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« Reply #550 on: June 20, 2017, 02:49:08 PM »
Police Sergeant in a medium sized city.
65k, very generous overall benefits, and defined benefit pension starting at 50
11 yeas experience
No degree, but two thick three-ring binders full of law enforcement class certs. (I'm always taking a class)
65k isn't a ton, but everything is paid off, including new car and condo. My total bills are only about 1k a month.
What type of pension comes with that job?


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« Reply #551 on: June 20, 2017, 03:02:43 PM »
Job: Grant Writer for large nonprofit
Salary: $45-48K in low-moderate COL area
Years experience: 3-4

Great benefits including loads of vacation (4 weeks total), 401k match, flexible schedule and work from home when I need it.

I could definitely be making more in a different field, but I love my work, my colleagues, and the flexibility the job offers while I have small kids.

I'm curious to learn more about this. Is this a job at many non profits, do you need domain expertise, and can it be done on a part-time/contract basis?

I've worked on the other side, research at non-profits, funded by grants that someone else has written. It was a good environment as you mentioned.

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« Reply #552 on: June 20, 2017, 03:13:33 PM »
Job: Sales/Government Contracting @ a startup scientific instrument company
Salary: $33k/yr
Benefits: Small SEP IRA match, 7 days of paid vacation
Age: Almost 23
Experience: B.S. in Geology & Environmental Science. 2-3 years of experience.

I feel like I could earn more with my skills but I like working for a small company (2 employees) and personally being able to take it in several directions

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« Reply #553 on: June 20, 2017, 04:54:39 PM »
Title: Regional Sales Representative
Salary: $62,500 + car (and gas, insurance, etc.) + commission (varies... I'll earn ~$2500 this fiscal)
Experience: 1 year
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« Reply #554 on: June 20, 2017, 05:27:39 PM »
I am a little shocked at how much some jobs make.  I had no idea salaries were so high in so many fields.

People are probably more likely to post when they make a lot of money vs not as much.

Median household income is 52k/yr in the US?

It seems most people reporting here beat that by a large margin for just one income.

I do not make much money.

I was honestly surprised by how low some of the salaries were. This is not meant to be mean but is likely because I've adapted to HCOLA salary norms. I also firmly believe there is a lot of money out there for anyone that wants to go after it.

Title: Lead Systems Engineer (Aerospace, not IT)
Education: Masters
Age: 31
Experience: 10 years
Salary: $145k with total comp around $175k

Job has allowed me to travel around the world and, most weeks, is only 40 hours. Basically hit the jackpot with my employer somehow getting high pay, extremely flexible schedule, and interesting work. Have had offers that would have been over $200k but turned down due to needing way more hours per week.

Started life in the bottom quintile of income and are now solidly top few % in individual and household income. My hometown has a median household income in the low $30k range.



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« Reply #555 on: June 20, 2017, 11:25:48 PM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

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« Reply #556 on: June 20, 2017, 11:44:01 PM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

How are you coming up with this 13 year figure, and why would we assume the surgeon can pay off $250k in medical school in one year but then can only save $125k/year afterwards?

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« Reply #557 on: June 21, 2017, 12:34:34 AM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

The surgeon also spends $125k per year vs the driver at ~$45k (after taxes and savings). The devil is in the details.

In general I'd say you're right: it's a job market, so if something is more valuable per unit effort it will get snatched up quickly.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #558 on: June 21, 2017, 04:46:20 AM »
Police Sergeant in a medium sized city.
65k, very generous overall benefits, and defined benefit pension starting at 50
11 yeas experience
No degree, but two thick three-ring binders full of law enforcement class certs. (I'm always taking a class)
65k isn't a ton, but everything is paid off, including new car and condo. My total bills are only about 1k a month.
What type of pension comes with that job?


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I'm not the poster but most fed, state, county and city Public Safety/LEO jobs still have traditional defined benefit pensions and many allow you to get your full pension benefit starting at age 50 once you have enough years vested. I have a state LEO/Public Safety DB Pension that you can.get at age 50 with 5 years vested.

ETA: in a lot of these jobs (or some other government jobs) you only pay into your pension and not SS so wont earn.any SS benefits. Also any SS you might get from another job you paid into SS, your benefit will be reduced because of the pension.

We get a pension based on time in the system (vesting) and/or overall age. The pension payout is based on your 4 highest income years + time served. The initial pension money is taken from our salary, 6%. I came in a little later, so I will go out on age instead of time served. I'll be eligible at 50 with a slight reduction, or 55 with full benefits + a generous separation allowance. We do pay into SS, so I'll get that (hopefully). We also get an extra 5% free, put into our pretax 401k, just for being LEO.

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« Reply #559 on: June 21, 2017, 05:22:26 AM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

How are you coming up with this 13 year figure, and why would we assume the surgeon can pay off $250k in medical school in one year but then can only save $125k/year afterwards?

4 years Bachelor
4 years med school
1 year transition
3-5 residency
1++++ fellowship

That's 13-15 years before making the "real money"

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« Reply #560 on: June 21, 2017, 07:20:14 AM »
I am a little shocked at how much some jobs make.  I had no idea salaries were so high in so many fields.

People are probably more likely to post when they make a lot of money vs not as much.

Median household income is 52k/yr in the US?

It seems most people reporting here beat that by a large margin for just one income.

I do not make much money.

I was honestly surprised by how low some of the salaries were. This is not meant to be mean but is likely because I've adapted to HCOLA salary norms. I also firmly believe there is a lot of money out there for anyone that wants to go after it.

Title: Lead Systems Engineer (Aerospace, not IT)
Education: Masters
Age: 31
Experience: 10 years
Salary: $145k with total comp around $175k

Job has allowed me to travel around the world and, most weeks, is only 40 hours. Basically hit the jackpot with my employer somehow getting high pay, extremely flexible schedule, and interesting work. Have had offers that would have been over $200k but turned down due to needing way more hours per week.

Started life in the bottom quintile of income and are now solidly top few % in individual and household income. My hometown has a median household income in the low $30k range.



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I do not think it is mean, but I think it is unreasonable.

I am a firm believer that everyone creates their own destiny, however I also believe everyone's situation is different.

The fact is the majority of people are not making 145k a year, they are also not able to save 50% of their income.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #561 on: June 21, 2017, 07:23:25 AM »
Job Title: Engineering Technician
Salary: 55k/yr
Experience: 1 year (interned with current employer while completing AS degree)
Education: AS in Engineering

Government contract so I'm told salaries are inflated about 20% compared to non-contract employers in the same area. This is a LCOL area so this kind of money is pretty good for a family of four.

Also, completed a BS in Engineering with the help of employee tuition reimbursement so should get a salary bump and job title change soon.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #562 on: June 21, 2017, 07:33:11 AM »
Job Title: Program Manager (contractor)
Salary: $55/hour (usually 40 hours per week)
Experience: 3 years (2 years implementation consultant, 1 year project/program management)
Education: BA in Chemistry and 1 year medical school

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« Reply #563 on: June 21, 2017, 08:12:42 AM »
Job title: Manager of random shit at a small medical device company (I'm actually not quite sure what my official title is)
Salary: $110,000/yr

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« Reply #564 on: June 21, 2017, 09:21:59 AM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents. 

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« Reply #565 on: June 21, 2017, 11:45:56 AM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
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« Reply #566 on: June 21, 2017, 11:57:13 AM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

How are you coming up with this 13 year figure, and why would we assume the surgeon can pay off $250k in medical school in one year but then can only save $125k/year afterwards?

4 years Bachelor
4 years med school
1 year transition
3-5 residency
1++++ fellowship

That's 13-15 years before making the "real money"

Fair enough, though residency isn't unpaid and a transition year (to my knowledge) is not necessary.  That would cause an 8 year delay before a salary (higher than the UPS driver in the above example), with another 5-7 years before making 7x what the UPS driver does.

It's still a long road, but I don't think the break even point would be as far out as initially claimed, at least not if both people have similar MMM behaviors. Expecting the UPS driver to save $24k/year, or 52% of their gross income (using 7% as an estimated effective tax rate, this provides a spend of $1546/month), while expecting the doctor to save 50% of their net income (this means there's a spend rate of $10,416/month) provides a skewed picture.

For example, if the doctor dropped their spending to a mere three times that of the UPS driver and invested the difference, this would add $5,778/mo to investment contributions. This alone adds $5 million in 26 years.
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« Reply #567 on: June 21, 2017, 12:22:27 PM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

How are you coming up with this 13 year figure, and why would we assume the surgeon can pay off $250k in medical school in one year but then can only save $125k/year afterwards?

4 years Bachelor
4 years med school
1 year transition
3-5 residency
1++++ fellowship

That's 13-15 years before making the "real money"

Fair enough, though residency isn't unpaid and a transition year (to my knowledge) is not necessary.  That would cause an 8 year delay before a salary (higher than the UPS driver in the above example), with another 5-7 years before making 7x what the UPS driver does.

It's still a long road, but I don't think the break even point would be as far out as initially claimed, at least not if both people have similar MMM behaviors. Expecting the UPS driver to save $24k/year, or 52% of their gross income (using 7% as an estimated effective tax rate, this provides a spend of $1546/month), while expecting the doctor to save 50% of their net income (this means there's a spend rate of $10,416/month) provides a skewed picture.

For example, if the doctor dropped their spending to a mere three times that of the UPS driver and invested the difference, this would add $5,778/mo to investment contributions. This alone adds $5 million in 26 years.

It would still not be significantly different in 40 years. You could assume the surgeon made some money (about 50 to 60k) in residency, and that's how I calculated them being able to pay off the 250k loan in a year of work, assuming they saved some to pay off the loan and the rest to live off of, go to interviews, pay for exams etc. Also another poster pointed out that UPS drivers actually make much more than the example I gave and receive a pension, so it is likely the spread would be much smaller over a 40 year period. I believe they stated they made96k with a pension and 4 years of work experience, using that pay scale in my original example it seems the UPS driver would actually beat the surgeon. I was wondering what barriers of entry there were to become a driver, what is a starting hourly rate, how much pension do they receive, does it require any debt, schooling or time commitment etc. if we had all of this information we could more accurately recalculate a 40 year scenario and I think the driver would come out ahead. It's not the job title or prestige, it's how smart you work and how much you save.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #568 on: June 21, 2017, 12:25:26 PM »
Job Title: UPS Driver
Salary: $96,000.00 + ( benefits, pension)
Years’ experience: 4 years
  This one definitely surprised me as well.
It's a good union job. The pay and benefits are going to be significantly better than the same job at FedEx (non union). This is the benefit of a check and balance system between the company and employees, everyone gets a cut and you get long term employees.


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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #569 on: June 21, 2017, 12:28:12 PM »
Just to add my two cents, I think on a relative scale that high earning jobs are not as great of a ROI as people perceive them to be. A good example would be to compare a UPS driver who had very little education with a surgeon. Assuming the UPS driver made 22 dollars an hour starting off and saved MMM style with the average 7% return on investment he could make similar amounts compared to the surgeon in a 40 year time period as he would be starting off with little to no debt, and an extra 13 years to compound that the surgeon had to spend studying. It should also be noted the surgeon would graduate with about 250k in the hole, even assuming he paid this off in a year, the UPS driver would still have a significant final amount. I plugged this into the compound interest calculator using a starting net worth of 0 for both. The UPS driver saves 24000 per year x 40 years and ends up with 5.8 million dollars. The surgeon we would say makes 350k per year, for simplicity let's just say after taxes he brings home 250k net. He also saves 50% and earns 7%, however he has to start 14 years later so he would compound 125k at 7% x 26 years which becomes 9.2 million at the same age as the UPS driver. So the surgeon ends up with a few million more, but this is comparing basically a super high paying field to a super low paying field, so the spread would be even less with a medium paying field that required a lot of time and debt to obtain. This also doesn't factor in risk, raises the UPS driver might receive, and the lower ROI based on the amount of time spent to make a few million more, for example, the UPS driver could casually work 40 hrs per week and enjoy life in his youth, while the surgeon might have had to average greater than 60 hrs a week including school time and other activities for those 40 years to end up with only a few million more. Any thoughts on this? I've brought this concept up with friends before and many have proposed that very few if any people are smart enough and motivated enough to be like the UPS driver and save 50% of income from the start and never stop, as well as have the investment savvy to generate passive income, but I'm sure someone has done this.

How are you coming up with this 13 year figure, and why would we assume the surgeon can pay off $250k in medical school in one year but then can only save $125k/year afterwards?

4 years Bachelor
4 years med school
1 year transition
3-5 residency
1++++ fellowship

That's 13-15 years before making the "real money"

Fair enough, though residency isn't unpaid and a transition year (to my knowledge) is not necessary.  That would cause an 8 year delay before a salary (higher than the UPS driver in the above example), with another 5-7 years before making 7x what the UPS driver does.

It's still a long road, but I don't think the break even point would be as far out as initially claimed, at least not if both people have similar MMM behaviors. Expecting the UPS driver to save $24k/year, or 52% of their gross income (using 7% as an estimated effective tax rate, this provides a spend of $1546/month), while expecting the doctor to save 50% of their net income (this means there's a spend rate of $10,416/month) provides a skewed picture.

For example, if the doctor dropped their spending to a mere three times that of the UPS driver and invested the difference, this would add $5,778/mo to investment contributions. This alone adds $5 million in 26 years.

It would still not be significantly different in 40 years. You could assume the surgeon made some money (about 50 to 60k) in residency, and that's how I calculated them being able to pay off the 250k loan in a year of work, assuming they saved some to pay off the loan and the rest to live off of, go to interviews, pay for exams etc. Also another poster pointed out that UPS drivers actually make much more than the example I gave and receive a pension, so it is likely the spread would be much smaller over a 40 year period. I believe they stated they made96k with a pension and 4 years of work experience, using that pay scale in my original example it seems the UPS driver would actually beat the surgeon. I was wondering what barriers of entry there were to become a driver, what is a starting hourly rate, how much pension do they receive, does it require any debt, schooling or time commitment etc. if we had all of this information we could more accurately recalculate a 40 year scenario and I think the driver would come out ahead. It's not the job title or prestige, it's how smart you work and how much you save.

If the surgeon spends over $10,000 a month, sure. Knock that spend down to the $1500/mo you claimed the $22/hr guy would be living on and see how the numbers come out. :P

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« Reply #570 on: June 21, 2017, 02:16:22 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

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« Reply #571 on: June 21, 2017, 03:24:12 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

I could interpret this a number of ways, but the thing that got to me about your post was the amount of justification you gave for starting on third base.

/shrug

It's not worth worrying about.  :)
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« Reply #572 on: June 21, 2017, 03:39:27 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

I could interpret this a number of ways, but the thing that got to me about your post was the amount of justification you gave for starting on third base.

/shrug

It's not worth worrying about.  :)

I get that.  I feel like a lot of times when I share my situation on this forum the default response from others is that I must be very lucky or had some crazy advantage that other middle class folks didn't.  I thought this time I would give a little background on the hard work and effort it took to get where I am.  I definitely realize that I was born with a lot of advantages that others weren't but that doesn't mean I didn't work a lot harder than others in similar circumstances in order to accomplish the things that I have.

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« Reply #573 on: June 22, 2017, 09:59:49 AM »
I'm a SHAM now but as  PM in the Pharma world I made 65k + 5-6k bonus annually (that was with no degree back in 2011, I'm sure it'd be 80k+ now)

Hubby is a QA Director, also in the Pharma world and he makes 160k + 40k bonus (Bachelors in Science field, 15yrs+ industry experience)
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We're both at late in life new careers as we spent 14 years having fun without making much money in a resort area. 

Me - Staffing Manager for large life sciences company
$99k plus bonus (average $8-$12k), 5% 401k match, 4 weeks vacation, good benefits, work from home so very flexible but often stressful
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« Reply #575 on: June 22, 2017, 01:26:04 PM »
Job Title: Program Clinical Data Manager at large pharma
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« Reply #576 on: June 22, 2017, 01:37:18 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
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I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

I could interpret this a number of ways, but the thing that got to me about your post was the amount of justification you gave for starting on third base.

/shrug

It's not worth worrying about.  :)
That, a bit, yes.

But mostly, fuck me.  I'm a chemical engineer, went to a top 10-engineering school, "worked my ass off" and graduated 5th in my class in said engineering school.  (And left with only $11k of loans, thanks to scholarships, the biggest one being ROTC).  (So I can toot my own horn, 5th in my class is pretty good when you figure the 2+ extra classes a semester for ROTC, plus general ROTC extra requirements, OH and I had a part time job 5/8 semesters so that I could also afford to EAT.)

Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.

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« Reply #577 on: June 22, 2017, 01:48:51 PM »
Job Title: Land Protection Specialist at large nonprofit
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« Reply #578 on: June 22, 2017, 01:54:27 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
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I really need to stop reading this thred

I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

I could interpret this a number of ways, but the thing that got to me about your post was the amount of justification you gave for starting on third base.

/shrug

It's not worth worrying about.  :)
That, a bit, yes.

But mostly, fuck me.  I'm a chemical engineer, went to a top 10-engineering school, "worked my ass off" and graduated 5th in my class in said engineering school.  (And left with only $11k of loans, thanks to scholarships, the biggest one being ROTC).  (So I can toot my own horn, 5th in my class is pretty good when you figure the 2+ extra classes a semester for ROTC, plus general ROTC extra requirements, OH and I had a part time job 5/8 semesters so that I could also afford to EAT.)

Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.

ummm I'm not a dude either...

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« Reply #579 on: June 22, 2017, 02:05:30 PM »
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Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.
You're much better off than the majority of the women in this world who are marginalized and those that will have zero chance of getting an education. Which isn't to say your company isn't at fault for pay inequality. Just wanted to throw that out there, just another way of looking at things.

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« Reply #580 on: June 22, 2017, 02:13:22 PM »

Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.

You should quit and get a different job if you want a higher salary. Also, there is a great resource, "She Negotiates" that can help you too. Victoria Pynchon is really good at her job, and may be able to help you too!

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #581 on: June 22, 2017, 02:49:04 PM »
Job: Grant Writer for large nonprofit
Salary: $45-48K in low-moderate COL area
Years experience: 3-4

Great benefits including loads of vacation (4 weeks total), 401k match, flexible schedule and work from home when I need it.

I could definitely be making more in a different field, but I love my work, my colleagues, and the flexibility the job offers while I have small kids.

I'm curious to learn more about this. Is this a job at many non profits, do you need domain expertise, and can it be done on a part-time/contract basis?

I've worked on the other side, research at non-profits, funded by grants that someone else has written. It was a good environment as you mentioned.

It's a fairly common position, especially for larger nonprofit organizations. In smaller organizations, I think it's usually folded into more general development/philanthropy positions.

Domain expertise: this will vary. I came to the field sort of serendipitously. I wouldn't have considered grant writing if I hadn't run across a grant writer job posting for my favorite organization at a time when I was looking for a career transition. I had worked for the organization as a summer intern/technician in the past. I also had writing and communications experience, had landed a few private grants for my own work, and had edited some federal grant applications.

Contracting/Part Time: I frequently see postings for part-time grant writers, and it's certainly possible to do it on a contract basis. As a side gig, I'm starting to cultivate some freelance contracts--it turns out to be one of the more lucrative freelance writing fields out there.

If you want to learn more about grant writing, check out the Foundation Center. They have some free and low-cost online courses that give a good introduction. Keep in mind that there's a world of difference between writing for government grants and writing for private foundations. Government grants require some pretty advanced accounting/legal/bureaucracy-wrangling expertise--my org has a whole separate set of specialists who deal with reviewing and administering gov't funds. I still contribute to writing gov't grants, but my involvement is blessedly minimal.

Feel free to message me if you have more questions.

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« Reply #582 on: June 22, 2017, 02:57:15 PM »
Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: $107K/yr + Yearly Profit Sharting + 6% 401K match + Pension + Free HDHP w/ HSA contributions.  Total comp probably around ~135K.
Experience: 3 years at current company (1st job out of college), 2 relevant part-time jobs and 1 relevant internship while in college.
Education: BS in Chemical Engineering.

I worked my ass of in college to become one of the top in my class and get relevant work experience.  I treated interviewing/applying for jobs as seriously as any of my actual courses, spending countless hours researching companies and creating unique cover letters/resumes for each of my top choices.  I was able to capitalize on a few key opportunities I was given because I was prepared and am very fortunate to be where I'm at today.  Most of my tuition was covered through a sports scholarship and engineering scholarships which combined with an extremely affordable college gives a kickass ROI on my degree (graduated w/ ~12K of student loans). Couldn't have done any of it without the support and encouragement of my awesome parents.
sigh

I really need to stop reading this thred

I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

I could interpret this a number of ways, but the thing that got to me about your post was the amount of justification you gave for starting on third base.

/shrug

It's not worth worrying about.  :)
That, a bit, yes.

But mostly, fuck me.  I'm a chemical engineer, went to a top 10-engineering school, "worked my ass off" and graduated 5th in my class in said engineering school.  (And left with only $11k of loans, thanks to scholarships, the biggest one being ROTC).  (So I can toot my own horn, 5th in my class is pretty good when you figure the 2+ extra classes a semester for ROTC, plus general ROTC extra requirements, OH and I had a part time job 5/8 semesters so that I could also afford to EAT.)

Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.

ummm I'm not a dude either...
Wasn't suggesting you were, just noting a bit about my own particular company's ... um... methods?  Choices? Anyway.  Like I said, I just need to avoid this thread for my own sanity!

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« Reply #583 on: June 22, 2017, 03:09:10 PM »
DH - Territory Manager for large CPG company
$75k plus bonus (average $8-$10k), 9% 401k match, company car, with unlimited use, 3 weeks vacation, good benefits, work from home/on the road, but very low stress
No degree
8 years experience, but he's 52

Thanks for mentioning this! Can you elaborate on this role? Or what background your husband had to get in the door?

Trying to find options for a friend who's great with people, but no degree.

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« Reply #584 on: June 22, 2017, 03:09:32 PM »

Oh, but I'm not a dude and my salary SUUUUUCKS. Higher than the person posting, above, but just barely.  Did I mention that I have 25 YEARS of work experience?  Part of this is my company and their pay scale, yes, but rest assured that the -ahem- men that we've hired in the last 6 years have gotten market rate.  I've done pretty well coming to terms with it as it is (location, company limitations, etc.) but I really need to avoid this thread.

You should quit and get a different job if you want a higher salary. Also, there is a great resource, "She Negotiates" that can help you too. Victoria Pynchon is really good at her job, and may be able to help you too!

Ah yes.  Well, to be honest, I have looked, and interviewed - a bit.   Haven't spent a lot of time at it (and none in the last 3 years).  I've got some limitations, namely - I live in a "not large" city and there are not that many jobs/ companies here that do what I do.  Probably about 5-10, which is still a decent number though.   Probably 3-6 of them pay more than my company, and the rest are well known to pay a lot less.  The limitations of "I'm not moving" (not that I'm not willing to move, but my spouse makes 50% more than I do, so...we aren't going to be moving for my job) make it a tough one.  None of the companies are very large, so the job openings are few and far between.

In any event, I've tried negotiating here (no luck - and in this case, it's not just me, my fellow male coworkers have the same problem.  New hires get market rate, longer term employees get screwed.  It's also like that in similar companies in town.  It's why changing jobs gets you more money.)  Instead, I have negotiated an awful lot of flexibility.  This exchange, along with not reading this thread, has made things "okay".  (And also being grateful for what I have.  I don't want people to think I'm a money grubbing jealous person - a lot of people might look at me and think "rich person problems", but I am very sensitive to the pay gap, having experienced it.  And still experiencing it.  I refuse to pretend that it is okay, because it is NOT.)

Right now I'm riding it out a bit.  I have friends in town from a prior company - we all scattered when that company went out of business.  The vast majority of them are still in the same companies that they went to 17 years ago when we went out of business. So I ask myself "why is that?  Are their companies just amazingly awesome and they love it and get paid well?  Or is it that they have a different attitude about life?  Like they have ENOUGH and it's enough for them to have a job?"  I did actually ask one of my former coworkers that, and he did say that it's mostly the first with a bit of the second. Which is why I've worked on re-framing my attitude and accepting flexibility in exchange for money.  Even though I'd rather have the money.

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« Reply #585 on: June 22, 2017, 08:42:58 PM »
We're both at late in life new careers as we spent 14 years having fun without making much money in a resort area

Care to elaborate about this part?

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« Reply #586 on: June 22, 2017, 09:08:45 PM »
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« Reply #587 on: June 23, 2017, 06:12:10 AM »
DH - Territory Manager for large CPG company
$75k plus bonus (average $8-$10k), 9% 401k match, company car, with unlimited use, 3 weeks vacation, good benefits, work from home/on the road, but very low stress
No degree
8 years experience, but he's 52

Thanks for mentioning this! Can you elaborate on this role? Or what background your husband had to get in the door?

Trying to find options for a friend who's great with people, but no degree.

He's a former Chef (no degree, but did a European apprenticeship) and his previous job was similar in that he worked with the big food distributors (Sysco, US Foods).  He started at his previous job doing manual labor and moved up.  I'll send you a PM on his previous employer, they hire a lot of people without degrees.  He was glad to get out of there, but it was a good place to get experience. 

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« Reply #588 on: June 23, 2017, 06:21:54 AM »
We're both at late in life new careers as we spent 14 years having fun without making much money in a resort area

Care to elaborate about this part?

We moved to a ski area intending to only stay a year or two.  It was fun and we ended up starting a couple small businesses, but when you are in a ski area you only have 6 months out of the year to earn income for the whole year.  And after we left the ski area, we stupidly moved to the beach where we spent another 1.5 years bouncing around before we realized we needed to get jobs.  One good thing was that we learned early on how to live on low incomes so now that we have high incomes, it is easy to save 60+% and still feel like we are living in the lap of luxury. 
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« Reply #589 on: June 23, 2017, 09:47:07 AM »
Title: Registered nurse
Salary: $99K salary + about $96K (depending on bonus) side gig job auditing insurance claims working from home
Age:33
Experience: 8 years as a nurse and 3 years doing auditing work
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Title: Registered nurse
Salary: $99K salary + about $96K (depending on bonus) side gig job auditing insurance claims working from home
Age:33
Experience: 8 years as a nurse and 3 years doing auditing work
Education: Associate in nursing + medical coding school

Another nurse here. I'd LOVE to know how you got into the insurance claims side of things. Worried I'll end up with autoimmune conditions/cancer like my mom, and my health won't hold up enough to keep me bedside, and I would love a backup plan. =)

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #591 on: June 23, 2017, 11:56:52 AM »
Title: Registered nurse
Salary: $99K salary + about $96K (depending on bonus) side gig job auditing insurance claims working from home
Age:33
Experience: 8 years as a nurse and 3 years doing auditing work
Education: Associate in nursing + medical coding school

Please share more about the side gig. How would one get started doing it?

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #592 on: June 23, 2017, 01:15:23 PM »
Title: Registered nurse
Salary: $99K salary + about $96K (depending on bonus) side gig job auditing insurance claims working from home
Age:33
Experience: 8 years as a nurse and 3 years doing auditing work
Education: Associate in nursing + medical coding school

Please share more about the side gig. How would one get started doing it?


Typically, an RN or doctor needs medical coding experience and/or credential (preferably AHIMA’s CCS) to qualify for an auditing position. Search for “remote DRG auditor” or “remote RN auditor” on Indeed.com or other sites to see requirements. The hardest part is getting your foot in the door, as most position require some experience. You would be surprised the amount of fraud and abuse is going on with hospitals nationwide; as long as these are present, insurance companies will continue to audit, hence I think auditing jobs will always be present. If you have specific questions, please PM me, as I don’t want to derail the thread.
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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #593 on: June 23, 2017, 01:21:17 PM »
Real Estate Broker
32 yrs old
10 years exp
Last 3 years: $160k, $210k, $242k.  On pace for the high end again this year.
For what it's worth, went to college for accounting degree but never used it.  Got into real estate in the downturn at the end of 2007 when I was 22 yrs old so I made it through the bad times and I think that's what makes me successful now.

Living in a very LCOL area so we are saving quickly.  Wife is SAHM.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #594 on: June 23, 2017, 01:39:06 PM »
Title: Project Lead - Engineer
Salary: $200K+
Age: 29
Experience: 8 years (O&G construction industry - field and office)
Education: B.Sc in Engineering
« Last Edit: July 19, 2018, 01:15:16 PM by dreadmoose »

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #595 on: June 25, 2017, 07:08:36 AM »
I'm a repair and maintenance technician at a semiconductor company.
Salary is 100k including bonuses.  Add another couple of grand for the ESPP, and about 3k for the 401k match
7 weeks PTO
I work a compressed shift, 3 days one week, 4 days the next, 12 hours per day.
Associate degree.

We also have rental properties netting about 24k per year.
« Last Edit: June 25, 2017, 07:29:42 AM by Alim Nassor »

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #596 on: June 26, 2017, 04:06:02 PM »
I'm a repair and maintenance technician at a semiconductor company.
Salary is 100k including bonuses.  Add another couple of grand for the ESPP, and about 3k for the 401k match
7 weeks PTO
I work a compressed shift, 3 days one week, 4 days the next, 12 hours per day.
Associate degree.

We also have rental properties netting about 24k per year.

Do tell! I got a BA in English and only make a fraction of that. I went to community college first, but apparently I should have gotten an AS and stopped there instead of an AA and going on to a university. What exactly was your associates in?


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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #597 on: June 26, 2017, 06:35:39 PM »
I'm a repair and maintenance technician at a semiconductor company.
Salary is 100k including bonuses.  Add another couple of grand for the ESPP, and about 3k for the 401k match
7 weeks PTO
I work a compressed shift, 3 days one week, 4 days the next, 12 hours per day.
Associate degree.

We also have rental properties netting about 24k per year.

Do tell! I got a BA in English and only make a fraction of that. I went to community college first, but apparently I should have gotten an AS and stopped there instead of an AA and going on to a university. What exactly was your associates in?
I'm guessing engineering technology of some sort.

Good, experienced, qualified semiconductor repair and maintenance technicians and engineers can be really hard to find.  And they are worth their weight in gold.  Platinum if they *also* don't have weird personality quirks or attitudes.

(I'm in semiconductors.  Was a fab process engineer for a couple of decades.)

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #598 on: June 26, 2017, 06:53:03 PM »
I'm a repair and maintenance technician at a semiconductor company.
Salary is 100k including bonuses.  Add another couple of grand for the ESPP, and about 3k for the 401k match
7 weeks PTO
I work a compressed shift, 3 days one week, 4 days the next, 12 hours per day.
Associate degree.

We also have rental properties netting about 24k per year.

Do tell! I got a BA in English and only make a fraction of that. I went to community college first, but apparently I should have gotten an AS and stopped there instead of an AA and going on to a university. What exactly was your associates in?

I got my AAS is robotics/electronics from the local community college, but most of what I learned was OJT.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #599 on: June 26, 2017, 07:00:17 PM »
I'm a repair and maintenance technician at a semiconductor company.
Salary is 100k including bonuses.  Add another couple of grand for the ESPP, and about 3k for the 401k match
7 weeks PTO
I work a compressed shift, 3 days one week, 4 days the next, 12 hours per day.
Associate degree.

We also have rental properties netting about 24k per year.

Do tell! I got a BA in English and only make a fraction of that. I went to community college first, but apparently I should have gotten an AS and stopped there instead of an AA and going on to a university. What exactly was your associates in?
I'm guessing engineering technology of some sort.

Good, experienced, qualified semiconductor repair and maintenance technicians and engineers can be really hard to find.  And they are worth their weight in gold.  Platinum if they *also* don't have weird personality quirks or attitudes.

(I'm in semiconductors.  Was a fab process engineer for a couple of decades.)

For about 30 years I worked for a company that started out as Texas Instruments, then morphed into a joint venture and then the partner bought it out completely.  We made the raw wafers that IC's are built on.  Over the years I became the company expert on several pieces of equipment and was proficient in all of them.  This allowed me to travel the world occasionally troubleshooting LPCVD and APCVD processes. 

 Eventually, I was asked to move to Malaysia for a year to assist in the startup of a new fab.   The first day I walked into that huge cleanroom, I called my boss and told him our days in Texas were numbered.   There was no way the company was going to spend half a billion dollars on new equipment when it existed in Texas.  6 months later they announced we were closing.  I spent another year travelling back and forth every few weeks, and then spent one more solid year in Malaysia until they were on their feet.

 Now I work for a front end fab in Richardson.   Having a bit of trouble transitioning from being "THE GUY" to just another tech.  I don't have enough years left to achieve that kind of expertise again.  My FIRE goal is about this time next year.  I never want to worry about angstroms again.