Home improvement contractor $262k

Uber. $400k.

Me, 42, foreign service officer - $137K (and free housing, private schools, etc)
Husband, 47, academic / author - +/- $160K

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Anonymous wrote:I find it so strange that people list "Fed" as their profession.

Me too! What does this mean?

I find it really disturbing how many people list "Fed" and list six-figure salaries. This is our tax dollars! OMG. No wonder our country runs a deficit...

1- go the fuck away. why shouldn't attorneys, doctors, nurses, accountants, engineers etc be paid decent wages commensurate with education and experience?

2- if you want to blame excessive spending on something, blame military spending.

3- these are. not this is.

According to the nuts like PP they should work for free.

I think there is a large distance between "free" and six figures. It seems to me in light of pension and other large costs born by taxpayers, prudent salaries are reasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:Computer Consultant 230K, 11 years out of school

How do you work up to this position/pay? Start out working at Booz and break off on your own or...?

take multiple contracts and work 60 -70 hours a week.

This makes sense now. So, am I correct to assume you have no benefits? you don't get paid vacation/401k match/health? I can believe that 230K number then (with 65 hrs/wk). scaling it to a 40 hr week, that would be 141K...plus if you are 1099 person, you have to pay the self employment tax. Comparable to earning about 110 for a big company with a 40 hour week.

pp, that is very naive to assume. senior level IT consulting can easily get $120/hr. go figure.

But PP was stating $230k income with 70 hr wks. Simply ran the numbers given.

And if you are charging $120/he that's great but u have business development and other overhead that comes out of that as well. It's a good life if you want to hustle and can handle the risk; lots of upside.

PP here...I divided as pp said. My point was 230K, for 52 weeks a year is not as much as it sounds, with a 1099....hourly rate was about $68 based on calculations. I have done some 1099 consulting....my rate was $150/hr....but there is no benefits, and a self employment tax....I worked for 100 or so hours, but it took me about 40 hours to get the work, so I earned 15000 for for 140 hours of work, or 107/hr...Include the self employment tax, and it is down to $100/hr....At my full time job, I earn 165K+benefits & bonus, which bump my compensation unto 190K...and I am expect to work 1816 hours, which means my effective hourly rate is about $105, which is more than I made as a consultant! And with this, when I had my heart issue and missed 4 weeks of work, it was covered....

41, IT Manager, $123K

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Anonymous wrote:I find it so strange that people list "Fed" as their profession.

Me too! What does this mean?

Several of my friends work for the government and can barely describe what they do in vague terms.

Or maybe they are just dumbing it down for you.

Signed,
"Fed" with two graduate degrees who earns six figures doing a job to protect people like you

Or, maybe not!! High salary does not equal smart.

Signed, someone with two masters degrees making under 100K.

Not directed at you but two masters degrees don't equal smart either. I am sure you are smart.

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Anonymous wrote:Computer Consultant 230K, 11 years out of school

How do you work up to this position/pay? Start out working at Booz and break off on your own or...?

take multiple contracts and work 60 -70 hours a week.

This makes sense now. So, am I correct to assume you have no benefits? you don't get paid vacation/401k match/health? I can believe that 230K number then (with 65 hrs/wk). scaling it to a 40 hr week, that would be 141K...plus if you are 1099 person, you have to pay the self employment tax. Comparable to earning about 110 for a big company with a 40 hour week.

pp, that is very naive to assume. senior level IT consulting can easily get $120/hr. go figure.

But PP was stating $230k income with 70 hr wks. Simply ran the numbers given.

And if you are charging $120/he that's great but u have business development and other overhead that comes out of that as well. It's a good life if you want to hustle and can handle the risk; lots of upside.

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DH: 32, fed lawyer: 125K
DW: 31, physician: 60K

? why so low?

My guess is a resident

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Anonymous wrote:Computer Consultant 230K, 11 years out of school

How do you work up to this position/pay? Start out working at Booz and break off on your own or...?

take multiple contracts and work 60 -70 hours a week.

This makes sense now. So, am I correct to assume you have no benefits? you don't get paid vacation/401k match/health? I can believe that 230K number then (with 65 hrs/wk). scaling it to a 40 hr week, that would be 141K...plus if you are 1099 person, you have to pay the self employment tax. Comparable to earning about 110 for a big company with a 40 hour week.

pp, that is very naive to assume. senior level IT consulting can easily get $120/hr. go figure.

Anonymous wrote:30, Government Contractor (Writing/Editing): $90k
44, Mechanical Engineer (Discipline Lead): $165k

And yes, with two kids in daycare and a house in the close in burbs bought in '08, we feel like $250k isn't the money we always thought it would be...

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Anonymous wrote:Not for profit in house counsel. $160,000

You are so lucky!

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DH: 32, fed lawyer: 125K
DW: 31, physician: 60K

? why so low?

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DH: 32, fed lawyer: 125K
DW: 31, physician: 60K



Is that for full time work!?


PP here. still in training. and yes, more than full time with 80 hr weeks.

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DH: 32, fed lawyer: 125K
DW: 31, physician: 60K

Is that for full time work!?