Lifeguards making over 200K in the OC

[Anonemous]

http://orangepunch.ocregister.com/2...-totally-lucrative-some-make-over-200k/44783/

I hope they are hot lifeguards...

 

[FleshLight]

Truth:
Life guards start out making $12-20 an hour part time and have to wait 7-10 years before getting one of the lucrative full time $70k + benefits spots.

 

[brblx]

question:
'lifeguard' is a career? wtf?

when i grow up i'm going to be a hall monitor.

 

[DangerAardvark]

question:
'lifeguard' is a career? wtf?

when i grow up i'm going to be a hall monitor.

If you're going to try to demean a profession, you should pick one which doesn't involve saving drowning people.

 

[zerocool84]

Wtf??? There is no reson why they should be making that much.

 

[silverpig]

Wtf??? There is no reson why they should be making that much.

The article says that there are 14 of them who are full time and salaried who make between $100k and just over $200k per year, benefits etc included.

They also hire 210 part-time and seasonal life guards.

My guess is the full-timers aren't just sitting in a chair all day. They are essentially managers, responsible for hiring and the overall oversight of the beaches. It sounds like what a manager of a fire department would make. Replace a burning building with the water and the jobs seem pretty similar.

 

[Kadarin]

This is reminiscent of Foxnews complaining that teachers make way too much money.

 

[zerocool84]

This is reminiscent of Foxnews complaining that teachers make way too much money.

Well teachers don't get paid well, that's universally known.

 

[gorcorps]

Wtf??? There is no reson why they should be making that much.

First, that kind of money in OC doesn't really get as far as elsewhere

Second, I'm pretty sure saving people is a lot more noble than whatever the fuck you do. It probably doesn't come up much, but that IS what they're trained for you know.

 

[vi edit]

The real key is "benefits included". Depending on what they define in benefits that could easily double their "real" income if not more.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Im more surprised at how little EMTs make.

 

[tcsenter]

If you're going to try to demean a profession, you should pick one which doesn't involve saving drowning people.

Especially when lots of professionals save people under similarly risky conditions and get paid 1/4 of that.

 

[arcenite]

The real key is "benefits included". Depending on what they define in benefits that could easily double their "real" income if not more.

What?

 

[summit]

Wtf??? There is no reson why they should be making that much.

i'm sure if you posted your choice of job and salary we could find ways that you should make less.

 

[DesiPower]

Hey its CA, are you really surprised?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Ehh I'm not really worried about their salaries.

This is what pisses me off:

a “recently retired lifeguard, age 51, receives a government retirement of over $108,000 per year for the rest of his life.” The video also notes that “He will make well over $3 million in retirement if he lives to age 80!”

This is why our state is drowning in debt. We can't afford to continue offering these sort of pensions.

 

[vi edit]

What?

Say your employer pays you $50,000 a year. They also could be kicking in $10,000 a year in health benefits, a defined benefit pension worth a big portion of your salary, social security, term life insurance premiums, short term disability, PTO time, sick time, holidays, cell phone reimbursement, vehicle use, access to facilities, daycare supplements, ect.

While you make $50,000 a year, you might be getting $100,000 a year "with benefits".

 

[zerocool84]

First, that kind of money in OC doesn't really get as far as elsewhere

Second, I'm pretty sure saving people is a lot more noble than whatever the fuck you do. It probably doesn't come up much, but that IS what they're trained for you know.

Of course it's more noble but 200k is ridiculous and I know how much real-estate is here because I live around here. We don't pay cops that much and they're in danger more than lifeguards are but it's Cali and them getting paid 200k is one of the many reasons why we're in such a huge deficit.

 

[rasczak]

I fuking hate linking web images

 

[manimal]

/cue Baywatch theme


I'm always here!..

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

The guy in charge of setting their pay was drowning off a beach once and a lifeguard swam up and was like... hey so... just how much do you not want to drown? and here we are.

 

[dquan97]

Of course it's more noble but 200k is ridiculous and I know how much real-estate is here because I live around here. We don't pay cops that much and they're in danger more than lifeguards are but it's Cali and them getting paid 200k is one of the many reasons why we're in such a huge deficit.

The article stated that the "two highest paid" collected over $200k, which probably were the managers of the dept. At that experience level and being in SoCal, that sounds about right.

 

[OlafSicky]

It's a union job

 

[masterxfob]

ca = fail

thank you jerry brown for destroying this once great state.

 

[Fingolfin269]

This is reminiscent of Foxnews complaining that teachers make way too much money.

Speaking of which...

We now need a comparison of the average full-time teacher's salary vs. the average full-time lifeguard's salary in SoCal!