
Welcome to Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series, in which we hear from people who have made $1 million. They're sharing how they did it and what they're doing with it.
This time, we hear from a single, 50-year-old, newly retired fiber optic splicer in Columbus, Ohio. He reports that he had a starting salary of $16,000 and ended at $101,000 over 30 years with small annual increases.