On 10/9/14 5:50 PM, Califbill wrote:
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.



I have no idea what she spent to get her masters, but I do know she went
to a public university to get it. I've seen her diploma. I also don't
know her "net" after taxes. It's not my business to know that. I know
what she grosses after overhead where she works, because she told my
wife and my wife told me.

It's sort of funny that so many of you righties think the only
"valuable" jobs are the ones with big paychecks, and the only courses
worth taking in college are those that lead to a degree with a big
paycheck. That philosophy represents a good deal of what is wrong with
this country. If you're ever hospitalized and being taken care of by
nurses, be sure to tell them how little what they do is worth, eh?


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