I'm in the 15-30k bracket and I'm a Traffic Sampling Manager. It's basically admin work - I manage numbers, not people. It's not great pay, but I've never missed any bills, can afford to live independently and I still have some money spare for myself.

Around 150 a week.

But since i only work 3 hours a night not to shabby.

But the longer you work the pay increases steadily. And double that to 6 hours full time.....

Not enough.

My job at college pays for my room. During winter/summer I make $1000/month.

I'm going to say we're in the top 10% (US), because it sounds cooler.
If we worked full-time we'd be in the top 4-5% but we like our free time too much.

Sadly, we live in California/The Bay Area, where the very lower 6 figures isn't exactly "all that." At least we finally managed to buy a small house.

Not sure yet. If I get my job as a welder I should make some good money,

I'm playing the waiting game. Hoping for that phone call and a big, "Your accepted!"

At the moment not enough.

Agreed - a friend of mine got a very nicely paid job and would not shut up about how flush he was and subsequently alienated a lot of people. Not because we were envious of his wage packets, but because his behaviour was so unpalatable, until someone pointed out what a jerk he was being.

It can also get embarrassing for those of us who earn next to nothing, and have to say 'no' to a lot of things such as going out, holidays or even something like going for a beer.

I'm currently going the scary-but-rewarding route of being self-employed, so my monthly earnings vary wildly. Hopefully it'll calm down in the new year, unless the European debt crisis becomes so bad I have to start foraging for food...

I get that a week for 5 eight hour shifts a week... :sadvaultboy:

None of your business.

Let's just say I'm considered "Middle-Class" but I feel like "Lower-Class" because I struggle to make ends meet. Back in the day it was said I made a decent amount of money. But now, my bank account is in the red constantly. I haven't had a raise in several years. I live in one of the most expensive states in the US. I'm treated like [censored] by the government, by my employer and I'm lucky to even have a job.

I'm in the life safety business, and I work as an inspector. I make sure that people I don't care about are safe.

40k-ish last year. Varies b/c I'm not a salaried employee. No benefits either :sadvaultboy:

My basic salary is 111K$ and I have an uplift of 1.4 because of the geographical location. Then there is about 23% removed for pension, health insurance etc... Every year, an additional 20% of the 111K$ is put for benefits and I have a bonus of 0-20% per year.
All in all, it makes around 140K$ per year net, tax paid.
Benefits are including house provided with electricity, water etc... paid, a car, a driver and full medical coverage. Plus a pretty cool pension.
I should not complain.
I have 25 years of experience and I work abroad in West Africa in the oil and gas industry.

Lol...

*raises pinky to lip*

Seriously, people are liars.

In dollar, I make 33 000 before taxes. I work just a little bit, and get some money from the state because I am a poor "student".

14 millionaires thats all and I thought I was the only one, haha I wish.

Don't have a job and I'm dirt poor.

I picked over 1,000,000 because I'm a liar.

And I like to fantasize...

I kinda want my job to stop giving me raises so I stay below the poverty level so that I never have to pay taxes..

I earn enough to live while going to college- I am only one step above a homeless person.

i want to know when the economy will be ok again.

decent jobs are impossible to find now and everything costs more money than ever before. :ahhh:

im going to be out of college in a year and a half and i feel like i dont have a good chance to make some money.

but if the economy bounces back i will be ecstatic and probably get employed :yes:

You will get a job, Darkelf. When I went on the market in 87, there was an depression in the oil and gas industry, despite of that, I got a job. I recommend you to remember that you are your own company when looking for a job. You do sell yourself.
So prepare an attractive brochure (Your resume) and target your client. Know about them, their products, their needs, their challenges etc... When they interview you, don't be passive: ask politely if you can :
1/ Take notes
2/ Ask question about the company and your future job
3/ Don't focus on your salary, don't even ask it (this is one of the worst mistake to do). If they ask you what salary you want, be cautious and propose based on your study.
4/ Adapt yourself to your interlocutor. If the guy makes drawings or like to use a visual language, do the same. If he is more tactile, same. However, avoid to sleep with him/her ! It does not always work.
5/ Try to find his 'weak point'. I got a job some years ago because my future boss was a video game player. Another one was speaking greek and I did. Be careful not to bring a controversial 'weak point'...

Your first salary is often low. But this is the first step. The rest will be in your hand to prove them you are worth it. There are 2 possibilities: either the company does not pay because you are not worth. In that case, no problem except for you. Or the company does not pay because it's their strategy and you are good. In that case, if you are really good, finding a new job might not be such an issue.

$0 :sadvaultboy:

I am a grad student half time and house guru for wife and kids the other half---ish... so I don't know if you want to count my wife's salary or not.

I am getting a masters. I hope to do a paid internship next year which would be 27K.

in this economy, which is a buildup of bad, bad economic policy for 30 years...... I still hope to get full time work in my field which should be about 40k.


my advice? take the Strong's inventory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Interest_Inventory


I took it 14 years ago. ignored my number 1 suggestion. guess what, that is what I am going to do now. it just took me a while to get a clue.

$26,388 base salary. I get another ~$1,000 per month in various deployment bonuses.

Yeah. When I left college with my fancy piece of paper in '88 it took me over six months of writing applications to get a job: and it paid less than a tenth of the price of the cheapest house in my area, most of that pay being consumed by the very long commute I had to endure to get into work each day. But it was a start, and actually it was a great job that I still remember fondly because of the wonderful people I worked with. My pay eventually started to catch up and then exceed some of my peers, though in hindsight I think I may have been better off forgoing the stress that came with some of the excessive pressure that came later in my career. Wish I still had that first job, even if I was often skint...