What is your job and salary?

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Anonymous wrote:Age 32. State government attorney - $72k, 3 years experience (second career)

DH 33, architectural designer at a small firm, $50k

Why is that other govt attorney making 225k to uour 72k? Whose telling the truth?

Not the PP but the one making $72k is a state employee, which probably factors in. Plus they only have 3 years of experience since it's their second career.

The federal financial regulatory agencies pay on their own compensation schedule (the non-financial agencies pay on the standard schedule). The 225k prob works for SEC or FDIC or OCC. The 72k person is neither on a federal financial agency payroll nor on the standard federal schedule as he works for a State government not the federal government. State government typically pay less than the fed government.

PS: A top non-financial agency fed attorney maybe makes $165k max; the max for the financial agencies is around $235k

This exactly. State vs. fed. Years of experience and federal financial agencies which get fees versus others (that max at around $158k for non SES). And to those who think the federal government should not pay such dollars to experienced lawyers, doctors, chemists, engineers, economists etc, consider that the vast majority of those people take big pay CUTS to work for the federal government to do jobs that provide a great service to people--medical research, healthcare, prosecuting crime and corruption, fighting corporate tax evasion etc. If you drastically cut salaries for these people, you will lose a wealth of talent. Many (I have lots of federal employee friends) enjoy and want to work in public service but it's not volunteer work--you'll see them leave for more money in the private sector or similar reduced money in nonprofit/legal aid etc.

Spouse, Member of Congress: $174 K, highly qualified!! Earning MUCH less than potential.

But much more than they are worth!

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Anonymous wrote:Just wondering, how much is a military salary of 32k plus $2400 in non taxed BAH plus all the other benefits (health care, cheap childcare, shopping at the PX etc) worth in "regular people" salary?

Please factor in the closing costs from buying and selling every time we move, the lifetime salary repurcussions on the non-military spouse, the non-covered moving expenses like shipping 2nd cars and pets cross country, trips to visit family, paying for support networks, etc. Clearly we are coming out ahead.

none of these things is a necessity, and it's this type of attitude that turn people off.

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That's funny. The attitude that military members are well compensated and have life easy turns people off too. You are a real gem...

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Management Consultant $130,000 plus bonus of about 20%

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Pre-MBA role at consulting firm, liberal arts grad, 25 yrs old, $83k base with 10% target bonus. Hoping to leave for MBA next year since it's highly structured and not much/ any room for growth without additional degree..

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Anonymous wrote:That's funny. The attitude that military members are well compensated and have life easy turns people off too. You are a real gem...

Doesn't the research show that most military members are paid much more overall compensation than they would make in the private sector, especially the lower-ranking people? People join out of their own economic interest.

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HHI ($155-160k)
Me: 36, $100k (GS-13) Procurement Analyst, nearly 15 years in Contracting
Hubs: 35, $50k (GS-6) Fireifghter+$5-10k as adjunct, very part time instructor for paramedic classes

1. Why I laugh when anyone suggests or implies I become a SAHM.
2. We live no where near DC as in an entirely different region of US. We live very comfortably with housing $100/sq ft, quality childcare under $1k/mo for 2 kids under 5, & live in the best school system in the area. Your salary would go a very long way if it weren't for such a high COL in your area.

Well aren't you special since you don't even live in DC?!?

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Anonymous wrote:That's funny. The attitude that military members are well compensated and have life easy turns people off too. You are a real gem...

Doesn't the research show that most military members are paid much more overall compensation than they would make in the private sector, especially the lower-ranking people? People join out of their own economic interest.

I think you have that wrong -- in a way. The military recruits unskilled people and trains them. By the time they are skilled in what ever, they are underpaid. But, they will take people with just an HS degree (or GED). It is a great way to get out of a lower class upbringing (assuming the child stays clean). But, there are reasons why you don't see middle and upper middle class kids enlisting -- they will join through ROTC/Academies.

The other thing about the military is once you are in, you are in. They can keep you for as long as they want, even after the enlistment period is over. Oh, and they send you to war. People should be paid better for being shot at.

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Anonymous wrote:Marketing. $90k base + anywhere from $5k-$25k in bonuses depending on sales numbers.

Engineer. $87,500 no bonuses

We are in a lower COL area but still a major city.

Marketing and consulting are the only two jobs I would do that is in the private sector. I love visual arts and creativity. My background is program management.

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Anonymous wrote:35. Teacher and I make $45k with a Master's.

There is something so wrong with this. Where the fuck are our values as a society? (No need to answer. Rhetorical question.)

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DW: p/t writer and editor $75/hour, one master's degree
DH: small tech company CEO $200k, two master's degrees

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Hospital pharmacist with PharmD. 32 hours per week. 130k

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Anonymous wrote:Hospital pharmacist with PharmD. 32 hours per week. 130k

^^^ I'm 49

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Assoc Dir of Development for nonprofit organization. 10+ years experience. $105K.

Have been offered Sr Dir Development at another nonprofit org for $140K but may not take it. Money isn't everything.

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Husband is a web manager for a nonprofit org. Also 10 years of experience, though he was a WAHD/consultant for a few years. Current salary is $77K.

He freelances on the side. Last year he pulled down around $25K in side work.