What is your job and salary?

[Anonymous]

Sales-computer hardware 160k

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Anonymous wrote:software engineer $150k , husb is accountant $190 k Includes bonuses We are old , early 40s lol

Is this considered old? We must be ancient then because I'm mid 40's, DH is early 50's.

DH software engineer $160k, me IT $140k

For software? Yes by 35 you are ancient and should be in management OR you hold a specific technical niche and are called 'software architect'.

Not if you're willing to keep your skills up to date.

True. Not as much ageism here as on west coast. Every company group shot I see has no one over 50 except token graybeard ceo.

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I work PT as a marketing admin for a financial advisor - make about $36K.

DH corp exec in the commercial real estate industry - non sales position. $280K-$300K which includes his bonus and stock awards.

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VP marketing, 44, MBA $300k

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34 with a master's, $125K, engineer

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Anonymous wrote:I work PT as a marketing admin for a financial advisor - make about $36K.

DH corp exec in the commercial real estate industry - non sales position. $280K-$300K which includes his bonus and stock awards.

Why do you even bother work?

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The 'forced' enlistment issue PP was referring to is known as stop-loss and has happened in the past, but isn't routine AFAIK.

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Anonymous wrote:The comment about military spending being too high is laughable.

Why?

I agree that military spending is generally too high, but military salaries are not. Look up what an E-2 or E-3 is making. These are the men and women who put their lives at risk and they make less than if they'd chosen to work at McDonalds. They also are not the recipients of pensions (have to committ to 20 years for a pension, only 17% across the military do that) or any sort of retirement matching. But BAH (housing allowance), salary freezes, commissary privileges, medical care, etc. are always first on the defense budget chopping block rather than their wasteful contracts for equipment that will never be used. It's shameful.

The actual salary # might not be too high, but the tax benefits, housing allowance, food, etc add up to a cushy situation for some.

If it was so cushy, there would be a lot more than 17% of military members across the board staying for a 20 year career. The housing allowance just makes up for the shamefully low salaries that we pay our military members. I find the separate BAH insulting, actually. What other job dictates how much you should be spending on housing? My BAH with dependents for the DC region is $2400 a month - that is supposed to cover housing, utilities, food, etc. Yeah right in this area with a family of 4! But we make it work because I love my job and think it is important. A large chunk of my salary makes up the difference.

$2400 a month is not generous, but certainly do-able in this area.

Housing is the largest expense for most people, and having almost $29K a year tax free to spend on food and housing is insane. (That's almost $38K a year pre-tax).

I make > $100K a year, I don't spend $29K a year on food and housing, let alone $38K (> $3K a month).

[Anonymous]

Me: 36, federal scientist, $115k.
Husband: 36, Physician in training, $60k.

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Law firm partner, 51, $1+ million (depends on the firm's profitability in any given year).

[Anonymous]

VP marketing, communications and advocacy for a nonprofit, $180K

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General dentist, own my own practice. 41, 375k

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Part-time substitute teacher $7500
High Tech manager $1M+
Both of us have BS degrees from state schools.
I have a master's from GMU. Spouse's master's is from GW.

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Anonymous wrote:General dentist, own my own practice. 41, 375k

and we wonder why healthcare costs are out of control.

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Anonymous wrote:The comment about military spending being too high is laughable.

Why?

I agree that military spending is generally too high, but military salaries are not. Look up what an E-2 or E-3 is making. These are the men and women who put their lives at risk and they make less than if they'd chosen to work at McDonalds. They also are not the recipients of pensions (have to committ to 20 years for a pension, only 17% across the military do that) or any sort of retirement matching. But BAH (housing allowance), salary freezes, commissary privileges, medical care, etc. are always first on the defense budget chopping block rather than their wasteful contracts for equipment that will never be used. It's shameful.

The actual salary # might not be too high, but the tax benefits, housing allowance, food, etc add up to a cushy situation for some.

If it was so cushy, there would be a lot more than 17% of military members across the board staying for a 20 year career. The housing allowance just makes up for the shamefully low salaries that we pay our military members. I find the separate BAH insulting, actually. What other job dictates how much you should be spending on housing? My BAH with dependents for the DC region is $2400 a month - that is supposed to cover housing, utilities, food, etc. Yeah right in this area with a family of 4! But we make it work because I love my job and think it is important. A large chunk of my salary makes up the difference.

$2400 a month is not generous, but certainly do-able in this area.

Housing is the largest expense for most people, and having almost $29K a year tax free to spend on food and housing is insane. (That's almost $38K a year pre-tax).

I make > $100K a year, I don't spend $29K a year on food and housing, let alone $38K (> $3K a month).

Liberals all want military spending cut until they realize all their 6 figure jobs at area DoD contractors would face lean times.....and military cuts would affect them.