37 - Me: Digital strategist at large PR agency $140k
34 - H: Data scientist $175k

Don't forget that self employed consultants get tax write offs. Lots and lots of tax write offs. It can more than offset the self employment tax...

Anonymous wrote:Not all, maybe not most, consultants are self employed.

PP here. I know. So 230 as a consultant is like 175 as an employee: consultant has 7.5% self employment tax, no 401K match, no subsidy on health insurance, no vacation time. I make 165, but have 24 days vacation, 9 holidays, 6% 401K match, 12K toward health insurance, disability insurance (not sure of the value, but it paid out about 2.5K/year on average -- a lot of zeros, but three years totaling 55K). It comes out to 220K value as a consultant, excluding bonus., and I work 40 hours a week...total compensation is a better metric.

Not all, maybe not most, consultants are self employed.

Anonymous wrote:240K Software Consultant, mid 30s w/ MS in Software

Since you are a consultant, I assume you have no benefits? Are you 1099 or W-2? (i.e., self employment tax). I am just curious. 240K seems high as a W-2 with good benefits, but reasonable if a 1099.

240K Software Consultant, mid 30s w/ MS in Software

37 - $156K 3 years of college (dropped out) - IT Project Manager

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Anonymous wrote:35 non-profit operations admin 50K
DH 47-DC cop, base salary is 72K with overtime about 100k.

That is outrageous. I don't agree with the comments about federal salaries but for a local cop that's borderline corruption.
Does he even have a BA?

Wow, really? Does it MATTER if he has a college degree? I hope you realize being a police officer isn't a Monday to Friday 9-5 job. I'm sure quite a bit of the "overtime" is actually shift differential from working overnight and on weekends when you are home sleeping or hanging out with your friends and family... Borderline corruption? Really?

+10000.

Seriously, you're complaining that someone who literally stands in the line of fire on holidays, snow storms, emergencies, at 3am, whenever, has the opportunity to make overtime??? If he's making 28k in overtime, I can tell you he's busting his ass and doing a TON of overtime (probably an extra 8-10 hour shift per week). Would you work 60+ hours a week, every week, including holidays, with a target on your back, for 100k???

This is a bit much.

I do not at all think that 100k for an experienced officer is to much. Having worked in LE, I also know that many officers are not at all on the street, much less "literally in the line of fire." I also know that much overtime is not spent "busting ass" but killing time on the clock.

The problem is the overtime system. Pay them a solid salary and decrease the dependency on OT. At this point, earning OT is viewed as an entitlement, and not really compensation for important work.

DH junior in house at a pharma company: 120k+bonus(20-30k)+stock options
me: 60k consultant part time

21:09 again. I want to add that you should want your police officers to be better paid. It might attract more intelligent, less trigger happy people to the profession, instead of insecure, angry men with Neapolitan complexes who literally have no other options in life and have something to prove. And I saw this as someone whose wife is an officer, doesn't have a BA, and knows how much overtime it would take to make 100k. If you want better police officers, you have to pay them a salary that makes risking their lives (and liberty) worthwhile.

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Anonymous wrote:35 non-profit operations admin 50K
DH 47-DC cop, base salary is 72K with overtime about 100k.

That is outrageous. I don't agree with the comments about federal salaries but for a local cop that's borderline corruption.
Does he even have a BA?

Wow, really? Does it MATTER if he has a college degree? I hope you realize being a police officer isn't a Monday to Friday 9-5 job. I'm sure quite a bit of the "overtime" is actually shift differential from working overnight and on weekends when you are home sleeping or hanging out with your friends and family... Borderline corruption? Really?

+10000.

Seriously, you're complaining that someone who literally stands in the line of fire on holidays, snow storms, emergencies, at 3am, whenever, has the opportunity to make overtime??? If he's making 28k in overtime, I can tell you he's busting his ass and doing a TON of overtime (probably an extra 8-10 hour shift per week). Would you work 60+ hours a week, every week, including holidays, with a target on your back, for 100k???

41, Speech Pathologist, 102,000. Flexible schedule, benefits, pension. Could make more money if I did extra private work like I did when I was younger but I feel like my salary is to the point where I don't have to.

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Anonymous wrote:35 non-profit operations admin 50K
DH 47-DC cop, base salary is 72K with overtime about 100k.

That is outrageous. I don't agree with the comments about federal salaries but for a local cop that's borderline corruption.
Does he even have a BA?

Wow, really? Does it MATTER if he has a college degree? I hope you realize being a police officer isn't a Monday to Friday 9-5 job. I'm sure quite a bit of the "overtime" is actually shift differential from working overnight and on weekends when you are home sleeping or hanging out with your friends and family... Borderline corruption? Really?

Anonymous wrote:35 non-profit operations admin 50K
DH 47-DC cop, base salary is 72K with overtime about 100k.

That is outrageous. I don't agree with the comments about federal salaries but for a local cop that's borderline corruption.
Does he even have a BA?

35 non-profit operations admin 50K
DH 47-DC cop, base salary is 72K with overtime about 100k.