This is my situation:

Gmat Score: I have been preparing it for some time, pretty sure i will get into the 700-730 range.

Work experience: I have been working in a small company (retail business) for 6 years. my title went from IT consultant, to Assistant GM, lastly to General manager. When i was in the management position, the business grew from 2 stores to 6 stores. The business also improved a lot in many other areas.

Undergrad GPA: 2.95, graduated from state U of new york with BS in computer science.

Target school: I am targeting MBA program in the 10-20 ranking. I really like McCombs (Texas), Darden (Virginia) , and cornell (NY).

MY Question:
As the subject stated, my salary is low. I just find out that i have to provide my salary information with the application. This makes me worry.

My starting salary was $20,000, and my ending annual salary is only $26,000. This is because the company just get started, and couldn't afford paying a lot to its employee. The owner offered me shares of the business as he promoted me. i didn't leave the company because i think the experience i got will be useful for my future career.

My concern is that,when my application is being reviewed, would they think that "this guy only making $26,000 a year as a general manager? There must be something wrong."

Is the low salary gonna be a problem? Is there somewhere in my application i can put a explanation about that? or maybe it is not necessary at all?

please give me some advices, THANKS!

Another way to look at this (and I ask because I do not know) is how much do other people in your position make? What is the market rate for an IT GM? If it is say 70k and you make 26k then it may cause some "hmmm's" I would imagine
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