s/o Low Paying Prestige Jobs

[Anonymous]

What are they? Are they heads of nonprofits or political? Have you ever known someone in one?

[Anonymous]

For lawyers, they are DOJ jobs.

[Anonymous]

Foreign Service Officer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Foreign Service Officer

I am one. I took home $150K in salary and benefits last year. I don't call that "low pay."

[Anonymous]

That excludes housing allowances and education allowances for my four children as well as COLA to equalize the COL between Washington, DC and my post of assignment.

[Anonymous]

Academia.

[Anonymous]

Most university professors.

I'm sure the status of many political jobs outranks the pay, especially like in the WH, SCOTUS, etc.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Pediatricians. Make around $100K.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Staff jobs in the white house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most university professors.

I'm sure the status of many political jobs outranks the pay, especially like in the WH, SCOTUS, etc.

This may be the case but in many cases academic jobs come with perks nobody in the real world gets -- sabbaticals, flexible schedules, tenure, sometime very generous retirement matches, etc. There are trade offs, but a full professor with tenure can likely hold their $100K job until the day they die.

[Anonymous]

Journalism. Especially public media (NPR, pbs).

[Anonymous]

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