What do you do & how much do you make?

[Zeze]

Let's be honest for anonymity's sake and get a feel for ATOT.

Let's get the dumb 250K/yr jokes out of the way. I'll start as a gesture of good will- IT PM, 120K. I actually liked being a contractor when I was pulling more ($158K~). I'm not getting any younger and I feel like I'm just a middle of a pack and never made anything BIG of myself.

Career related threads actually end up having great responses and input in ATOT. I hope this turns into one as well.

 

[Printer Bandit]

EE, made $273,458.00 last year.

 

[Thebobo]

EE, made $273,458 last year.

and .00 ?

 

[Zeze]

EE, made $264,458 last year.

That's awesome. I'm completely ignorant of EE. Are you just a technician or a manager?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Half-time teaching assistant. ~$20,000 plus tuition waivers and such.

 

[LevelSea]

computer scientist, 91k

 

[Printer Bandit]

had to go back and check my W2 again. $273K is right. This includes stocks, so not just base salary. Just a lowly engineer with ~10 yrs experience.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

4,900 net. Teacher's Assistant.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I work for a non-profit; make around $38k with bonuses.

 

[Zeze]

I work for a non-profit; make around $38k with bonuses.

What is your title/role?

 

[dr150]

had to go back and check my W2 again. $273K is right. This includes stocks, so not just base salary. Just a lowly engineer with ~10 yrs experience.

What's your base? Bonus? (exclude stock options)

 

[lxskllr]

$56k, land surveyor. I always knew it didn't pay much, but I loved the work way back. I don't love it so much anymore, but now I'm stuck in the field. On the plus side, the money I make (very)slowly increases as my desire for money decreases, so it makes the raises bigger :^D

 

[Sixguns]

Oil refinery operator 95k

 

[blackdogdeek]

Software developer at an investment bank. I'm in the last category of the poll (but not up to the joke salary in the OP).

 

[Atomic Playboy]

What is your title/role?

Prospect Research; finding information on prospective donors with cultivatable interest related to our mission (in the case of my organization, higher education).

 

[96Firebird]

Unemployed, $0.00 USD (0.00 Euro).

Not even collecting unemployment yet because of my severance.

 

[jlee]

Are we including rental income?

:hmm:

 

[Zeze]

Unemployed, $0.00 USD (0.00 Euro).

Not even collecting unemployment yet because of my severance.

Huh? You can dual collect, at least in MA.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Unemployed, $0.00 USD (0.00 Euro).

Not even collecting unemployment yet because of my severance.

LOL thanks for the conversion to Euro

 

[HumblePie]

And without adding location to the formula, the epeen on this means nothing. I make 6 figs a year as a software developer, but my living expenses are very, very low. If I made this much in Manhattan I would be very poor. Here I do very well. If I was to move to a higher cost of living area I would be darn sure my wage was commensurate with that area.

 

[xeemzor]

IT Consulting $105k in the Midwest. I could have jumped ship to industry for 180k but it wasn't worth it. I like the experience and 40hr weeks that I'm getting in my current role.

 

[lxskllr]

And without adding location to the formula, the epeen on this means nothing. I make 6 figs a year as a software developer, but my living expenses are very, very low. If I made this much in Manhattan I would be very poor. Here I do very well. If I was to move to a higher cost of living area I would be darn sure my wage was commensurate with that area.

A ballpark estimate might mean more. Lower, low-middle, middle, middle-high, higher class, and rich.

I think I'd put mine in middle, and slightly favoring the lower end.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

right near 50k a year, computer technician, minor networking support. I live in a very rural area and the money is actually pretty good. I was making near 70k back in the Boston metro area, but the cost of living was much higher there.

 

[96Firebird]

Huh? You can dual collect, at least in MA.

Not in NYS.

Actually thinking about moving to Boston, since I can't find a job here...

LOL thanks for the conversion to Euro

No problem, it was so simple that I did it in my head! :awe:

 

[SlitheryDee]

I pay myself 32,800.00 per year.