How much money do you make?

[Anonymous]

$80K as a nurse with 15+ years experience. I think I deserve more considering what I do compared to what many other professions do, but that's just the way it is. Fortunately, I love my job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$80K as a nurse with 15+ years experience. I think I deserve more considering what I do compared to what many other professions do, but that's just the way it is. Fortunately, I love my job.

Don't nurses have great flexible schedules? Or do you work 5 days a week?

[Anonymous]

I am not sure why people get defensive about this question. Research shows that one (of many) reasons women are underpaid is because we never discuss our salaries. We are politely screwing ourselves out of knowledge that could help us negotiate for more salary.

I sah but did work as a therapist making 45k.

[Anonymous]

union lobbyist 77k.

[Anonymous]

I make about $35K or so per year working 30 hours/week, most of it from home. At my previous job, I was making just below $50K as an assistant at a non-profit. I had been told as I was leaving for maternity leave a promotion was in my future in the field I studied in college and grad school only to come back to a crummy financial situation and the job I was in "downsized" I spent the next 2 years miserable in different departments in that non-profit and finally decided I'd had enough and went part-time working for a friend's company. I don't make big bucks, but my salary allows us to put some money aside for retirement and savings. I wouldn't cut it as a SAHM, anyway - working PT works best for me. I have a lot of flexibility and work around my daughter's school schedule.

[Anonymous]

Real estate agent. $612,000 before expenses for 2011. After expenses, probably around $550,000. Master's degree in public finance. If I had taken a government job would probably have capped around $120,000.

[Anonymous]

Government paralegal $75,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$80K as a nurse with 15+ years experience. I think I deserve more considering what I do compared to what many other professions do, but that's just the way it is. Fortunately, I love my job.

80K is pretty darn good for an bachelor's degree (or associates). Many physicians make $150K or less and have at least 7 years more training than you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why people get defensive about this question. Research shows that one (of many) reasons women are underpaid is because we never discuss our salaries. We are politely screwing ourselves out of knowledge that could help us negotiate for more salary.

I sah but did work as a therapist making 45k.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why people get defensive about this question. Research shows that one (of many) reasons women are underpaid is because we never discuss our salaries. We are politely screwing ourselves out of knowledge that could help us negotiate for more salary.

I sah but did work as a therapist making 45k.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Well said!!
I am a teacher, making $67k. Love my job and vacation time, but not thrilled about the pay.

[Anonymous]

I only make 38K working as a "coordinator" at a college, though I get free grad school (via tuition remission). We're poor but cheap.

[Anonymous]

185K attorney in private practice. I'm underpaid for my practice area, but that is balanced out by flexible hours and manageable level of stress.

[Anonymous]

180K. Government attorney, 12 years of experience

[Anonymous]

$82k for a small federal consulting company. But that's at a 32 hour work week and great flexibility to work from home at times.

[Anonymous]

$57K admin (fed) w/ 7 years experience.