+100. I have worked in corporate America as an attorney -- for a hotel corporation and a corporation that manufactures furniture. These are companies that try to offer a service/product and make a profit. The companies are ethical companies that employ a lot of people, and pay good salaries. Are those evil things? |
I'm also an RN-I'm very curious as to what and where your position is (I'm assuming it's around DC?). I've been a nurse for 15 years-I have my CCM (case management certification) and make in the low $80k's doing case management in the Baltimore area. I like aspects of the job but I feel overworked and kind of stuck. |
I'm a middle aged guy with a fancy degree, decades of experience and will never sniff a $100k income or pension. I wish someone had told ME to marry someone wealthy! |
Another librarian here. I don't regret it because I love what I do, but it would be really hard to live off my salary as a single person or with a similarly low-earning spouse. I think a lot of teachers and librarians have spouses who bring in the real incomes. And teachers are paid much better than librarians. |
How cheap is "cheap"? Just curious. |
Yes. Teacher. Although i am no longer teaching in a school- and making more money doing educationally-related things. |
I don't regret my fields (education, nonprofits) but I do regret stopping out for an advanced degree that didn't get me anywhere (stuck in the adjunct professor path for a while but back in the nonprofit world now). |
Same but I am 48. However, with the payscale it takes forever to finally make this much money. As a single mom, I really had to be tight with my budget for many years. That is why they lose staff in MOCO because how slow the salary scale moves. The starting salary is decent though (not when I started back in 2000, it was like 28k.
Like you though, I agree the benefits are good, pension etc. I could not be a teacher in other states though. The salary is terrible!!!!!! [ quote=Anonymous]I am a teacher age 44. I am almost at the top of the salary range at 103k. Sad to know it won’t really ever get higher. At the same time, I have good flexibility. Time with family. Nice summers. Every day is different. Like my students. Good benefits. Job for life, followed by a pension. I can’t complain about the balance at all. Now focused on investing and keeping a low cost of living. |
What do you pay for healthcare premiums? Do you know how much a retiree pays? |
NP- my dad was a newspaper reporter for his entire career. He did well, front page by-lines at major papers but made no money. I saw my mom have to carry the family and how hard that was for her. It made me realize the importance of a an equal earning spouse, and I looked for that in a partner. |
What are the holy grail positions of journalism? |
I do regret it. I had an opportunity to make a shift out of academia a few years ago and chose wrong because I didn't understand how hiring worked in private industry, but government was transparent and made me a firm offer first. My friends who went into tech instead are making so, SO much more than me working remotely from their chosen beautiful cities, and I live in a townhouse in a DC exurb. Idiocy. But "a decade in government at age 40" sure isn't the same position for making a shift to tech as "brand new PhD with no gray hairs." |
They may not be “evil,” but they’re neutral at best. You’re selling out for sure. |
I am a speech language pathologist making $100k. I subsidize that with some contacting work on the side so my income is more like $140k. I am working HARD for this income and likely won’t ever make much more aside from COLA. I see my friends careers taking off and I often think about what else I could have done! |
My oldest daughter spent the first seven years of her career in IB and another three years in M&A. She made a lot of money in that ten years span and also invested wisely during that time. When she walked away after ten years, she had a net worth of around 15M, enough to not worry about money ever again. She is now a biology teacher at a private school because she wants to make a difference in young people's lives, and she is very happy with her choice. She is also married to a poor public high school teacher but he is the love of her life. Her only regret is that she wished she could have met him sooner. |