$41+/hr?

[Mermaidman]

MORE than $41/h, but you know what's strange? It's never enough! And I foolishly thought that money was the solution to life's problems.

 

[FoBoT]

i am not paid hourly, they would have fired me for working too much overtime

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
I thought I was doing good at $31/hr.

But, $41/hr is $85K/yr

I wasn't to shocked to see people making that. But 19% of you claim to be making $85K+

So, start talking. Who are you and what do you do.

And the thread i am referring to is here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...?catid=38&threadid=1716233&STARTPAGE=1

I am in your range...hoping to up that a lot this year.

My younger brother makes 6 figures and works about 3 days a week on average, plus owns his own side business that makes enough to expand each year and pay his fiancee a nice salary from and allow them to pull money out for nice things.

He does high-end network deployments.

Facts are though, a lot here are going to exaggerate and make claims.

Personally I think if my brother posted here he'd be attacked for buying a 20th Anniversary VW GTI and 'if he was making that kind of money' why not a better car?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Splork
72% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

-sp

More like 73% IMO, but then again, 5/4th's of people understand fractions!

Also, if you're trying to calculate an hourly wage for someone who has a monthly somewhat fixed salary then in many cases that won't be true, especially in management positions where they'll put in a lot more time than what one might assume.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Auryg
Well, occasionally I make 50 dollars an hour, and I'm 17

But that's on occasion :'( Xbox repairs/modchips and PC stuff.

That's still nice at 17...but I am willing to bet many's $100k+ a year job based on hourly rates scales to the 20-30k range like the census reports.

I bill out at $75-$150 per hour on side jobs...I do it by the book though and report my income (I used to do this under an sole proprietorship and had nicer tax breaks)...when all is said and done....I am netting maybe high middle 2 figures an hour, it's nice extra money for my down time...but it's not steady anymore.

I chose to take a bit less for each hour I work to have a guaranteed wage, plus great benefits (really great).

Hell I still detail the occasional family/family friends car at high but great values (I don't to wash and waxes, but I do restorations for the person that let their vehicle slip or never took care of it and wants to sell).

The jobs I can be hired for are many...don't expect to be much cheaper than what the industry norms are, but do expect a better job done with a lot of attention to detail.

Unfortunately due to my full-time job and my own projects I have to turn down most jobs that are not basic/quick.

 

[Aznbruin]

To be honest I don't even think 41/hr is really all that much. I think if you work as an independent IT contractor in a field that needs people you can make up to 150 or even 200 dollars an hour.

I know people that do SAP and Siebel that make around 150/hr. It is not all that uncommon.
I can't attest to these jobs firsthand since I actually don't work in IT, but many of my friends from college have been doing this the past 5 years.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: stnicralisk

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
You make 31 dollars an hour but dont know the difference between to and too. Great.

You probably got straight A's all your life and will work for someone else that can't spell the rest of your life. Congrats for pointing out unimportant things! Here is your obligatory cookie:

It is just sad that people cannot use the correct to too and two or your vs youre or there their and theyre or even then vs than. It bothers me.

Im 24 my car is paid off. My home will be more than half paid for by the end of the year. I have a wonderful loving wife. At this point I could really care less if I am working for someone else or not.

I am a teacher - it is difficult to start your own business involving this profession unless you want to start a religious private school (I do not.) I did quite well in my computer science courses and then I realized that its not about how much money you make.. its about happiness so now I try to help our youth. What do YOU do?

He's an e-thug on a message board who knows everything, duh. :roll:

 

[MrsBugi]

As a therapist, rates range from $100-150/hour. After insurance, $60/hour.

 

[alchemize]

$47.05. IT Manager. Took a pay cut from consulting, but it's at a better company with room for growth.

 

[tarheelmm]

$44\hr
CSC Manager for a software company

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Aznbruin
To be honest I don't even think 41/hr is really all that much. I think if you work as an independent IT contractor in a field that needs people you can make up to 150 or even 200 dollars an hour.

I know people that do SAP and Siebel that make around 150/hr. It is not all that uncommon.
I can't attest to these jobs firsthand since I actually don't work in IT, but many of my friends from college have been doing this the past 5 years.

I did this...however, most don't pay their taxes accurately. If you want to be dishonest you can profit a lot more.

The thing is you really get nothing other than your hourly wage.

My salary right now is about 1/3 of what I really 'make'. Add that to I am not 'chasing' work either. Working for myself I had a lot of weeklong dialogues that simply didn't pan out. I will agree the most money is made in a DIY company, but you have to be highly capitalized for the most part IMHO and acting in larger volumes/markets.

There have been reports on those making a large 6 figure a year income working for themselves (reporting no taxes), then also claiming welfare/disability. It's sick.

 

[OS]

I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
95% of them are lying

LOL Your probably right!

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: OS
I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

You'd be surprised.

There's this thing called supply and demand. Works well.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

$41/hr = 85k depends on how many hours you work.

I'll end up somewhere in the mid 90's this year (salary + bonus + manufacturer kick-backs) but with my hours it will work out to be something like $28/hr. If I worked 2000 hours/year like a normal person my hourly would be $47.50/hr. As it is I put in 3400-3500 hours a year.

 

[IAteYourMother]

i make 41/hr... for 3 hours a year

 

[dawks]

Originally posted by: stnicralisk

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
You make 31 dollars an hour but dont know the difference between to and too. Great.

You probably got straight A's all your life and will work for someone else that can't spell the rest of your life. Congrats for pointing out unimportant things! Here is your obligatory cookie:

It is just sad that people cannot use the correct to too and two or your vs youre or there their and theyre or even then vs than. It bothers me.

Im 24 my car is paid off. My home will be more than half paid for by the end of the year. I have a wonderful loving wife. At this point I could really care less if I am working for someone else or not.

I am a teacher - it is difficult to start your own business involving this profession unless you want to start a religious private school (I do not.) I did quite well in my computer science courses and then I realized that its not about how much money you make.. its about happiness so now I try to help our youth. What do YOU do?

I'll pick on you too, just for the hell of it. It should be "At this point I couldn't really care less if I am working....." otherwise you are saying you could care less, so it does matter that you are not working for someone else.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: OS
I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

You'd be surprised.

There's this thing called supply and demand. Works well.

Supply and demand means an eventual race to the bottom if the entry into the field is anything remotely easy.

Companies I've worked for charge customers $100+/hr easy, even for the work I mostly do myself, but I don't see anything near that in my paycheck. Overhead and costs everywhere. Plus they have to juggle workloads and people when it gets slower.

 

[rahvin]

Why are you people talking about billable rates as if that's what you actually make? Just because you bill your labor out at $100 a hour doesn't mean that's what you are getting paid. Factor out your overhead before you even talk about it, the only reason to include your overhead in that rate is because you feel like bragging.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: OS
I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

You'd be surprised.

There's this thing called supply and demand. Works well.

I think it depends what you mean by keeping the work rolling in because projects usually aren't years long even strategy planning. There's usually a demand for consultants and they're needed quite a bit because honestly, if a boss has a regular employee who has always been under him and a guy who just came in for $200-$300/hour, even if they both say the same thing, he'll listen to the consultant rather than the employee in many cases.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: OS
I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

You'd be surprised.

There's this thing called supply and demand. Works well.

I think it depends what you mean by keeping the work rolling in because projects usually aren't years long even strategy planning. There's usually a demand for consultants and they're needed quite a bit because honestly, if a boss has a regular employee who has always been under him and a guy who just came in for $200-$300/hour, even if they both say the same thing, he'll listen to the consultant rather than the employee in many cases.

We now have a great staff that has the manager siding with us now. It's funny though and you are right. Most consultants have the benefit have having more time available. As an employee in most situations you are picking priorities. To top it off the authority goes with the consultant as obviously they must be the expert :wink;

Each of our consultants had billing regularly in the lower fifth five figures regularly (~$15k monthly, about $90/hr in full time wages)

 

[RU482]

I'm a dollar short.
plus they are 1099 dollars, not W-2 dollars

still not bad for a schmuck with an associates degree

 

[RU482]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: OS
I think the better question is whether the 100/hr consultants can keep the work rolling in for a couple years at that rate.

You'd be surprised.

There's this thing called supply and demand. Works well.

Yeah, once you get a reputation established, you're golden

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: sonz70
Well...I...ugh...umm....

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: CTrain
I don't but I live with my sister and she makes $52/hr and she gets OT.
Yeah....that translate to about $120K+++/yr.
I wish she stop laying her paycheck stubs around the house.
I have to look everytime and I get jealous everytime.

BTW, shes a pharmacist.

Ya, work is her life. Don't worry to much about it.

Hardly.
$52/hr translate to $108K/yr.
All she has to do is put in 5hrs OT everyweek and thats an extra $20K/yr.
Thats hardly making work her life.

I remembered when she first got out of graduate school and she worked a 2nd job at Walgreen just to make some money while completing her interns ??
Now she doesn't have to do that anymore...pretty much got it made.