What's a "decent" salary?

[Anonymous]

PhD Scientist, 23 year experience, earring 180K. IMHO, that is a good salary for doing what you like

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average annual wage in the DC metro area is $65K.

Really? Interesting. Althoughthat takes into account janitors and part-time, etc., I assume?

I wonder what it would be for a college-educated, master's holding person with 10-20 years of experience?

Maybe $250-$350

Ridiculously high. I am a lawyer with 25 years of experience and I make $275.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol @ a JD being a master's degree!!

Well, it's not a bachelor's degree or a Ph.D. What do you consider it if not a master's degree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about these numbers too. I had to drive through McLean recently and got lost (even with a GPS...I know) and I was shocked at all the huge homes. Seriously, every one I passed looked like it was $3M+. Who is buying all these homes? They must make much more than $300K a year.

You know most of the people who own those houses are up to their eyeballs in hock.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible. Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?

I went to college to learn to read, think and analyze, not to make money. I don't care if I ever make six figures. Don't you ever wish you had at least completed a bachelor's degree? Plumbers and electricians and auto mechanics make great money but they are still blue collar, like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Well, I think teachers and nannies are dreadfully underpaid. Those who have the lives of children in their hands, as well as their psychological and educational well-being at heart, should be paid more.

? Well, then pay your nannies more. Lol. Everyone on DCUM is always complaining how hard life is living on a $250K HHI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible. Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?

Well, what do you do, PP? No, college doesn't teach entrepreneurial skills at all! It was just basically rote memorization and I want to a top public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average annual wage in the DC metro area is $65K.

Really? Interesting. Althoughthat takes into account janitors and part-time, etc., I assume?

I wonder what it would be for a college-educated, master's holding person with 10-20 years of experience?

I have a master's from Berkeley and 10 years of experience and I make $65k.

Didn't know you frequented these boards, Caroline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol @ a JD being a master's degree!!

Well, it's not a bachelor's degree or a Ph.D. What do you consider it if not a master's degree?

It's considered a professional degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible. Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?

In case you're actually curious and not just trying to be mean: I'm the PP with a Berkeley master's degree. I love my job--it's the kind of job where, when you tell someone what you do, the person often says "That is SO COOL!" My coworkers are great and I never, ever work long hours or weekends. I see my kids a ton, get six weeks of vacation a year (plus ample sick time). There are trade-offs; I would love to make a little more so that we could travel more. But a lot more goes into the calculus than just my salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible. Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?

What do you do? Maybe you just got lucky?

I was calculating what realtors make just the other day and realized that if you only sold 10 homes a year, you would make about 240K in N. Arlington.

Following the dream and working as an engineer in the renewable energy industry. I'm raking in over $60k a year! Lucky? Sure. Lucrative? Not so much.

This question was posed to the PP who makes 240K and didn't finish college, not to you. I still haven't seen an answer.

Yoo hoo - 240K PP reply back, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year. I find this insulting on so many levels. I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school. The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible. Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?

In case you're actually curious and not just trying to be mean: I'm the PP with a Berkeley master's degree. I love my job--it's the kind of job where, when you tell someone what you do, the person often says "That is SO COOL!" My coworkers are great and I never, ever work long hours or weekends. I see my kids a ton, get six weeks of vacation a year (plus ample sick time). There are trade-offs; I would love to make a little more so that we could travel more. But a lot more goes into the calculus than just my salary.

Master's from Cal means you are probably smarter than 99% of DCUM-ers. Glad you love your job and your life style... It's sad that people measure one's worth based on paycheck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol @ a JD being a master's degree!!

LOL @ JDs always thinking 3 years of graduate education makes them a PhD.

[Anonymous]

I think 100K anywhere in the US is a very good salary. If you cannot have a good life in that much money and build wealth then you are a dunce. I am not seeing anyone buying or affording anything worthwhile with more money than that, be it work-life balance, housing, education, marriage, relationship, raising children, health or even looks.

We are a HHI of 300K right now and additional money has only meant that our personal time has become more dear.

I am not advocating that one should live with less money. You should have enough for your needs and for savings. More than that means that you are paying with your time.

[Anonymous]

I aspire to be in the $1 salary club...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary