-in-law started at $91k/yr with a company but his position, if he had stayed, would have taken him to about $135K/yr...not great but better than where he started.
It's funny how trained professionals often get paid less while jobs that you wouldn't think would make much money, rake in the bucks. My wife is part of a decorating franchise that works with clients who make mucho bucks. I got to go to one the houses, he's bail bonds man..owns a shop and makes about $3 million a year. My brother-n-law I just mentioned above, quit his job to buy into a distributorship moving company (All My Sons). He owns 40% and average income after 3 years, $450K a year. Wouldn't have believed it but I've gone over the contract, paper work, business plan, historical data of the current 31 or so companies. My mother-n-law has been the office manager for the one in Dallas for years. The co-owner there is a fat slime ball, no education and made $475K last year. Met the guy and he's so unimpressive but damn he's got an awesome house and quite a few nice cars. My wife's business partner, her husband is an orthopedic surgeon...$200K a year. Screw education, just buy into a moving company or bail folks out of jail
