s/o Low Paying Prestige Jobs

[Anonymous]

FSO is the opposite of a low-paying prestige job. Anyone who comes into contact with State has nothing but contempt for them, and they are massively overpaid considering how little they actually do.

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Anonymous wrote:Staff jobs in the white house?

+1 and in Congress. I'm surprised at how little some of the high-level staffers make.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FSO is the opposite of a low-paying prestige job. Anyone who comes into contact with State has nothing but contempt for them, and they are massively overpaid considering how little they actually do.

Says you.

[Anonymous]

Museum jobs. Everyone I meet thinks its so cool and interesting that I work in a museum, unless I tell them that I have a doctorate and make under $50K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Foreign Service Officer

Would you really call this a "high status" job? I'm married to one, by the way. Although I wouldn't say it in real life, a lot of them are loosers.
But I'm interested in others' perceptions.

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Anonymous wrote:Museum jobs. Everyone I meet thinks its so cool and interesting that I work in a museum, unless I tell them that I have a doctorate and make under $50K.

I was just about to say the same thing. I've worked in museums, historical societies, and archives. All the jobs had social cachet, but paid peanuts.

[Anonymous]

Art history or restoration. Must have a PhD but pay is peanuts. Also Congress, members and staff.

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architect

[Anonymous]

Can someone please explain to me how a job paying $100K + per year is low paying? I still do not get that.

[Anonymous]

In the past, book and magazine editors.

Federal judge (compared to what they could have made elsewhere, not low paying in an absolute sense).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain to me how a job paying $100K + per year is low paying? I still do not get that.

I am not going to say that 100k is low paying (although some people here may think it is), but I think the idea that it can be a low-paying job at that salary takes into account what they might make doing similar work for a less prestigious place. High- level congressional staffers seem like a good example - the pay on the Hill is very low compared to what they could make in private industry - I'd venture to say it's low even if you don't take into account their Hill connections (i.e., you don't compare it to what they could make lobbying, but rather other jobs using the same skills).

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand where people get off thinking that $100K is a "low paying job," considering the median household income is $53K.

PP said pediatricians make $100k. Most doctors have significant student loans and expenses, malpractice insurance. Most doctors make somewhat or a lot more than $100k. So pediatricians are low-paying jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:In the past, book and magazine editors.

Federal judge (compared to what they could have made elsewhere, not low paying in an absolute sense).

Yes, isn't this what the wives of investment bankers did in NYC? But only prestige if it was a high profile mag or high fashion or somesuch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Journalism. Especially public media (NPR, pbs).

+1
I don't know about "prestige" but I do get a lot of access like museum art show openings, White House press conferences, interviews with B-level celebrities...all for $85,000 a year.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe not exactly a "prestige job" but highly respected:

Staff Psychologist within the counseling center of an elite University. The work is very rewarding. Everyone has an advanced level degree, in most cases a doctorate. Looks great on a resume. Pay is crap, though. Salaries start at 40-60k and rarely climb above $80k.The saving grace is that the hours typically aren't bad so many of us supplement with private practice.

How is this highly respected, exactly? I work at a university and I don't even have a clue how many/who the counselors are.

I think it may be respected in your circle, but that's not at all a "prestige" job.

Um, okay. I didn't say it was a prestige job. I guess I naively assumed that a job requiring a PhD that entails years of clinical training would be highly respected. Guess you told me otherwise. Good to know.

I'm a psychologist (PhD), too, and thanks to the APA, respect for the profession has really eroded. And it's hard to argue with that when anyone can become a "psychologist."