Poll: How much do you make per year?

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Before taxes, from your job only (no stocks, interest, etc).

Also, how much after taxes? Here is a currency converter.

I make about $11,830 before taxes, and $9,464 after taxes. Assuming I get my new job, this will increase to about $27,000 and $21,330 respectively.

Do you feel you should be making more?

For what I do, I think I'm a bit underpaid, since more useless people at work make the same as I do. It's not a big complaint though.
 

Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Right now? I just started a 2nd full time job, if I worked both for a full year I'd make about $50K.

Last year I made about $31K, this year I'll probably top $40K, depends on how long it is before I get laid off.

Viper GTS
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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I created a salary poll last year (albeit for full-timers)... it was a nice bell curve around the 40k mark.

Now that it's an archived thread, the poll is defunct. :|
 

freegeeks

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May 7, 2001
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30k euro = $36k

I have low professional ambitions :p

Is $36k a low/decent/good salary in the USA ????
 

StageLeft

No Lifer
Sep 29, 2000
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
30k euro = $36k

I have low professional ambitions :p

Is $36k a low/decent/good salary in the USA ????
It's just slightly above average for an adult. I think the median income in the US is $60k/family.
 

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
30k euro = $36k

I have low professional ambitions :p

Is $36k a low/decent/good salary in the USA ????
Depends. In Los Angeles it's bad. Where I live it's ok. Where I lived in Indiana it's very good. Where my friend lived in West Virginia, it was excellent.
 

LordJezo

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May 16, 2001
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Originally posted by: freegeeks
30k euro = $36k

I have low professional ambitions :p

Is $36k a low/decent/good salary in the USA ????

Here in NJ that is a salary for poor people. You wouldn't be able to get by on that and expect to have a decent life.
 

GTaudiophile

Lifer
Oct 24, 2000
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Somewhere in the 8th option.
Dang.

There is one caveat: Because I work for an Instrumentality of a foreign government that has no domestic federal tax number, I pay twice as much for social security and medicare. Then again, I do get 5-6 weeks vacation per year too!
 

Lithium381

Lifer
May 12, 2001
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yeah i think i did around 13k before taxes, and 10 something after.....not bad for part time while doing school!
 

DT4K

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Jan 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Somewhere in the 8th option.

Same here. I hope to be in the 9th option in the next couple of years.

Of course, my take home is somewhere in the 6th option. But that includes deductions for taxes, 401k, health and dental insurance for 2 adults and 4 kids, health care reimbursement account, etc.