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How much are you making?

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monk3y

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Just curious... I'm making around 35K right now... Just got out of college. Could probably make more but I'm in a job I really enjoy.
 
Right now I'm 20-40k with my promotion that was supposed to be effective in Feb that would push me easily into the 40-60k. Been out of college since December 2002 with a BSEE and now I work as a nano/microfabrication engineer.
 
Originally posted by: ricochet
I make $60k in LA and I can't afford a d@mn thing.
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I was offered $75K in LA 8 years ago - I turned it down for $60K in Colorado Springs and I'm sure I had a much higher standard of living here.
 
i make something over 35000, can't remember exactly off the top of my head. Anyone notice the poll chart looks like it is giving the finger?
 
i make $72 a month + living + food during the school year

sh!tty wages doing manual labor or no wages working as an intern...
 
lol, 140k isn't rich. I'm not bragging but my parents cleared over $200k and they aren't rich.

In fact we poor. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: tec699
lol, 140k isn't rich. I'm not bragging but my parents cleared over $200k and they aren't rich.

In fact we poor. 🙁
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How many kids? or where did you guys live?

Me being a recent graduate that's alot of money... sorry it doesn't meet your definition.
 
Originally posted by: tec699
lol, 140k isn't rich. I'm not bragging but my parents cleared over $200k and they aren't rich.

In fact we poor. 🙁
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clearing 200k is not poor. Please wake up and join the real world.
 
We live in NJ. My father is a self contractor and both my parents own a summer business. My parents do well but the cost of living in NJ is EXPENSIVE. Also, when you start deducting for business costs you'll see that $200k isn't really as large as it seems. For instance, the rent at my parents store is $80k. So immediately deduct $80k from $200k and you can see where I'm coming from. Now deduct utilities, wages, food, etc, etc...

My parents do well but they don't drive Mercede Benz. My father has a pickup that he doesn't pay on and my mom drives a 2 year old Nissan Pathfinder.
 
Originally posted by: tec699
We live in NJ. My father is a self contractor and both my parents own a summer business. My parents do well but the cost of living in NJ is EXPENSIVE. Also, when you start deducting for business costs you'll see that $200k isn't really as large as it seems. For instance, the rent at my parents store is $80k. So immediately deduct $80k from $200k and you can see where I'm coming from. Now deduct utilities, wages, food, etc, etc...

My parents do well but they don't drive Mercede Benz. My father has a pickup that he doesn't pay on and my mom drives a 2 year old Nissan Pathfinder.
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So he doesn't really clear 200k does he? He GROSSES 200k, and his net is lower.
 
Originally posted by: tec699
We live in NJ. My father is a self contractor and both my parents own a summer business. My parents do well but the cost of living in NJ is EXPENSIVE. Also, when you start deducting for business costs you'll see that $200k isn't really as large as it seems. For instance, the rent at my parents store is $80k. So immediately deduct $80k from $200k and you can see where I'm coming from. Now deduct utilities, wages, food, etc, etc...

My parents do well but they don't drive Mercede Benz. My father has a pickup that he doesn't pay on and my mom drives a 2 year old Nissan Pathfinder.
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huh? Then they don't *make* $200k a year. Also, why would they be spending their take-home pay on their business? Does the business not make any money?
 
Originally posted by: KLin
Originally posted by: tec699
lol, 140k isn't rich. I'm not bragging but my parents cleared over $200k and they aren't rich.

In fact we poor. 🙁
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clearing 200k is not poor. Please wake up and join the real world.
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Please don't take everything so serious. I was joking when I stated that we were poor. I guess it's hard to show that you're joking on-line. 🙂

Maybe I have a warped sense of what defines rich. Rich to me is someone who makes millions and who has a mansiona and drives a Bentley. Hell, Mercede Benz don't really define rich for me. I see plenty of Mercede Benz roaming the Jersey shore. Yes, the people who drive Benz have money but are they Donald Trump rich? I doubt it.
 
Originally posted by: pulse8
Originally posted by: tec699
We live in NJ. My father is a self contractor and both my parents own a summer business. My parents do well but the cost of living in NJ is EXPENSIVE. Also, when you start deducting for business costs you'll see that $200k isn't really as large as it seems. For instance, the rent at my parents store is $80k. So immediately deduct $80k from $200k and you can see where I'm coming from. Now deduct utilities, wages, food, etc, etc...

My parents do well but they don't drive Mercede Benz. My father has a pickup that he doesn't pay on and my mom drives a 2 year old Nissan Pathfinder.
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huh? Then they don't *make* $200k a year. Also, why would they be spending their take-home pay on their business? Does the business not make any money?
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To be specific my parents grossed over $200k last year and made almost $100k. It was somewhere on those lines. Still not bad considering most familes gross only 60k a year.
 
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