What is your profession, how many hours do you work each week and how much do you make a year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher, year 15. Work 37.5 hours a week, take nothing home. I make $125k.

Where do you work? I can’t think of a county that pays that much at year 15. My county doesn’t even reach 125K at the very top of the pay scale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It pisses me off how little we pay our teachers, they educate our kids, work long hours, and get paid so little. Teacher salaries should start at 100k! If the pandemic taught us anything is that teaching is one of the hardest jobs one can do, they should be compensated as such!

I disagree. Most teachers aren't that bright. A lot are quite dull. Some are scarily woke and peddle misinformation in the name of truth and justice. A few are excellent. This is what parents found out during the pandemic and remote learning.

On the whole I imagine the current pay scale to be fairly fair for teachers.

[Anonymous]

Senior proposal manager, midcareer, 42. Work around 45-50 hour weeks, take home 150k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher, year 15. Work 37.5 hours a week, take nothing home. I make $125k.

Where do you work? I can’t think of a county that pays that much at year 15. My county doesn’t even reach 125K at the very top of the pay scale.

DCPS…I’m year 15 but step 21 or something. They skip you steps if you are rated highly effective consecutive years and teach in a high poverty school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do the high income people in DC do or is it really more that DC just isn't in the same league as NYC, LA, and SF? A few people mentioned that on school threads. The lawyers and doctors don't seem to make quite as much here as in those places and other jobs seem to pay far lower here based on these threads.

It’s the bolded.

[Anonymous]

Police Dispatcher. $65k 9 years.
I work 80 hours in a 2 week pay period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It pisses me off how little we pay our teachers, they educate our kids, work long hours, and get paid so little. Teacher salaries should start at 100k! If the pandemic taught us anything is that teaching is one of the hardest jobs one can do, they should be compensated as such!

I disagree. Most teachers aren't that bright. A lot are quite dull. Some are scarily woke and peddle misinformation in the name of truth and justice. A few are excellent. This is what parents found out during the pandemic and remote learning.

On the whole I imagine the current pay scale to be fairly fair for teachers.

Here’s how you get the excellent and bright teachers to quit.

My issue isn’t with pay. It’s with disrespect. The parent above just insulted an “excellent” teacher. I’ll be leaving because of nonsense like this, not because of low pay.

You’ll be left with “quite dull” teachers because those of us who are very bright and employable won’t take the abuse any longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It pisses me off how little we pay our teachers, they educate our kids, work long hours, and get paid so little. Teacher salaries should start at 100k! If the pandemic taught us anything is that teaching is one of the hardest jobs one can do, they should be compensated as such!

I disagree. Most teachers aren't that bright. A lot are quite dull. Some are scarily woke and peddle misinformation in the name of truth and justice. A few are excellent. This is what parents found out during the pandemic and remote learning.

On the whole I imagine the current pay scale to be fairly fair for teachers.

There wouldn’t be massive teacher shortages if that were the case.

[Anonymous]

Mid level Fraud Analyst, $70k.

I live in a big banking town in the south.

[Anonymous]

mid career/mid level supervisory Social Worker - 105k - 40-50 hrs/week

[Anonymous]

In-house attorney, female, almost 15 years of experience ~300K all in, 50-60 hrs per week.

[Anonymous]

Admissions in private K-8 school
20 hours/week
$30,000/year

[Anonymous]

Budget for USG; 17 years in to a career. $160k, WFH with flexible hours. I work 35 hours / week.

[Anonymous]

Economist. 10 to 50 hours per week, depending how busy I am. Average is probably 20, 25 or so.

$300k.

[Anonymous]

Sr. Director at an international NGO; 22 years in. $175k, WFH with very flexible hours. Hours ebb and flow depending on the time of year/special projects but can be as low 15/20 or as high as 60+.