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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2015, 07:10:22 AM »
Aerospace Engineer
$180K.

I retired almost a year ago at age 55.  Worked at the same place for 33 years. Started at around $22K back in 1982. Living happily on about $60K a year in retirement.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #51 on: December 15, 2015, 07:21:03 AM »
Software Validation Manager
Salary is about $110k including bonuses
Work 10-20 hours per week generally
BSEE, MBA-Finance
Job is very flexible, but not very challenging any more.  I may change in 2016

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #52 on: December 15, 2015, 07:41:18 AM »
I have two jobs.

Title: Office Manager
Age: 33
Experience: 10-ish years
Education: Common sense? This is tiny a family business and I didn't need any qualifications for hire.
Compensation: $33K (plus about $16-$20K in benefits)

Title: Staff Nurse (RN)
Age: Still 33!
Experience: <1 year
Education: Associate's Degree (18 months)
Compensation: $26-$28/hour, depending upon shift differential

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #53 on: December 15, 2015, 07:46:44 AM »
Title: GIS Analyst
Salary: 70k
Experience: 2.5 years
Education: MS in Geodesy (look it up). Need to have MS in Geography, Math, CS, or related field + little experience (mine was my thesis, essentially). Some here are hired with a BS and a few years related experience.

Most of my work is just data processing; I don't actually do much analyzing. I'd like to do more.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #54 on: December 15, 2015, 08:44:23 AM »
Title: Staff Accountant

Age: 26 (1 month and 1 day 'til 27!)

Salary: $33,500 (32k base + 1500 to help pay for health insurance) Underpaid really, but I do work at a very small firm and have little experience

Experience: 7 months

Education: B.S. in Accounting (Hoping to get started on CPA exam next year)

I help handle bookkeeping and payroll for small businesses. This coming tax season I will be assisting with corporate tax returns, 1099s, and property tax returns as well.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #55 on: December 15, 2015, 09:27:02 AM »
Title: Staff Accountant

Age: 26 (1 month and 1 day 'til 27!)

Salary: $33,500 (32k base + 1500 to help pay for health insurance) Underpaid really, but I do work at a very small firm and have little experience

Experience: 7 months

Education: B.S. in Accounting (Hoping to get started on CPA exam next year)

I help handle bookkeeping and payroll for small businesses. This coming tax season I will be assisting with corporate tax returns, 1099s, and property tax returns as well.

Been there, the increases should happen fast, just learn as much as you can. I work in an office that does payroll and corporate returns. Once you get your CPA, the raises should start coming quickly, if they dont you should find other opportunities. Our office would pay 2 times what they are paying you, but we are in a HCOL area.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #56 on: December 15, 2015, 09:46:53 AM »
Fed Gov't Attorney
@$150K (+ $41k/yr employer contribution toward pension)
50 y.o.
18+ years exp.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #57 on: December 15, 2015, 10:01:53 AM »
I have four jobs, in Yellowknife.

Another Northerner on MMM! Hello from your neighbour in Nunavut!

Hello to you up there! I spent about 25 years in Nunavut and Nunavik in places like Arviat, Salluit, Kuujjuaq and Gjoa Haven. Had a blast and years went so fast, I can't believe I stayed that long. All my children were born and raised in Nunavut and I have fond memories of my time there.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #58 on: December 15, 2015, 10:21:44 AM »
Title: Corporate Controller

Age: 29

Salary: $82,000

Experience: 6 years

Education: B.S. in Finance, CPA

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #59 on: December 15, 2015, 10:26:04 AM »
Senior Associate (Attorney)
2010 Grad
$117,500/year base plus 2% matching and bonuses
requires 4 year degree and 3 years of law school.  I paid about $190k including room and board.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #60 on: December 15, 2015, 10:53:49 AM »
Software Developer
Salary: 90k
Age: 24
Experience: 2y


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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #61 on: December 15, 2015, 11:18:21 AM »
Title:  Senior Staff Accountant
Salary:  90k + bonus (24k this year)
Age:  30
Experience:  8 years
Education:  Accounting BS, MBA, CPA

While looking around briefly for another accounting job, I have found that I am paid more than many of my peers--especially when factoring in that I am in a relatively LCL area (outside of daycare expenses--ouch!)

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #62 on: December 15, 2015, 11:27:16 AM »
Title: Mechanical Engineer I
Salary: ~81k + bonus ~5k or so. Also getting $10k/year to take classes for my MBA.
Age: 27
Experience: 4.5 years
Education: Bachelors of Mech. Eng., MBA (In progress, started while working here)

Wife:
Title: Staff Pharmacist (retail)
Salary: ~125k + small bonus (~2k) + small stock bonus (~4k)
Age: 27
Experience: 3.5 years
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) ~6 years of school

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #63 on: December 15, 2015, 11:39:10 AM »
Title: Senior Tooling Engineer
Age: 41
Experience: 23 years
Education: HS
Compensation: $165K (plus 30-60k Bonus)(plus 401k 6% match)(plus 8 weeks vacation)

Retiring in 6-8 months (anybody wants my job?)
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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #64 on: December 15, 2015, 11:45:02 AM »
Title: Senior Tooling Engineer
Age: 41
Experience: 23 years
Education: HS
Compensation: $165K (plus 30-60k Bonus)(plus 401k 6% match)

Retiring in 6-8 months (anybody wants my job?)
Where is it? I'm always looking to move up and that 401k match is tempting.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #65 on: December 15, 2015, 12:00:56 PM »
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Where is it? I'm always looking to move up and that 401k match is tempting.

Middletown, NY

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #66 on: December 15, 2015, 12:03:49 PM »
Attorney
Roughly 60-80k
16+ years exp.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #67 on: December 15, 2015, 12:31:48 PM »
Title:  Software Engineer
Salary:  Mid 80s depending on bonus/overtime
Age: 34
Experience: About 11 years
Education: BSc Systems Engineering

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #68 on: December 15, 2015, 12:48:55 PM »
Title: Staff Nurse
Salary: ~120k
Age: 23
Experience: 1 year
Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Considering how large the nursing profession is I'm surprised not to see more on here

Both of my parents are nurses, and neither of them make close to that, both RN's. May I ask what department you are working in? My wife is considering moving into the nursing field.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #69 on: December 15, 2015, 01:01:45 PM »
Title: Executive Officer, <specific program>
Rank O-3
Base Salary: 69k
Allotments: 30k (tax free!)
Age: 35
Experience: 10 years
Qualifications: Bachelors, USCG 1600 Ton Mate License, USCG Able-Bodied Seaman Unlimited Waters Rating

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #70 on: December 15, 2015, 01:38:46 PM »
Job1 Software Developer for Big Company with TPS reports and stuff
Salary: 220k
Age: 38
Experience: 19y
Education: 2 year community college

Job2 Software Developer contractor for another company
Hourly based on work: about 80k this year
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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #71 on: December 15, 2015, 01:43:05 PM »
Job Title - School Teacher  (best job in the world)
 
Experience - 26 years

Education - Master's Degree +36 additional credits

Salary $72,000

I am topped out.  I could work another 25 years and not make anymore than I make now.  In fact I looked and my salary has gone down a few hundred dollars each year for the past four years. 

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #72 on: December 15, 2015, 02:09:51 PM »
Job: 50% owner of small consultancy business, billable work is a combination of software development and project management
Salary: 150k-300k
Age: 34
Experience: 6y (5y previously in network engineering, primarily for the military)

If I had stayed W-2 as a software dev, salary would have been roughly 140k this year.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #73 on: December 15, 2015, 02:22:22 PM »
Senior Product Engineer
Salary: too low ($27k lower than the median, and $12k to $35k less than the last 4 hires, because that's what we do!  Hire at market rate and fuck over the long time employees.  And yes, I've been looking for a new job)
Age: 45
Experience: engineering experience, 23+ years.  Specific industry experience: 18 years.  Specific device experience: 15+ years.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #74 on: December 15, 2015, 02:30:40 PM »
Job Title: general education teacher
Salary:$56,000
Years’ experience: 6
Education: Master's degree in curriculum and instruction (+BA in elementary education, which is the minimum requirement)



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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #75 on: December 15, 2015, 02:45:48 PM »
Fantastic, thanks for all the replies!

What I’ve learnt:

1.   Salaries in the US seem higher than in the UK



Yes, and in return we have very little social safety net, many fewer protections, and less vacation. If all factors are considered, there isn't as much difference as it might appear.
I disagree, on average people can amass a stash much faster in the U.S. This is the whole reason MMM moved to the U.S. in the first place. Take into consideration that not only are the salaries higher, but the taxes are considerably lower. The U.S. doesn't have as much "protections" or "safety nets". But a lot of employers provide protections and safety nets as benefits and these can be bought after you retire much earlier. Mustachians are also much more fit and healthy and on average have less health problems, they also know how to fix a lot of there own problems, so these protections and safety nets are less valuable to us as well.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #76 on: December 15, 2015, 02:54:44 PM »
Job Title: I have no idea. Seriously. I work in the public education system as a professional, but not in a pre-defined work category. I think they classified it under ''Analyst'' or ''Academic Counsellor'' but I'm neither of these.

Education: MA +3 years ph.d  (thesis not submitted). I'm not working in my field, by choice. Most people I know who graduated years ago still don't have a steady career. I should thank Facebook and LinkedIn for the wakeup call before I lost years pursuing a dead-end career. I just regret not realizing this sooner. I decided to use the multiple skills I developed from higher education to apply in another field. Took a few months but it paid off.

Salary: $50K (CAN). It's the 7th ladder. To give you an idea, the highest ladder tops right under $75K. Womp womp.
Age: 29.
Years experience : 1 year.

I have no idea what the future holds. I really like the field I'm in and I'm in a great place for networking. Very nice work conditions too. Although the earning potential is not great, I still consider this to be the best job I could have gotten for networking and career leverage. So we'll see. Working hard on maintaining excellent professional relationships with everyone I meet. :)
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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #77 on: December 15, 2015, 03:04:10 PM »
Job Title: Content Developer
Salary: $54k + stock (typically around $30k additional)
Years’ experience: 4.5 years

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #78 on: December 15, 2015, 03:08:24 PM »
Title: Associate Veterinarian
Age: 37
Salary: $92k
Experience: 9 year
Education: 8 years - undergrad + DVM (4 yrs)

Everyone knows that vet pay stinks (mine's actually not bad, since I work for a soul-sucking corporate chain of hospitals) but I had no idea that there were nurses getting paid more than me. Sigh.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #79 on: December 15, 2015, 03:31:18 PM »
Title: Office Automation Assistant
Age:43
Salary $42872
Experience: 13 years

Disclaimer I am a federal employee. 

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #80 on: December 15, 2015, 03:48:35 PM »
Title: Graphic Designer, self employed freelance business.
Age: 50
Experience: 25+ years
Education: BA
Compensation: It's a roll coaster $30-140K, averages about $65-70K. No benefits, self-insured, but I really like my boss!

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #81 on: December 15, 2015, 04:03:15 PM »
Title: DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer (it's IT but not really a "programmer" or Software Engineer) working remotely full time
Age: 28
Experience: 5 years
Education: BS and MS Electrical/Computer Engineering

Salary: ~$112k + 2k equipment allowance (for internet access primarily) + 4% 401k match

It's probably higher than many with my title and experience but the biggest thing that helped me on that front was getting a security clearance right out of college. Defense contractors need people with clearances so they'll pay about a 15% premium for those that have them and when you're fresh out of college, they'll pay for you to get it. When I left the defense industry, that 15% bump stuck around even though the job no longer required a clearance, that just became my new anchor point for a company to hire me.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #82 on: December 15, 2015, 04:26:26 PM »
This is for the job I just left last month:

Title: VP of Finance
Salary: $130K
Experience: 8 years in finance + 8 year military
Education MBA

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #83 on: December 15, 2015, 04:31:18 PM »
Looking at teachers' salaries, am I the only one who thinks they are seriously underpaid?

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #84 on: December 15, 2015, 04:37:17 PM »
Title: Senior Engineer
Age: 31
Experience: 8 years
Education: BS EE
Compensation: $110K + bonus + 401k match (~$135k for 2015)

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #85 on: December 15, 2015, 04:42:06 PM »
Current Title: Hobo
Salary: $0
Age: 30
Experience: 6 months


Previous Title: Teacher
Starting Salary: Starting 32k (in 2007 dollars), with bachelor's degree.
Ending Salary: 44k, with Master's Degree and 8 years experience.
I am a former teacher who accumulated a bunch of real estate, retired at 29, spent some time traveling the world full time and am now settled with three kids.
If you want to know more about me, this Business Insider profile tells the story pretty well.
I (rarely) blog at AdventuringAlong.com. Check out the Now page to see what I'm up to currently.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #86 on: December 15, 2015, 04:48:11 PM »
Title: General Surgery Resident
Age: 31
Experience: 4yrs
Salary: 120k+ benefits
Education: 4yr undergrad+4 med school+ (6 residency, I'm in year 5).

Pay will go up after graduation, by about 40k or so. Plus I can supplement with locums, most places pay 100-125$/hr.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #87 on: December 15, 2015, 05:10:17 PM »
Current Title: FIREd

Previous Title: Military Pilot
Age: 32
Experience: 15 years
Salary: At retirement about $110k
Education: 4yr undergrad + 2 years pilot training

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #88 on: December 15, 2015, 06:20:46 PM »
Title: GIS Analyst
Salary: 70k
Experience: 2.5 years
Education: MS in Geodesy (look it up). Need to have MS in Geography, Math, CS, or related field + little experience (mine was my thesis, essentially). Some here are hired with a BS and a few years related experience.

Most of my work is just data processing; I don't actually do much analyzing. I'd like to do more.
What would you say the prospects are for someone who is decent at the GUI side of GIS (e.g. making layers, shapefiles, and basic analysis using existing toolboxes) but not so versed on the highly technical side (e.g. producing interactive GIS maps on the web, extensive scripting) ?
Just curious. most of my products are basic such as creating maps for planning documents or geospatially tracking projects.

What job titles would I look for? Geospatial/cartographic technician? Certainty not a true 'analyst'...?
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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #89 on: December 15, 2015, 06:44:21 PM »
Job Title: Senior Scientist
Age: 38
Experience: 15 years
Salary: $101K AUD (should be up a bit next year - new contract negotiation but I am limiting my earning power by not working in the private sector - but my benefits and job security more than make up for that)
Education: PhD

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #90 on: December 15, 2015, 07:02:53 PM »
Title: General Surgery Resident
Age: 31
Experience: 4yrs
Salary: 120k+ benefits
Education: 4yr undergrad+4 med school+ (6 residency, I'm in year 5).

Pay will go up after graduation, by about 40k or so. Plus I can supplement with locums, most places pay 100-125$/hr.

Are you in the US? I'm a PGY-4 in gen surg in the US and Medicare pays us around $65k. Also, your salary will only go up $40k after finishing? Just curious, your country's system seems quite different than here.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #91 on: December 15, 2015, 07:59:11 PM »
Policy/Process Consultant
Age: 41
$56,000
Associate Degree in Business Administration

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #92 on: December 15, 2015, 08:31:01 PM »
Title: Electrician
Age: 31
Experience: 10 yrs
Salary: $45/hr + health/dental/vision/pension
Education: HS + 5-year apprenticeship. Technical certificates and training. Welding classes.

Trades will beat the crap out of your body, but I love it most of the time. I had an office IT/web dev gig after HS and it made me want scream. The more you know, the more you're worth. I've been lucky to find a niche and it's kept me employed plus perks.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #93 on: December 15, 2015, 09:34:02 PM »
Title: 1st Grade Bilingual Education Teacher (public)
Age: 27
Experience: 3 years
Salary: ~$42k + $2k for summer school (+benefits that are quickly diminishing thanks to Wisconsin legislation)
Education: 4 year BA - Spanish, 2 year teacher certification program (minimum is Education degree plus written, oral, and spoken fluency in Spanish), when I finish my MA I'll move up to $50k/year salary

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #94 on: December 15, 2015, 10:14:12 PM »
Title: Word Processor
Age: 49
Experience: Almost 20 years
Salary: ~$70,000 (NYC, compensation includes discretionary bonus)
Education: A.A.S. (working on a Bachelor's degree ever so slowly), great firm training at a previous job plus learning on my own.

I've enjoyed the ride, and have no illusions that I would have made this kind of money anywhere else with this skill set.  Thank goodness for insecure rich people who thought typing on a computer was beneath them. 
 

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #95 on: December 16, 2015, 05:53:09 AM »
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Where is it? I'm always looking to move up and that 401k match is tempting.

Middletown, NY
ahhhhh, that's somewhere where it gets cold. I'm looking to relocate to somewhere where it stays warm haha.

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #96 on: December 16, 2015, 06:00:40 AM »
Fantastic, thanks for all the replies!

What I’ve learnt:

1.   Salaries in the US seem higher than in the UK



Yes, and in return we have very little social safety net, many fewer protections, and less vacation. If all factors are considered, there isn't as much difference as it might appear.

True but as another mentioned you also pay less taxes the big benefits for us is free healthcare which you could easily spend a lot on (and holidays if you're that way inclined - minimum = 4 weeks most average around 23 days plus bank holiday's).

Software Validation Manager
Salary is about $110k including bonuses
Work 10-20 hours per week generally
BSEE, MBA-Finance
Job is very flexible, but not very challenging any more.  I may change in 2016

Wowza! I'd happily take up the reins!

Aerospace Engineer
$180K.

I retired almost a year ago at age 55.  Worked at the same place for 33 years. Started at around $22K back in 1982. Living happily on about $60K a year in retirement.

Great to hear! 33yrs is unheard of these days!

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #97 on: December 16, 2015, 07:22:29 AM »
Me:
Title: Logistics Analyst
Age: 27
Experience: 8 years (started as an intern in college)
Salary: $40,000/year + ~$2,000 annual bonus + 6 weeks vacation + excellent health benefits (no payroll deduction) and 401k match (25% of contributions up to federal max = $4500 if you max)
Education: BBA Operations Management

I could probably make more if I switched companies but I work for a company that truly puts employees and their families first and has awesome benefits.  If you have any sort of family issue you are accommodated which is awesome with having 2 young kids.

Husband:
Title: Web Engineer
Age: 29
Experience: 7 years
Salary: $80,000 + 4 weeks vacation.  We don't utilize their health insurance but it's not that great anyways. No 401k match but they still have a pension which begins after you've been working there for 5 years.  They contribute 5% of salary annually.
Education: BBA Information Technology

We also own an income property which nets us about $5,000/year after expenses and savings and my husband has a side business that brings in around $10,000 annually on average.

Aphalite

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #98 on: December 16, 2015, 08:32:56 AM »
age 19-24: 5 year accounting program (to be eligible for CPA you need 150 hours)
age 24-28: public accounting, from 51k to 62k when I left
age 28-29: industry, 90k to 100k when I left a week ago
age 29 (new job): finance manager, 118k total comp for 2016

Masters in Accounting, CPA

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Re: What's your job title and how much do you earn?
« Reply #99 on: December 16, 2015, 09:00:42 AM »
Title: GIS Analyst
Salary: 70k
Experience: 2.5 years
Education: MS in Geodesy (look it up). Need to have MS in Geography, Math, CS, or related field + little experience (mine was my thesis, essentially). Some here are hired with a BS and a few years related experience.

Most of my work is just data processing; I don't actually do much analyzing. I'd like to do more.
What would you say the prospects are for someone who is decent at the GUI side of GIS (e.g. making layers, shapefiles, and basic analysis using existing toolboxes) but not so versed on the highly technical side (e.g. producing interactive GIS maps on the web, extensive scripting) ?
Just curious. most of my products are basic such as creating maps for planning documents or geospatially tracking projects.

What job titles would I look for? Geospatial/cartographic technician? Certainty not a true 'analyst'...?

You can still do well (in a HCOL area, probably almost as much as I make if you have >5 yrs experience). I'd look for a GIS or Cartographic Specialist position or GIS/Cartographic Technician position. Local governments are a good place to look, but they do not pay as much. If you can add skills like SQL or scripting, you'll have an easier time finding jobs and getting better pay.