What’s the suicide rate for lawyers these days? |
IDK about suicide rate, but I'm betting a lot more lawyers take drugs than engineers. |
Ridiculous. Jobs with pensions are great...but how many extra hours is your son working to make an additional $40k? He gets zero pension until he serves 20 years. Unless he's one of those cops who fakes the overtime, he has to be working a shit ton to make another 40k. https://cbs12.com/news/florida/crime-florida-news-jacksonville-sheriffs-office-officer-arrested-overtime-misconduct-fraud-grand-theft-employee-suspension https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-cop-fired-after-allegedly-faking-overtime-while-home-in-broward-40546806/ https://www.police1.com/police-recruitment/nopd-overtime-mismanagement-raises-fraud-concerns-inspector-general-says https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/mpd-investigating-6-officers-for-alleged-overtime-misuse-ot-costs-on-pace-to-hit-record-breaking-30-million-in-2025/ |
$40k = 10 extra hours per week = one shift Every other 7 day period he’s only scheduled to work 2 days. He gets a long weekend every other week. There’s plenty of time for extra shifts. Every time he goes to court it’s overtime. Every time he goes to job related training it’s overtime. Attending a conference, yup, overtime. When he teaches classes it’s overtime. $40k is easy. Oh, and he vests in the pension after 5 years on the job, so this year. |
I don’t know any happy lawyers. |
| As a lawyer going on 30 years, so happy my son is studying Engineering in college. Did my best to discourage my kids from going into the practice of law. |
| I would rather know the highest paying majors 15 years after graduation. |
At 15 years out, those with medical degrees will have the highest average income. At that point, there will be a lot of variability among those that chose law or finance. But engineering is likely to have the highest overall average. |
and debt |
How is that? What is the hourly overtime rate? Where is he vesting in a pension at 5 years as a state employee? Please state where he works exactly. |
Just over $76/hour.
Virginia.
As soon as you tell me where you live, exactly. |
Not anymore. The average debt for med school is dropping fast, with merit aid and need-baed aid available for most T50 med schools. T20ish are the ones with the best need baed aid. At many T20 schools, over 50% receive merit or need cutting costs 30-66%. With physicians making 250-300k per year on the lower end and 600k+ for many specialties, taking out 100-200k loans or the full amount including living expenses(350k) is easy to pay back. |
How old will they be when they pay off their loans? This doesn’t sound fun at all. |
lol keep convincing yourself |
Except my Chem Eng student will not face life and death dangers each day on the job |