What do you do & how much do you make?

[rsbennett00]

I knew I recognized you from Best Buy! I'd recognize that blue shirt anywhere! :awe:

Ouch. You set foot in a best buy without being paid to do so?

 

[rudeguy]

Ouch. You set foot in a best buy without being paid to do so?

I'll go in there if I need something STAT. I've bought hard drives there and other things when I can't wait for Amazon to overnight something. I tried to buy a high end tablet there not too long ago but the help including the "Samsung expert" knew less about tablets than my cat.

 

[Black Octagon]

I'm a lobbyist, and what I make is:
1) None of your flapping business, and
2) Less than you probably think lobbyists make

 

[Uppsala9496]

makin about 40k as an insurance underwriter. horrible dead end cubicle job that i hate. About 10 years ago I got a 4 year degree in business/MIS with comp sci minor, so yeah...I am doing markedly worse than I thought I would be.

oh, and this thread is depressing as hell. Thanks ATOT

What line of business do you underwrite?
I'm underwriting lawyers professional right now and some architects and engineers. Making a lowly $47K (with a 40% bonus if my book of business hits $1.2mm written premium). Half the salary I was making 6 years ago underwriting/managing directors & officers.

Right now it is good hours, stress free and I actually get paid to have medical insurance (about $22 a month). Close to home as well - about a 12 minute drive.

 

[rsbennett00]

I'll go in there if I need something STAT. I've bought hard drives there and other things when I can't wait for Amazon to overnight something. I tried to buy a high end tablet there not too long ago but the help including the "Samsung expert" knew less about tablets than my cat.

I can get the needing something asap part but you don't have an alternative? Fry's, staples, office<whatever>, local pc shop?

 

[Smoblikat]

IT slave, make about $36,000 pre tax. Both of my companies treat me like shit though, and I resent them greatly.

 

[nageov3t]

Storage Engineer

$76-90K once I start my new job; probably $91-105K assuming things go well and I get through the 6-month probationary period.

 

[rudeguy]

I can get the needing something asap part but you don't have an alternative? Fry's, staples, office<whatever>, local pc shop?

No Fry's, Staples can suck my nut, Office DepotMaxfuck is out of the way.

To be honest I don't mind kicking BB a little business. I think we need some B&M stores to survive. However if Amazon does start opening up outlets in Radio Shacks, all bets are off. BB can die with the rest of them.

 

[rsbennett00]

No Fry's, Staples can suck my nut, Office DepotMaxfuck is out of the way.

To be honest I don't mind kicking BB a little business. I think we need some B&M stores to survive. However if Amazon does start opening up outlets in Radio Shacks, all bets are off. BB can die with the rest of them.

Fair enough. I started boycotting BB when they required a valid phone number for any purchase (a $5 bargain bin copy of constantine at the time).

 

[Engineer]

Electrical Controls Engineer (BSEE). Design and program electrical systems for industrial machinery. Low to mid $80k range depending on bonus.

The salary side of the job can drive me crazy at times (expectations on giving every waking hour for the job and little given back when times are slower) and I could get paid more but this is one of the few companies that I've worked for doing this job that has almost zero overnight travel. I've been out of my bed for two nights in over 4.5 years and I could have driven home on those nights (about 2 hours each way). With other jobs, I spent up to 60% of my time far from home so the lower pay is worth every penny when it comes to staying home. Cost of living here is relatively low too.

At this point, I just want to slide into retirement as soon as I can get there.

Edit: Haven't had a raise in nearly 2 years. Hope to get one this year but won't be holding my breath for it.

 

[rcpratt]

I'm in this ballpark, also in a super low COL area (not far from rcpratt if I remember correctly - near AA right?)

I did a business one year that brought in about $130k on top of my 9-5, but that went to the wayside the following year. I ended up loving the change. With a business, I thought about it all the time. With an OK salary, the ability to go home and not think about anything until the next day, it is worth just coasting... for now.

I'm back in the Detroit office now (yay Detroit taxes), but yeah.

 

[SSSnail]

Srs question - so what's the difference between 1099 and salaried?

 

[brianmanahan]

oh, and this thread is depressing as h***. Thanks ATOT

if you think this is depressing, you should see the bogleheads net worth poll threads

http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=154364

if you are not a millionaire by 35 at BH, then you're well below average

 

[BurnItDwn]

I work in production support in a senior/lead position with 18 years in the same company.

My cellery is under 100K, but its enough to make ends meet.

 

[rudeguy]

Srs question - so what's the difference between 1099 and salaried?

1099=pay your own taxes
salaried=set pay regardless of hours, employer takes taxes out for you

 

[rudeguy]

Fair enough. I started boycotting BB when they required a valid phone number for any purchase (a $5 bargain bin copy of constantine at the time).

That's what Google Voice is for! I hand that number out all the time. Hell I post it here at least once a year.

Matter of fact....

616-284-1845

 

[SSSnail]

1099=pay your own taxes
salaried=set pay regardless of hours, employer takes taxes out for you

So what's $160k 1099 equivalent to salaried? not counting other perks.

 

[rudeguy]

So what's $160k 1099 equivalent to salaried? not counting other perks.

AFAIK its the same. But I am not a tax guy.

 

[brianmanahan]

AFAIK its the same. But I am not a tax guy.

in 1099 you'd have to pay both parts of social security tax and medicare, so salary is worth at least %6 more if they are the same (on the first 115$k at least)

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

What line of business do you underwrite?
I'm underwriting lawyers professional right now and some architects and engineers. Making a lowly $47K (with a 40% bonus if my book of business hits $1.2mm written premium). Half the salary I was making 6 years ago underwriting/managing directors & officers.

Right now it is good hours, stress free and I actually get paid to have medical insurance (about $22 a month). Close to home as well - about a 12 minute drive.

I do work comp insurance. In the territories I control, there are probably 200 agencies all submitting bullshit to me all day. I am inundated about 99% of the time, so its not stress free. Its the type of job where if you don't continuously work, you're doing yourself no favor as the work will just build up.

Used to like my coworkers but now I pretty much just want to murder most of them. Some of my best friends here have left because this place pays peanuts and sucks your soul away with limitless work.

I do live close to work though, I can't handle commutes so I planned that out accordingly. I'm about 10 mins from work.

I have a feeling I would just hate whatever job I was doing though...I got extremely sick of programming in college.

Just hatin it right now, I'm not quite sure why but every day I am in a bad mood.

 

[Engineer]

in 1099 you'd have to pay both parts of social security tax and medicare, so salary is worth at least %6 more if they are the same (on the first 115$k at least)

IIRC, it's both medicare and SS so it would be 7.65% (6.2% SS and 1.45% medicare) more taxes with the 1.45% medicare portion never ending (no limit).

Also, don't 1099 people generally have no benefits (insurance, retirement + match, etc.)?

 

[Nograts]

if you think this is depressing, you should see the bogleheads net worth poll threads

http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=154364

if you are not a millionaire by 35 at BH, then you're well below average

Meh, it's not that depressing. Semi realistic actually, over 1 mil ~30-35 to include SS, all assets, ets. It doesn't seem to factor in debt even though it's posted. What is surprising is how many listed Doctorate degrees.

 

[Nograts]

I do work comp insurance. In the territories I control, there are probably 200 agencies all submitting bullshit to me all day. I am inundated about 99% of the time, so its not stress free. Its the type of job where if you don't continuously work, you're doing yourself no favor as the work will just build up.

Used to like my coworkers but now I pretty much just want to murder most of them. Some of my best friends here have left because this place pays peanuts and sucks your soul away with limitless work.

I do live close to work though, I can't handle commutes so I planned that out accordingly. I'm about 10 mins from work.

I have a feeling I would just hate whatever job I was doing though...I got extremely sick of programming in college.

Just hatin it right now, I'm not quite sure why but every day I am in a bad mood.

My job pays shit and has some extreme downsides but I love it. You should look into your situation. YOLO as they say.

 

[Elbryn]

Storage Engineer

$76-90K

+1 same job/range

 

[stormkroe]

Electrician (owner)
~2.2M for the last 9 months





Gross