F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/9/14 3:58 PM, Califbill wrote:
KC wrote:
On 10/9/2014 1:45 AM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:48:09 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

KC wrote:

The problem there, is the one with the masters got a semi worthless degree.
And $60K is not that much these days.


I would be happy with it..

So would a lot of others, but is not a high salary. Is a decent salary
these days. 1980, mid level engineer made about $23k, assembly line worker
about $15k. Money is worth about 20% of 1980 dollar. So $60k is below
what an assembly line worker would now make with inflation.

My wife makes $68k as a maintenance director at a country club and she
is shopping for a construction project manager job in the $75-100 k
range
She already turned one down because it was too far away (35 miles)

Not bad for a girl in SW Florida with a high school diploma.

Not bad at all. But she has to be good to get where she is. Not a lot of
young HS diploma people making big money these days. Neither are those
with basket weaving Liberal Arts degrees. Spend $150k getting an English
degree and Masters so you can teach school at $48k a year? Maybe should
have got a science degree and start at $75k.


Wow, so fourty years after graduation someone making 68 is "not bad at
all"... but 6+ plus less than ten years out of hs is.... oh forget it.. lol

Your 10 years out is near a top plateau. Other than inflation, there will
not be much increase in wages.



One of my wife's buddies, a psychiatric social worker with an M.S.
degree, works in a group medical practice and nets before taxes about $65
for each 45-minute patient session. That's net before taxes but after her
share of office overhead. I don't know what the bite is for overhead. She
sees six to seven patients a day, and sometimes works Saturdays to
accommodate patients who cannot make it it during the week. That's about
$2000 a week before taxes, and is decent earnings for a private practice
therapist working 50 miles south of the D.C. metro area.

I think I read somewhere that the military bases here are paying
substantially more on average for top therapists who see uniformed
personnel and their families under the Tri-Care system. One of the other
advantages of working in the Tri-Care system is that you don't have to
spend hours every day dealing with the morons at the health insurance companies.

Not bad pay for liberal arts grads performing a much needed social service.




How much did that social worker spend to get their masters. How much net
after taxes and expenses? $2000 a week is only $100k a year if you take 2
weeks vacation. Also minus holidays, etc. probably in the $75k before
taxes. Nice, but not great for a high cost of living area like DC.
Gregg's wife at $68K in Florida is doing much better.