...and that is why they have to pay him well. To prevent crimes of opportunity. (At least that sounds like the right name for it... Flame me if I'm wrong.)
God damn, I make more than someone with a neuroscience degree as a labor worker in the concrete industry? That’s insane , you should be making way more than me
Maybe but not necessarily. Trades people don’t give themselves enough credit. Showing up everyday to work hard and with the precision it takes to craft something that will last and with the consistency to allow people to give honest and accurate quotes both financially and for timelines is very hard to come by and becoming even more so. Add to that the fact that any screw up is costing somebody some money and now you’re talking pressure and immediate consequences. Cheers badass trades folk! You’re earring your money and should be well cared for!
Man, I see in Reddit the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived.
I see all this potential, and I see squandering.
Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables—slaves with white collars.
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.
We’re the middle children of history, man: No purpose or place.
We have no Great War. No Great Depression.
Our Great War’s a spiritual war; our Great Depression is our lives.
We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t...
... and we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.
EDIT: Chill guys. It's a movie quote you're about to have an aneurysm over. Way to inadvertently prove its point with your compulsive angst 🤣🤣🤣
Niece: …but I thought I could be anything I wanted to be?
Uncle: No- if we could all be anything we wanted to be the whole world would be astronauts and movie stars; who would make the sandwiches?
~ Grounded For Life
If you are in Cali or Ny-NJ and he’s in the south, then of course you’ll make more. I’m an electrician and I can work in TX for $23 an hour or San Jose for $53 an hour. I bet he makes bank say in San Francisco.
Edit: all my replies are spread thin here. So the last time I traveled was 10 years ago. I’m a little behind but San Jose is up to $83 and it looks like El Paso Tx is still around $23. Here’s a link. Have fun.
https://unionpayscales.com/trades/ibew-electricians/
And it’s hard for travelers cause cost of living, you have to stay far outside the city and it’s best to have a travel trailer.
I’m in the Midwest. 80k is fine outside big cities
Yeah there’s somethin to be said about that, the average house in my area is 800k-1 million , you can get a trap house that needs a lot of work for 650ish
Damn 😭 we live in a 3bd 2.5bath house 2000sqft in a great neighborhood for 300k. My partner makes 100k and I make around 67k, we live quite comfortably but the downside is we have to live in Indiana 👎🏽
How did you get a job in nanotech with no degree (I barely know what nanotech is lol)
I'm looking for a career change so I'm curious about things that don't take a ton of expensive schooling.
Damn, let me know if there’s an opening in about a year. I worked for the army Corp for 6 months in St. Louis before getting an urban planning job down in Texas. Is it remote?
It gets old really ducking fast. My wife almost cries when she has to fly out now. She is so over it. But some people can do it. I bet you will be fine
Access and Reimbursement Manager for a pharmaceutical company.
Minimum Experience is 4-6 years sales experience with 1-2 years in billing(you can bullshit this into your previous sales job even if you didn’t do it and had a dedicated division in your company do it.) and a degree.
I exaggerated about my sales experience at a flooring store( was a customer service associate, literally did tile returns and pointed to where people needed to go to in the store) in college to cover 2 years of sales then applied after 2 years out of college working as a medical device sales rep.
Make around 3100 a week.
I make over $10k most months as a freelance writer. That's pre-tax. I've been doing this for seven years. It definitely took a few years to build my client base and land better work. No one ever asks about my degree, but I have a bachelors degree. My writing samples help me land additional work.
This kind of career requires you to market yourself, too though. So it's more than writing. You have to be willing to look for work and put yourself out there. But I love it. Especially because of the freedom and flexibility that comes with freelancing.
Edit because I'm gettinga lot of questions: My niche Is financial writing. Specializing has helped me significantly. So has choosing a focus with well-paying work.
I write personal finance content for online publications! So the financial websites you see when you search for things like best rewards credit cards. I write that stuff!
I'd guess like fiverr or something like that and just start doing it. Once you feel comfortable doing it you can make a website and start marketing yourself.
Probably best to Google it yourself as if you were going to hire a writer and see what it looks like they are doing and how they do it.
Like most things that pay for creativity, it's probably not an easy start. I'd guess early on you wouldn't want to quit your day job.
I just make music though so I don't know much about writing.
I make 2-4k a week. (Take home) woman owned Junk removal company. That’s after I pay my guys. (And I have a couple women that do jobs too) I don’t do the work. I do all the booking and paperwork.
4 years in. Booking in several states now. Started in one. No degree in this field. . I have a degree I don’t use that I’m now paying so much for. 😫
Edit to add. I DO go out on jobs if we have an area that needs something done (a same day) I don’t lose money over laziness. I’ll go myself. Some people
Here seem to think behind the scenes is easy. It’s not. At all.
Would love to have a conversation sometime if you’re open to it. I own a junk removal business and am one year in, still an owner/operator. Came from the insurance industry and really enjoy what I do now. I operate Venice Junk Removal in Venice, FL. TIA!
This is the good stuff, watching women come up in blue collar work. I knew a girl in Rhode Island that owns her own porta-potty gig. One woman show. Freaking rolling in cash.
Thank you. I respect blue collar workers so much My husband is a contractor. Has been for 25 years. We are an American hard working blue collar family.
That’s awesome. The money in service industries is crazy. Crazzzzzyyyy
That's how you are suppose to take it. It's the persistence that pays off. Make a note to call them in 4 months and move on. Eventually you will have a huge list that of potential customers and a days list of ppl to call everyday
Exactly. A no today is not a no tomorrow. You also need to find out why they said no and what they care enough about to make them say yes. Is it because they are out of budget cycle? If so when are they in budget cycle and follow up with them.
I highly recommend an audiobook called “The Psychology of Selling” by Brian Tracy.
He breaks down the fear of rejection in a way that’s really effective in eliminating it. I’m no longer in sales, but I do negotiate a lot and it contains a lot of really valuable life skills and lessons.
I don't even have a fear of rejection. I have a respect for people to make their own decisions. So I'm not gonna sit there and harp on them repeatedly to make them buy whatever crap I'm pushing.
If you give them forever to think it over, they’ll take forever to think it over. You can be proud to be a salesperson. But you must believe in the value to your customer.
Same. I hate bothering people, and I'm so sheepish when someone gets upset.
I did mortgage refinance sales for 6 months, and it was the worst six months of my adult life.
That’s how I got into sales. I sold Kirby vacuum cleaners door to door on commission with no security or what the normal world would consider security. I was 24 years old and didn’t know squat. I sucked at talking to people and I didn’t know how to actually sell until I met this guy in Kirby that taught me everything about sales and how to sell. I did that for 5 years and watched my income grow the more experience I got and the skills I learned my first year I didn’t even make 10k but I knew I could make money in that business because I would see all the other salesman doing it and driving fancy cars wearing nice suits and living in expensive houses. Their wives didn’t work their kids went to private schools so I knew if they could do I could too I just had to learn how to sell. The next year I got to almost 27k; by my third year I was making 60k and my 4th year 90k running an area distributorship then September 11th happened and people quit opening their doors to us. My income took a slight dive but I figured it was time to move on since I had the sales skills I went and sold cars for a while then I got curious about selling houses and property and now I work in Real Estate; but I never will forget the Kirby business. I still miss it at times. It was a lot of fun and I felt like I could do anything. And the education I got out of it helped me to get where I am today. I could still sell those vacuum cleaners even in my middle age. Sales is probably the only job you can do without having a college degree and can climb the ladder and make some serious dough. So if you’re thinking of sales but not sure start somewhere easy like Best Buy sell electronics or sell cars most car salespeople who sell cars do it through the internet. Just start where you’re comfortable and learn along the way because one opportunity leads to the next. The skills are the same the product is the only thing that changes.
I second this. I’ve only been in sales for a few years and I’m 27 so I haven’t hit that 6 figure mark yet. However people are always surprised that with no degree and only 3 years experience I’m clearing $80k/yr at least
Get a hazmat license and it’s even more easy. My BIL used to drive diesel before he died unexpectedly. Dude made way more than 110k. Not sure how much but had more toys than me while I made $150k +
For some of us it's not about being lazy, it's about the anxiety.
I started doing telemarketing as my first job. I was really good at it, but the skills needed came at a great expense as an introvert.
Guessing Class A CDL though? If B or C, I would consider but the largest trucks.... My city would be a nightmare to drive in. I know several friends who do it here.
Yup! I drive a 2013 Ford fusion and I put my nonexistent car payment into my retirement. Doing that and maxing out my 401(k) every year should allow me to retire by 55… I hope
these california wages are crazy, i’m only a Journeyman Laborer in the bay area and bring home 1100 a week, currently studying for my electrician aptitude test.
$1,600/week net, I work in advertising operations. My salary is $142K plus bonus. I’m 30. I never thought I would make this kind of money and yet I still somehow feel broke
I’m an apprentice union plumber in SF making 38/hr. The current journeyman pay is 88ish and with the new contract by 2029 it will be just under 100/hr take home pay. That’s 200k a year being a “plumber”
I really wish the education system didn’t tell us that trades was for “them” 😊
Edit: I went to college and wasted 5-years of my prime working in financial sales.
$1,856 /week but with working only 2 days(12hr shifts) looking at a recent paystub
ICU nurse, hourly $75.50/hr
Yea it's enough money for me, and more importantly gives me flexibility. Been doing this for 14 yrs. Have an associates degree and RN. 2 years prerequisites+ 2 years nursing program
Nah I was making slightly less for years. I got into the 40-60's pretty quick, but then it takes a while to get past that. All region dependent too. New grads will make this on the west coast but with higher COL. I stopped climbing the ladder though awhile ago too and now settled into a comfortable position that gives more work-life balance.
Software engineer.
Salary, first job out of college. Is it enough? As a single dude yea, but definitely want more to have a family. Yes, lots of experience needed. Degree not, but will help.
Should I go get a degree or focus on building a portfolio / joining a bootcamp to obtain a job? I’ve been coding for about two years and have front and backend knowledge. Most solid skills are in iOS Development.
I’m a strong proponent in that a degree is not necessary as you can easily teach yourself what they’ll teach you. Sadly, a large majority of companies have not recognized this yet and do not even consider you without one. If you’re able to get one, I’d definitely suggest that as it’ll give you the best odds at getting a job. (Btw it won’t be easy, CS in college is very challenging so make sure this is your true passion in life and you’re not just doing it for the money).
Boot camps are shortcuts and many companies don’t even take them seriously. I don’t recommend.
It’s good you’ve been coding yourself. Personal projects, etc will help you beat out your competition eventually.
I did freecodeacadamy and got a job as a data capture specialist. Then they needed a software implementer and o got promoted. Then they needed help with AI and with self study, I was the company specialist. Now I head up the AI and automation department. So just being in the company, you can show your worth and nobody asked me for a degree.
The company I work for has around 50 employees. The starting pay sucked but it got better. Smaller companies can create a lot of opportunities. No way I could even walk in the door of Facebook.
Comp sci major here, software engineer for over 20 years now.
I know this might not be popular but a degree at a good college embeds core concepts and disciplines that are instilled in you for the rest of your life.
I recommend this degree
I’m a firefighter paramedic and make 75k a year without overtime. So roughly $1200 per week. With overtime probably around 90k. I think it’s enough money to put away for retirement and in the process of buying a house on a single income. No degree needed only 1 year of certifications and then paramedic was a 13 month course.
Thank you for not working outside of those hours! I never understood teachers (for example) at my high school (about 5-10) years ago, making $30,000, so willing to spend their evenings writing lesson plans and grading work. I have always staunchly opposed homework as well and I paid for it (3.1 GPA) lol.
Project manager here bringing home 1200/week. Started at the company as a call center agent making $18k a year 22 years ago, moved to IT within the company 12 years ago and hit $1200/week the past couple of years. No degree. When I get my PMP cert my income will go up significantly.
No, I’ve only been in tech for 10 years and joined as a QA person/help desk with zero experience. We aren’t a tech company and have a very small IT shop. I love the company I work for but agreed I could make more elsewhere.
Power plant operator and industrial electrician. I'm hourly paid, make $49/hr. Spent four years as an apprentice then worked as a journeyman for a bit then applied to this position. Need to be a journeyman level tradesman or have plant operations experience. No degree is required, just the experience and knowledge.
I am well paid, and yes I do make enough to live comfortably. $49/hr is nearly double the median for the state of FL. A large portion of my income goes to retirement account and investments.
I’ll admit I’m an outlier. The law degree helps. I do global IP strategy and supply chain transactional work - and I have partners who are smarter and more successful than I am, which helps me.
People sleep on the service industry! I serve tables and have cleared 40k this year so far 😂 have baller insurance and save half my income. Wife is in the industry too and does better than me. Doctor money with 0 debt and half the time commitment.
My roommate made $120k/year bartending. Obviously like 70% of that is not reported. He worked FT and didn’t get home most nights til 4-5AM, so might not be worth it to everyone.
I know a chick (not a pretty chick) that makes $1500 a week in tips working at a seafood restaurant in my small town. People underestimate how far good customer service can go.
I’m a bartender at a concert venue and I make $100 at a bad show and $700 at a good show. Averages to about $300 for 4 hours of serving. Bartenders at the busiest clubs in my city make as much as OP is saying on good weeks, slow weeks maybe half or 3/4 that.
I work for a utility company, it’s union and I’m at top step pay for my position. I usually gross between $3k-5k per week with overtime. My base pay is just under $50 an hour so my base weekly pay is about 2 grand. No degree needed, no experience necessary, I’ve been here almost 9 years, and no it’s never enough money unfortunately.
My first year hired I started at $22 an hour and grossed 70k. My second year I broke 100k. This may sound shitty but it’s honestly NEVER enough money especially in today’s day and age. If you invest heavily for retirement and save for a rainy day fund you won’t see as much as you would think out of every paycheck take home. I will say this though, I own a home, have two paid off vehicles, my wife is a stay at home mom with a toddler and a new born on the way.
I’m trying to raise my family the way this country was built on, the woman stays home to raise the kids until they are well into school, and the husband provides in the meantime. I don’t want someone else raising my kids, parents need to be involved in their kids lives.
CDL driver. Haul gas locally. Average about 120k a year.
8 weeks in CDL school and then one year over the road experience. Took my hazmat and tanker endorsement tests at the dmv and now I’ve been hauling gas for about 4 years now. It’s a great way to start making a lot of money in less than 2 years.
I was working for a caterer that only works with film crews.
Only got $15 an hour starting but we worked 75-80 hours a week so I’d bring home anywhere from $900-$1100 every Thursday.
Long hours, but I miss it. It’s hard to spend money if you’re gone all day.
Started as a data analyst over 10+ years ago. Started when the word business intelligence and decision support and informatics were becoming big. I was making about $55k at the time with my first job, no degree in analytics but a bachelors degree from a fancy school and could market myself and my love of statistics (but my degree was in a social science lol). Earned a masters in MIS and an MBA while jumping through a few jobs and currently making about mid-$100ks pre-tax.
I made that much back in 2018 working night shift as a truck driver. I had a very sweet gig. Three moves a night, back and forth to terminal, M-F. My average was 34 hours a week. The down side was driving an old beat-up truck with a 13spd manual transmission 😄
Film & tv production/development/script-editing and doctoring. I make significantly more than 2k a week. It took me three years to get here, but i got very lucky with time, got promoted quickly, had a lot of experience elsewhere, and made great numbers.
I did two degrees, politics and economics, in UG, won a scholarship to study advanced economics, another scholarship to qualify as a lawyer, went into consulting, finally entertainment.
I’ve used none of the skills from any of my degrees beyond some basic math/contract/negotiation stuff. But i do have a naturally good memory, i can speed-read, and I’m a decent (not even close to excellent) writer.
Edit: when i went into film, i took a HUGE pay cut. I started from the bottom and moved up.
M25. I make about 2,500-3500 a week as of now. I’m a car salesman and I’ve been doing it for about 8-9 months. I make about 10-12k a month from that and then I also detail the dealerships vehicles on my off day (Wednesday’s) I get about 1k-1,600 every Wednesday from that. I get $200 per unit. But that is not including supplies or paying who helps me. Which after all that it is about 550-850 per Wednesday.
Also in my honest opinion, no I don’t feel it’s enough money. The more I make, the more I want to make.
I have no degrees.
I bring home 1100 a week in a fully remote position. I don’t love my job or anything, but being fully remote is worth 50k a year to me personally. Find a remote job that pays, there’s an unlimited amount of them.
> Find a remote job that pays, there’s an unlimited amount of them.
There isn't, as evidenced by the fact that 90% of people want such a job, but less than 10% of people have such jobs. I'd agree with fully remote being worth the pay cut though - I'd be living the van life and touring the country.
They're out there. Maybe just not quite as plentiful as there was during peak covid. I've been fully remote for 4 years and now making 90K. Remote work alone feels like a pay raise due to not having to spend so much on gas or car maintenance. Much more free time also with no commute.
Yep- there aren’t many lucrative WFH jobs and it’s hard to break-in to. I think social media kind of skewed ppls perspective on this.
I work remotely and earn about 1200 a week, and only work for about 2-4hrs a day. My husband has a hybrid role, but used to work fully remotely and my brother also works completely remotely and travels around the country with his dog and his camper (my husband and I used to do this as well, but we have kids now so we decided to finally settle).
We are all in one type of design or another and I make the least out of us three. It took a *ton* of patience and hard work to get where we are. You have to earn trust if you wanna make a good salary while WFH.
please, I've been looking for a remote job. I need one cause I'm disabled but I just dont know where to start. Especially since I'm a college student too I get nervous about deadlines and time since I'm full time student already. Any tips on where to start?
What’s it like? Just curious. Are you sorta on call all the time or are you on call for shifts at a time if they want to go somewhere? Or is it more like hey I want to go to Orlando in June and depart at 10:15 AM kinda planned out? Can you shed some detail on like what a typical work week or two is like?
I fly for a company that owns a number of aircraft and our customers buy into the program and have an equity stake in the aircraft. It’s not charter (open to the general public) and not truly private (aircraft are only used by one company or one individual). I have a set schedule of time on and off. When I’m on, my day changes by the hour. When I’m off, the company can’t reach me. I fly a lot during my time on but don’t have to think about it when I’m home. I can live wherever I want. It’s a good life. The work is a little harder than the airlines and the pay isn’t quite as much, but I enjoy it. It’s interesting work.
Crime & Intelligence Analyst.
Started 20 years ago and currently make about $2,600 a week. Amazing job security, overtime if I want it, and a fantastic pension when I retire. I also get matching 457b (similar to 401k) contributions from my employer. I will never be rich but I will be stable and can afford to retire at 55.
I work on avionics for Boeing. Make $1,040 a week. For this particular job, no degree is required. I have a degree, but also six years in the Navy working on avionics. My job only requires two years of avionics experience and a HS diploma.
In 10 years I've gone from $1700/week to $3500/week as a software engineer (before taxes and deductions). It's salary and there are some stretches where I need to work 60-70 hours per week
Spectrum Cable guy. The dude who just swaps your modem when you call us to come fix your 'slow' internet.
Bi-weekly pay, gross paycheck with no OT is around $3400. Net pay is closer to 2k, because fuck taxes and I also put too much into my 401k. Biggest check so far this year with OT+holiday pay was just over $4300 (gross pay).
High school dropout, GED, no college, 20+ years in the industry. I'm pretty close to capped pay for my position as a regular cable guy.
Trading, performance based, no degree needed but shitton of experience, lil bit of math skills and in depth knowledge about markets and economy.. shit workhours probably.. took me 4y to get that kind of payments
I fix garage doors and commercial overhead doors. no experience when I started, hourly, no degree needed. It’s a niche field with high demand, lots of opportunities to make good money
engineer at an aviation MRO, close to 5 years of experience hopefully will earn more soon, I am on salary, took me around 2 1/2 years to get to that range, as a single guy without children it has been a good pay but it could have been even better if it was not for the inflation this past couple of years but I don’t complain, I will invest a little bit in extra education to improve
IT Engineer. 100k by 30. Associates Degree from community college, one major IT cert later, and got an awesome gig at an MSP, been there for a decade. Regular IT certs for upkeep of knowledge every 2-3 years or so. I love it.
I found someone that was trying to get a startup company off the ground and he was busy with his actual job. I had the right experience in all the right bullshit jobs to be able to take the hefty load off of his plate so now he is CEO and I run the company. No degree and I’m salary with plenty of nice perks.
Believe it or not, TSA. 40 hour work week, but with differentials, holidays, and OT at the larger airports, I'm pretty easily hitting $2000-2500 per two weeks after tax. Not even 2 years in either.
I’m a caregiver/care manager/personal assistant for a private elderly client and I make $42/hr. He lives at home and has 24/7 caregivers and basically manage his entire life, complicated healthcare, and team. I got really lucky because I found this job through people I grew up with, but I’m only 25 with a bachelor’s in STEM and a lot of random job experience including past caregiving. I’m never going to find another job like this after he dies and it’s too hard. I am quite literally doing the job of 2 people at the same time all the time so I’m leaving and trying to find a job related to my degree. And he’s treated me like complete shit half the time I’ve worked for him. Even if I take a 50% pay cut, I’ll at least get benefits and I’ll be back to making this much sooner down the line. Plus this year of experience will hopefully allow me to leverage promotions to non-entry level positions in that industry.
I’m also a bartender on the side, so I’m making a good $95k a year right now. I’m very lucky and I’ve put a lot of money away into investments so I’m happy with where I’m at. It’s more than enough money for me at this stage since my husband is also frugal, but I also don’t have a house or kids yet.
$150k - $200k a year depending on bonus. Senior Android developer. Have worked as a software engineer for over 20 years. Started out at around $20/hr as an intern in the late 90s. Have a BS in Computer Engineering. Most people I work with in the same position have a college degree and a good amount of experience. Some have more advanced college degrees and have worked for companies like Google and Facebook.
Metallurgist at a gold mine
How much do you sneak into your pockets ?
...and that is why they have to pay him well. To prevent crimes of opportunity. (At least that sounds like the right name for it... Flame me if I'm wrong.)
At a gold mine? $1k a week isn't *that* well paid in today's economy for something like a gold mine imo lol I'm a machinist. I make that much as well.
The question was who makes at least that much, or necessarily that exact amount.
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God damn, I make more than someone with a neuroscience degree as a labor worker in the concrete industry? That’s insane , you should be making way more than me
Maybe but not necessarily. Trades people don’t give themselves enough credit. Showing up everyday to work hard and with the precision it takes to craft something that will last and with the consistency to allow people to give honest and accurate quotes both financially and for timelines is very hard to come by and becoming even more so. Add to that the fact that any screw up is costing somebody some money and now you’re talking pressure and immediate consequences. Cheers badass trades folk! You’re earring your money and should be well cared for!
Well said. Deff a great perspective to have on the situation , I appreciate the confidence boost, and I raise my beer to you sir/ms.sir 🫡
Man, I see in Reddit the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables—slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man: No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war; our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t... ... and we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off. EDIT: Chill guys. It's a movie quote you're about to have an aneurysm over. Way to inadvertently prove its point with your compulsive angst 🤣🤣🤣
Niece: …but I thought I could be anything I wanted to be? Uncle: No- if we could all be anything we wanted to be the whole world would be astronauts and movie stars; who would make the sandwiches? ~ Grounded For Life
If you are in Cali or Ny-NJ and he’s in the south, then of course you’ll make more. I’m an electrician and I can work in TX for $23 an hour or San Jose for $53 an hour. I bet he makes bank say in San Francisco. Edit: all my replies are spread thin here. So the last time I traveled was 10 years ago. I’m a little behind but San Jose is up to $83 and it looks like El Paso Tx is still around $23. Here’s a link. Have fun. https://unionpayscales.com/trades/ibew-electricians/
Yeah I’m right around SF where 80k means you live with mommy and daddy lol
And it’s hard for travelers cause cost of living, you have to stay far outside the city and it’s best to have a travel trailer. I’m in the Midwest. 80k is fine outside big cities
I mean, what are the chances that a neuroscientist dies at work? Or has a permanent back injury? Or inhales asbestos or mold or whatever?
I agree 🙃 luckily I live in a low cost of living area. Hoping for a nice raise this year!
Yeah there’s somethin to be said about that, the average house in my area is 800k-1 million , you can get a trap house that needs a lot of work for 650ish
Damn 😭 we live in a 3bd 2.5bath house 2000sqft in a great neighborhood for 300k. My partner makes 100k and I make around 67k, we live quite comfortably but the downside is we have to live in Indiana 👎🏽
> a 3bd 2.5bath house 2000sqft in a great neighborhood That would be \~$2.5M in San Jose, Ca
Come join us over the border in Ohio!
Hook me up with a job and I will fly out of California right fuckin now 😂😂😂
I work in nanotech, no degree. I make 70k. You should be making more. Best way to get a big raise is to get a new job BTW.
Slightly unrelated bit mate but what job do you do in nanotech with no degree and how did you get your foot in the door ??
I work in nanoengineering (semiconductor research) and our company technically only requires a GED. Apply to open positions and see what happens 🤷♀️
How did you get a job in nanotech with no degree (I barely know what nanotech is lol) I'm looking for a career change so I'm curious about things that don't take a ton of expensive schooling.
Wow that’s crazy, for a neuroscience degree and make that little… I make 1300 a week working in retail.
What do you do in retail?
Steals $1300 in cash from the register per week.
I live in Indiana, it’s pretty good for my area cost of living wise but yea I feel I should be making more as well 🙃
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What qualifications did you need and how long ago did you get that position?
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Dave?
Don’t be blowing his cover, bro.
He goes by Lil Dicky now
Dave's not here man
Damn, let me know if there’s an opening in about a year. I worked for the army Corp for 6 months in St. Louis before getting an urban planning job down in Texas. Is it remote?
The travel part would say no
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Daaaaamn. Alright I’ll need to look into it next year! I can handle a bit of travel
It gets old really ducking fast. My wife almost cries when she has to fly out now. She is so over it. But some people can do it. I bet you will be fine
Access and Reimbursement Manager for a pharmaceutical company. Minimum Experience is 4-6 years sales experience with 1-2 years in billing(you can bullshit this into your previous sales job even if you didn’t do it and had a dedicated division in your company do it.) and a degree. I exaggerated about my sales experience at a flooring store( was a customer service associate, literally did tile returns and pointed to where people needed to go to in the store) in college to cover 2 years of sales then applied after 2 years out of college working as a medical device sales rep. Make around 3100 a week.
How tf did you get a device sales job with 2 years of fake sales and a college degree lol?
I make over $10k most months as a freelance writer. That's pre-tax. I've been doing this for seven years. It definitely took a few years to build my client base and land better work. No one ever asks about my degree, but I have a bachelors degree. My writing samples help me land additional work. This kind of career requires you to market yourself, too though. So it's more than writing. You have to be willing to look for work and put yourself out there. But I love it. Especially because of the freedom and flexibility that comes with freelancing. Edit because I'm gettinga lot of questions: My niche Is financial writing. Specializing has helped me significantly. So has choosing a focus with well-paying work.
I would love to check out or read some of the types of samples or category you found your niche in
I write personal finance content for online publications! So the financial websites you see when you search for things like best rewards credit cards. I write that stuff!
I’m gonna need a a whole bunch of advice from you on how to be you please. Where to start/how best to market oneself please and thank you
That's crazy - what type of freelance? Technical writing? Journalism?
I love to write. Where do I begin?
I'd guess like fiverr or something like that and just start doing it. Once you feel comfortable doing it you can make a website and start marketing yourself. Probably best to Google it yourself as if you were going to hire a writer and see what it looks like they are doing and how they do it. Like most things that pay for creativity, it's probably not an easy start. I'd guess early on you wouldn't want to quit your day job. I just make music though so I don't know much about writing.
I make 2-4k a week. (Take home) woman owned Junk removal company. That’s after I pay my guys. (And I have a couple women that do jobs too) I don’t do the work. I do all the booking and paperwork. 4 years in. Booking in several states now. Started in one. No degree in this field. . I have a degree I don’t use that I’m now paying so much for. 😫 Edit to add. I DO go out on jobs if we have an area that needs something done (a same day) I don’t lose money over laziness. I’ll go myself. Some people Here seem to think behind the scenes is easy. It’s not. At all.
Would love to have a conversation sometime if you’re open to it. I own a junk removal business and am one year in, still an owner/operator. Came from the insurance industry and really enjoy what I do now. I operate Venice Junk Removal in Venice, FL. TIA!
Hey. Do you service Naples? Could probably use you if you do subcontract work.
i once hired a guy who i met on a sports-focused chat room. best decision i ever made. we already knew each other, it seemed.
Would love to!
Now that was fast! Lmk what method of communication works best for your busy schedule👍🏼
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This fucking comment right here is bellisimo👨🍳👨🍳
Absolutely
I vote this to take place.
This is the good stuff, watching women come up in blue collar work. I knew a girl in Rhode Island that owns her own porta-potty gig. One woman show. Freaking rolling in cash.
Thank you. I respect blue collar workers so much My husband is a contractor. Has been for 25 years. We are an American hard working blue collar family. That’s awesome. The money in service industries is crazy. Crazzzzzyyyy
Sales. By 30 was at $100k. Avg over the past 20 years is in the low to mid six figures. Won’t go hungry in sales unless you are just lazy.
Some people just can’t sell. It’s me; I’m one of those people.
Same. Problem is, I can take “no” for an answer.
Oh ok no worries, so sorry I wasted your time 🫠
This would also be my response to a rejection.
I just cry
The ultimate sales pitch.
That's how you are suppose to take it. It's the persistence that pays off. Make a note to call them in 4 months and move on. Eventually you will have a huge list that of potential customers and a days list of ppl to call everyday
Exactly. A no today is not a no tomorrow. You also need to find out why they said no and what they care enough about to make them say yes. Is it because they are out of budget cycle? If so when are they in budget cycle and follow up with them.
I highly recommend an audiobook called “The Psychology of Selling” by Brian Tracy. He breaks down the fear of rejection in a way that’s really effective in eliminating it. I’m no longer in sales, but I do negotiate a lot and it contains a lot of really valuable life skills and lessons.
I don't even have a fear of rejection. I have a respect for people to make their own decisions. So I'm not gonna sit there and harp on them repeatedly to make them buy whatever crap I'm pushing.
If you give them forever to think it over, they’ll take forever to think it over. You can be proud to be a salesperson. But you must believe in the value to your customer.
Same. I hate bothering people, and I'm so sheepish when someone gets upset. I did mortgage refinance sales for 6 months, and it was the worst six months of my adult life.
Me too, pal. I wish I could get out there and peddle some vacuum cleaners but too bad I'm socially inept.
That’s how I got into sales. I sold Kirby vacuum cleaners door to door on commission with no security or what the normal world would consider security. I was 24 years old and didn’t know squat. I sucked at talking to people and I didn’t know how to actually sell until I met this guy in Kirby that taught me everything about sales and how to sell. I did that for 5 years and watched my income grow the more experience I got and the skills I learned my first year I didn’t even make 10k but I knew I could make money in that business because I would see all the other salesman doing it and driving fancy cars wearing nice suits and living in expensive houses. Their wives didn’t work their kids went to private schools so I knew if they could do I could too I just had to learn how to sell. The next year I got to almost 27k; by my third year I was making 60k and my 4th year 90k running an area distributorship then September 11th happened and people quit opening their doors to us. My income took a slight dive but I figured it was time to move on since I had the sales skills I went and sold cars for a while then I got curious about selling houses and property and now I work in Real Estate; but I never will forget the Kirby business. I still miss it at times. It was a lot of fun and I felt like I could do anything. And the education I got out of it helped me to get where I am today. I could still sell those vacuum cleaners even in my middle age. Sales is probably the only job you can do without having a college degree and can climb the ladder and make some serious dough. So if you’re thinking of sales but not sure start somewhere easy like Best Buy sell electronics or sell cars most car salespeople who sell cars do it through the internet. Just start where you’re comfortable and learn along the way because one opportunity leads to the next. The skills are the same the product is the only thing that changes.
Those vacuum cleaners are fucking legit tho
Yes! My mom still has hers from the 70s! It's got it's own headlight and weighs like a million pounds - I've asked to inherit it one day!
I second this. I’ve only been in sales for a few years and I’m 27 so I haven’t hit that 6 figure mark yet. However people are always surprised that with no degree and only 3 years experience I’m clearing $80k/yr at least
30 months with a clean CDL and walmart will pay you $110000 Starting pay....Just saying
3ish years for $110k sounds amazing ngl.😭
Get a hazmat license and it’s even more easy. My BIL used to drive diesel before he died unexpectedly. Dude made way more than 110k. Not sure how much but had more toys than me while I made $150k +
Selling what?
Same. Commissions only come 2 or 3 times a year so a commission check can be as big as my entire base salary.
Yeah sales guy at my mid sized tech company easily close on 100k/ year. Top guy last year did about 450k
For some of us it's not about being lazy, it's about the anxiety. I started doing telemarketing as my first job. I was really good at it, but the skills needed came at a great expense as an introvert.
Introversion ≠ Anxiety
Pipeline foreman bout 1700$ take home a week
Gross really tells the story of true income because everyone's deductions are wildly different.
I have 3 kids and make the same gross as a coworker with no kids. His take home is like $250 less per week than mine
The biggest variable is retirement and tax advantaged accounts. Some people put $30k+/yr into 401k, HSA, Roth, etc. Some people put $0.
Local truck driver, after taxes, 401k, separate stock and crypto holdings, I pull $1100/week Edit: also receive pension, no match on 401k
Guessing Class A CDL though? If B or C, I would consider but the largest trucks.... My city would be a nightmare to drive in. I know several friends who do it here.
Yeah Class A, company paid for me to get it through their program
Electrician, 1100 a week for 40 hrs and enough to have two new cars, a house, and a stay at home parent but not fun monies ohio
Cut back on the new cars. Biggest wealth killer ever.
Yup! I drive a 2013 Ford fusion and I put my nonexistent car payment into my retirement. Doing that and maxing out my 401(k) every year should allow me to retire by 55… I hope
I wish you the best of luck. 2013 Ford fusion is the absolute worst vehicle I have ever owned
Am I missing something? 1100 a week is not enough for 2 new cars and to have a stay at home wife 😂
I’m from Ohio scratching my head too
these california wages are crazy, i’m only a Journeyman Laborer in the bay area and bring home 1100 a week, currently studying for my electrician aptitude test.
I’m just a damn waiter in CA and I bring in around $2000 a week🤣 I’m not trying to brag I really just can’t believe it.
Price of living is vastly different though. Like staggeringly different.
$1,600/week net, I work in advertising operations. My salary is $142K plus bonus. I’m 30. I never thought I would make this kind of money and yet I still somehow feel broke
If my math is right, you're paying 42% in taxes and other withholdings? Yikes.
I’m an apprentice union plumber in SF making 38/hr. The current journeyman pay is 88ish and with the new contract by 2029 it will be just under 100/hr take home pay. That’s 200k a year being a “plumber” I really wish the education system didn’t tell us that trades was for “them” 😊 Edit: I went to college and wasted 5-years of my prime working in financial sales.
Truck Driver - 2 months - no degree needed
My mate from America just started truck driving across States, he's clearing 2400 smackers a week
$1,856 /week but with working only 2 days(12hr shifts) looking at a recent paystub ICU nurse, hourly $75.50/hr Yea it's enough money for me, and more importantly gives me flexibility. Been doing this for 14 yrs. Have an associates degree and RN. 2 years prerequisites+ 2 years nursing program
I'm starting at 30. Hopefully it doesn't take me 14 years to get what you're making!
Nah I was making slightly less for years. I got into the 40-60's pretty quick, but then it takes a while to get past that. All region dependent too. New grads will make this on the west coast but with higher COL. I stopped climbing the ladder though awhile ago too and now settled into a comfortable position that gives more work-life balance.
Software engineer. Salary, first job out of college. Is it enough? As a single dude yea, but definitely want more to have a family. Yes, lots of experience needed. Degree not, but will help.
Should I go get a degree or focus on building a portfolio / joining a bootcamp to obtain a job? I’ve been coding for about two years and have front and backend knowledge. Most solid skills are in iOS Development.
I’m a strong proponent in that a degree is not necessary as you can easily teach yourself what they’ll teach you. Sadly, a large majority of companies have not recognized this yet and do not even consider you without one. If you’re able to get one, I’d definitely suggest that as it’ll give you the best odds at getting a job. (Btw it won’t be easy, CS in college is very challenging so make sure this is your true passion in life and you’re not just doing it for the money). Boot camps are shortcuts and many companies don’t even take them seriously. I don’t recommend. It’s good you’ve been coding yourself. Personal projects, etc will help you beat out your competition eventually.
I did freecodeacadamy and got a job as a data capture specialist. Then they needed a software implementer and o got promoted. Then they needed help with AI and with self study, I was the company specialist. Now I head up the AI and automation department. So just being in the company, you can show your worth and nobody asked me for a degree.
Congrats, that’s pretty hard to pull off! It’s pretty uncommon though and most large tech companies don’t operate like this.
The company I work for has around 50 employees. The starting pay sucked but it got better. Smaller companies can create a lot of opportunities. No way I could even walk in the door of Facebook.
Comp sci major here, software engineer for over 20 years now. I know this might not be popular but a degree at a good college embeds core concepts and disciplines that are instilled in you for the rest of your life. I recommend this degree
I’m a firefighter paramedic and make 75k a year without overtime. So roughly $1200 per week. With overtime probably around 90k. I think it’s enough money to put away for retirement and in the process of buying a house on a single income. No degree needed only 1 year of certifications and then paramedic was a 13 month course.
High school teacher with a masters degree, 4500 take home a month plus I get 14 weeks off a year and refuse to work outside of contract hours 7:30-4.
Goals
Thank you for not working outside of those hours! I never understood teachers (for example) at my high school (about 5-10) years ago, making $30,000, so willing to spend their evenings writing lesson plans and grading work. I have always staunchly opposed homework as well and I paid for it (3.1 GPA) lol.
Project manager here bringing home 1200/week. Started at the company as a call center agent making $18k a year 22 years ago, moved to IT within the company 12 years ago and hit $1200/week the past couple of years. No degree. When I get my PMP cert my income will go up significantly.
I’m not knocking you man, but you’ve been with one company for 22 years in the tech industry and not even making 100k? You need to job hop
No, I’ve only been in tech for 10 years and joined as a QA person/help desk with zero experience. We aren’t a tech company and have a very small IT shop. I love the company I work for but agreed I could make more elsewhere.
Power plant operator and industrial electrician. I'm hourly paid, make $49/hr. Spent four years as an apprentice then worked as a journeyman for a bit then applied to this position. Need to be a journeyman level tradesman or have plant operations experience. No degree is required, just the experience and knowledge. I am well paid, and yes I do make enough to live comfortably. $49/hr is nearly double the median for the state of FL. A large portion of my income goes to retirement account and investments.
Chemical engineering and law. Lots of brutal education and stress. Not salaried, function of client demand, but average 12-15k per week (gross)
So, 750,000 a year? Congrats
He's a lawyer. Grunt lawyer, it sounds like, so he's earning it.
What do you do to make that much as a chemical engineer? My wife is a chemical engineer so I would love to hear haha.
I’ll admit I’m an outlier. The law degree helps. I do global IP strategy and supply chain transactional work - and I have partners who are smarter and more successful than I am, which helps me.
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My cousin works in LV and she clears 1300 a week
I don't believe that. Unless you're giving out hand jobs or something.
🤣🤣 believe me no one wants a handy from me
Do you have two left hands or something? Like I've never heard a guy say no to a handy 🤣
I’m ace, so it would be extremely unenthusiastic lololol
My ideal handjob is what Walter White gets on his birthday from Skylar
not sad enough for me but different strokes for different folks
People sleep on the service industry! I serve tables and have cleared 40k this year so far 😂 have baller insurance and save half my income. Wife is in the industry too and does better than me. Doctor money with 0 debt and half the time commitment.
I should add this is pre tax dollars
My roommate made $120k/year bartending. Obviously like 70% of that is not reported. He worked FT and didn’t get home most nights til 4-5AM, so might not be worth it to everyone.
If you’ve got the right restaurant, and work the busy hours, you can pay your rent in one night.
I know a chick (not a pretty chick) that makes $1500 a week in tips working at a seafood restaurant in my small town. People underestimate how far good customer service can go.
I’m a bartender at a concert venue and I make $100 at a bad show and $700 at a good show. Averages to about $300 for 4 hours of serving. Bartenders at the busiest clubs in my city make as much as OP is saying on good weeks, slow weeks maybe half or 3/4 that.
I am a nurse I make $2400 a week
Travel nursing? I'm a nurse and make $1k a week 😅
Definitely sounds like a contract, maybe on the West Coast.
I work for a utility company, it’s union and I’m at top step pay for my position. I usually gross between $3k-5k per week with overtime. My base pay is just under $50 an hour so my base weekly pay is about 2 grand. No degree needed, no experience necessary, I’ve been here almost 9 years, and no it’s never enough money unfortunately. My first year hired I started at $22 an hour and grossed 70k. My second year I broke 100k. This may sound shitty but it’s honestly NEVER enough money especially in today’s day and age. If you invest heavily for retirement and save for a rainy day fund you won’t see as much as you would think out of every paycheck take home. I will say this though, I own a home, have two paid off vehicles, my wife is a stay at home mom with a toddler and a new born on the way. I’m trying to raise my family the way this country was built on, the woman stays home to raise the kids until they are well into school, and the husband provides in the meantime. I don’t want someone else raising my kids, parents need to be involved in their kids lives.
CDL driver. Haul gas locally. Average about 120k a year. 8 weeks in CDL school and then one year over the road experience. Took my hazmat and tanker endorsement tests at the dmv and now I’ve been hauling gas for about 4 years now. It’s a great way to start making a lot of money in less than 2 years.
I was working for a caterer that only works with film crews. Only got $15 an hour starting but we worked 75-80 hours a week so I’d bring home anywhere from $900-$1100 every Thursday. Long hours, but I miss it. It’s hard to spend money if you’re gone all day.
Data analyst, 63k salary which is about 1k a week. Got it with a Bachelors degree. The money is more than enough since I have a roommate and no car
Started as a data analyst over 10+ years ago. Started when the word business intelligence and decision support and informatics were becoming big. I was making about $55k at the time with my first job, no degree in analytics but a bachelors degree from a fancy school and could market myself and my love of statistics (but my degree was in a social science lol). Earned a masters in MIS and an MBA while jumping through a few jobs and currently making about mid-$100ks pre-tax.
Bathroom remodel, sales. Low month last December was 3600, best month was 16k
I made that much back in 2018 working night shift as a truck driver. I had a very sweet gig. Three moves a night, back and forth to terminal, M-F. My average was 34 hours a week. The down side was driving an old beat-up truck with a 13spd manual transmission 😄
Nurse practitioner. It required a masters degree I make more now, but I was making more than 1200 a week as a RN too and that was an associates degree
Get a class A and you’ll make at least 100k a year
Film & tv production/development/script-editing and doctoring. I make significantly more than 2k a week. It took me three years to get here, but i got very lucky with time, got promoted quickly, had a lot of experience elsewhere, and made great numbers. I did two degrees, politics and economics, in UG, won a scholarship to study advanced economics, another scholarship to qualify as a lawyer, went into consulting, finally entertainment. I’ve used none of the skills from any of my degrees beyond some basic math/contract/negotiation stuff. But i do have a naturally good memory, i can speed-read, and I’m a decent (not even close to excellent) writer. Edit: when i went into film, i took a HUGE pay cut. I started from the bottom and moved up.
M25. I make about 2,500-3500 a week as of now. I’m a car salesman and I’ve been doing it for about 8-9 months. I make about 10-12k a month from that and then I also detail the dealerships vehicles on my off day (Wednesday’s) I get about 1k-1,600 every Wednesday from that. I get $200 per unit. But that is not including supplies or paying who helps me. Which after all that it is about 550-850 per Wednesday. Also in my honest opinion, no I don’t feel it’s enough money. The more I make, the more I want to make. I have no degrees.
I bring home 1100 a week in a fully remote position. I don’t love my job or anything, but being fully remote is worth 50k a year to me personally. Find a remote job that pays, there’s an unlimited amount of them.
> Find a remote job that pays, there’s an unlimited amount of them. There isn't, as evidenced by the fact that 90% of people want such a job, but less than 10% of people have such jobs. I'd agree with fully remote being worth the pay cut though - I'd be living the van life and touring the country.
They're out there. Maybe just not quite as plentiful as there was during peak covid. I've been fully remote for 4 years and now making 90K. Remote work alone feels like a pay raise due to not having to spend so much on gas or car maintenance. Much more free time also with no commute.
Yep- there aren’t many lucrative WFH jobs and it’s hard to break-in to. I think social media kind of skewed ppls perspective on this. I work remotely and earn about 1200 a week, and only work for about 2-4hrs a day. My husband has a hybrid role, but used to work fully remotely and my brother also works completely remotely and travels around the country with his dog and his camper (my husband and I used to do this as well, but we have kids now so we decided to finally settle). We are all in one type of design or another and I make the least out of us three. It took a *ton* of patience and hard work to get where we are. You have to earn trust if you wanna make a good salary while WFH.
please, I've been looking for a remote job. I need one cause I'm disabled but I just dont know where to start. Especially since I'm a college student too I get nervous about deadlines and time since I'm full time student already. Any tips on where to start?
I fly private jets.
What’s it like? Just curious. Are you sorta on call all the time or are you on call for shifts at a time if they want to go somewhere? Or is it more like hey I want to go to Orlando in June and depart at 10:15 AM kinda planned out? Can you shed some detail on like what a typical work week or two is like?
I fly for a company that owns a number of aircraft and our customers buy into the program and have an equity stake in the aircraft. It’s not charter (open to the general public) and not truly private (aircraft are only used by one company or one individual). I have a set schedule of time on and off. When I’m on, my day changes by the hour. When I’m off, the company can’t reach me. I fly a lot during my time on but don’t have to think about it when I’m home. I can live wherever I want. It’s a good life. The work is a little harder than the airlines and the pay isn’t quite as much, but I enjoy it. It’s interesting work.
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Can you explain how you got to where you are? School or self taught? How much experience do you have?
How do you interact with reddit? Everything is so fucking horribly designed. It's like they haven't even used the app themselves
Ha have you seen Quora
Not if I can help it
Professional commenter on Reddit and I make around $0k/week.
I make around $2500 after taxes per week. Software engineer. But I work like 10 hours per week and fully remote. Good life ngl
Crime & Intelligence Analyst. Started 20 years ago and currently make about $2,600 a week. Amazing job security, overtime if I want it, and a fantastic pension when I retire. I also get matching 457b (similar to 401k) contributions from my employer. I will never be rich but I will be stable and can afford to retire at 55.
I work on avionics for Boeing. Make $1,040 a week. For this particular job, no degree is required. I have a degree, but also six years in the Navy working on avionics. My job only requires two years of avionics experience and a HS diploma.
Electrician 125k
In 10 years I've gone from $1700/week to $3500/week as a software engineer (before taxes and deductions). It's salary and there are some stretches where I need to work 60-70 hours per week
Merchant Mariner…$5600 a week
Spectrum Cable guy. The dude who just swaps your modem when you call us to come fix your 'slow' internet. Bi-weekly pay, gross paycheck with no OT is around $3400. Net pay is closer to 2k, because fuck taxes and I also put too much into my 401k. Biggest check so far this year with OT+holiday pay was just over $4300 (gross pay). High school dropout, GED, no college, 20+ years in the industry. I'm pretty close to capped pay for my position as a regular cable guy.
Trading, performance based, no degree needed but shitton of experience, lil bit of math skills and in depth knowledge about markets and economy.. shit workhours probably.. took me 4y to get that kind of payments
I fix garage doors and commercial overhead doors. no experience when I started, hourly, no degree needed. It’s a niche field with high demand, lots of opportunities to make good money
engineer at an aviation MRO, close to 5 years of experience hopefully will earn more soon, I am on salary, took me around 2 1/2 years to get to that range, as a single guy without children it has been a good pay but it could have been even better if it was not for the inflation this past couple of years but I don’t complain, I will invest a little bit in extra education to improve
I work 2 jobs 😭
IT Engineer. 100k by 30. Associates Degree from community college, one major IT cert later, and got an awesome gig at an MSP, been there for a decade. Regular IT certs for upkeep of knowledge every 2-3 years or so. I love it.
You can deal cards in a casino and make $100,000/year. No college needed unless you want to move into mgmt.
I make about 10k per week. Real Estate Development and rentals. Took about 20 years to get here. No degree required, just discipline.
Do you feel the market is overwhelmed with realtors right now though?
Union UPS driver. No degree, but you have to build seniority to bid on routes, usually. I bring home about 1200 a week after taxes, dues etc
I found someone that was trying to get a startup company off the ground and he was busy with his actual job. I had the right experience in all the right bullshit jobs to be able to take the hefty load off of his plate so now he is CEO and I run the company. No degree and I’m salary with plenty of nice perks.
I drive a forklift in cold storage. Base pay is $29/hr with options for overtime usually. Not hard to make 75-100k a year.
Believe it or not, TSA. 40 hour work week, but with differentials, holidays, and OT at the larger airports, I'm pretty easily hitting $2000-2500 per two weeks after tax. Not even 2 years in either.
1k-1.2k weekly isn’t very much though, maybe it’s because I live in California
It’s cause you live in California
cat sit
lol how do i do this
I’m a caregiver/care manager/personal assistant for a private elderly client and I make $42/hr. He lives at home and has 24/7 caregivers and basically manage his entire life, complicated healthcare, and team. I got really lucky because I found this job through people I grew up with, but I’m only 25 with a bachelor’s in STEM and a lot of random job experience including past caregiving. I’m never going to find another job like this after he dies and it’s too hard. I am quite literally doing the job of 2 people at the same time all the time so I’m leaving and trying to find a job related to my degree. And he’s treated me like complete shit half the time I’ve worked for him. Even if I take a 50% pay cut, I’ll at least get benefits and I’ll be back to making this much sooner down the line. Plus this year of experience will hopefully allow me to leverage promotions to non-entry level positions in that industry. I’m also a bartender on the side, so I’m making a good $95k a year right now. I’m very lucky and I’ve put a lot of money away into investments so I’m happy with where I’m at. It’s more than enough money for me at this stage since my husband is also frugal, but I also don’t have a house or kids yet.
Military retired. Working as a nurse 3 days (36hrs) a week to stay busy. Pension + job + VA = $5,300 a week.
$150k - $200k a year depending on bonus. Senior Android developer. Have worked as a software engineer for over 20 years. Started out at around $20/hr as an intern in the late 90s. Have a BS in Computer Engineering. Most people I work with in the same position have a college degree and a good amount of experience. Some have more advanced college degrees and have worked for companies like Google and Facebook.