Anonymous
Post 07/21/2014 21:11     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2014 20:58     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/08/2014 14:11     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/08/2014 06:33     Subject: Re:S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/08/2014 06:24     Subject: Re:S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/07/2014 22:55     Subject: Re:S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/07/2014 17:59     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
BA and JD, $0, SAHM.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 16:42     Subject: Re:S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
1 BA in poli-sci and 1 MA in Public Policy

$277 plus bonus and stock
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 16:21     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
1 BS, $140K ten years into my career.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:25     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
3, PhD in psych and I make $90,000
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:42     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
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
Post 07/07/2014 13:41     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
2, $90K, lots of room for advancement
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:38     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
BA, MS - 85k
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:36     Subject: Re:S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
2 degrees and I make $240K.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 11:41     Subject: S/O how many degrees do you have and what is your personal salary?
2 (BA and JD), 165k.