The American Dream, measured.
A strategic recruiting concept for U.S. roles with a base salary of $125,000 or more — showing how many years it takes to reach $1 million before tax at the stated Annual Compensation.
- $125,000+ annual base salary
- $1 million cumulative gross income
- Time to First Million
How long to the first million?
ONE MILLION DOLLAR jobs
Example Company
Technology
Chief Product Officer
San Francisco, CA
2.5–3.3 years
Time to First Million
Based on $300,000–$400,000 Annual Compensation
Equity : offered
ONE MILLION DOLLAR jobs
Example Company
Semiconductors
Principal Engineer
Austin, TX
3.3–4.2 years
Time to First Million
Based on $240,000–$300,000 Annual Compensation
Equity : not offered
ONE MILLION DOLLAR jobs
Example Company
Logistics
VP Operations
Chicago, IL
3.6–5.0 years
Time to First Million
Based on $200,000–$280,000 Annual Compensation
Equity : not offered
For Candidates
No account. No profile. Straight to the role.
Candidates would go directly to the employer’s original job listing. No registration with One Million Dollar Jobs. No applications through this site.
Compensation and Time to First Million would be visible before the first click.
Parameters
$125,000+
Minimum stated base salary.
$1,000,000
Gross employment income benchmark.
Time
Time to $1 million, based on stated compensation.
Transparent
Base salary and any relevant variable compensation stated.
United States
One category. 50 states.
One State Supporter per state.
Example Company
State Supporter · Texas
Texas shown as an example. No state is assigned.
Supporters
Compensation belongs before the application.
Employers who share this principle could show their support on their own website.
Supporter of one-million-dollar.jobs
One Million Dollar Jobs is a strategic, non-operational recruiting concept.
Companies, roles, compensation figures and Time to First Million values shown are illustrative. They do not represent employer partnerships or regional allocations.
No jobs are listed or placed through this website. No applications are accepted. No candidate profiles are maintained.
Time to First Million is an indicative calculation based on the stated Annual Compensation. Taxes, savings, equity, investment returns, inflation and future changes in compensation are not included.