S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?

[Anonymous]

2 (BA and JD), 165k.

[Anonymous]

2 degrees and I make $240K.

[Anonymous]

BA, MS - 85k

[Anonymous]

2, $90K, lots of room for advancement

[Anonymous]

You do know that educational attainment and salary are not always correlated, yes? For example, PhD faculty members have lots of degrees but aren't going to be that high on the income scale.

[Anonymous]

3, PhD in psych and I make $90,000

[Anonymous]

1 BS, $140K ten years into my career.

[Anonymous]

1 BA in poli-sci and 1 MA in Public Policy

$277 plus bonus and stock

[Anonymous]

BA and JD, $0, SAHM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eng and an MBA.

600K

What do you do?

Only options for that kind of cash are PE,VC,iB.

[Anonymous]

I think there are a lot more options to pull in that cash with those degrees - management in almost any type of company could get you there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are a lot more options to pull in that cash with those degrees - management in almost any type of company could get you there.

Fair enough, but the more likely path is finance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do know that educational attainment and salary are not always correlated, yes? For example, PhD faculty members have lots of degrees but aren't going to be that high on the income scale.

That's why I asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BS economics MS finance. Burned out and now a real estate broker 2013 made around $850,000. On track to do similar or better this year.

I am interested in becoming one, where do you suggest I start?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do know that educational attainment and salary are not always correlated, yes? For example, PhD faculty members have lots of degrees but aren't going to be that high on the income scale.

Yep. I make about 95K w/a Ph.D. That's with 5 years in a Ph.D. program followed by 4 years postdoc at 2 different institutions, including one Ivy. In my last position, I was making 50K, in an expensive area of the country. Most of my peers in tenure-track positions make ~60-70K. We're in it for the love, I guess.

Making a lot of money was never a driving factor for me, but now that we live in DC and may need to do private for high school, I realize that money isn't everything, but it does count for something. Luckily my spouse is doing okay (2 degrees including MD, makes about ~185K), so we should be able to make that happen. However, we likely won't be having more than one kid. Them's the breaks.