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Nope NJ.
I'm in the second category. I wish I was making more, but I like where I work, the people I work with, and the 35-hour max work week allows me to take Continuing Education classes at night. I don't see my income level changing until well after I go through graduate school, but at least my employer puts money into my pension fund.
Having two kids myself, let me say that we go through approx $40,000 a year just on essentials -> mortgage, utilities, daycare, food, car payments, insuranceQuote:
Originally Posted by Finch
After that, add another $5,000 for college savings and $10,000 for retirement annually and that $60,000 suddenly seems small.
A guy at work has 3. That gives me nightmares.
If i didn't want so god damn much, i could live under $20k in Queens, easy. No car, no credit bills, no worries.
This is definitely a key point. Callinader's $45k in CA would be worth a ton more in KS.Quote:
Originally Posted by haohmaru
But then he'd be in Kansas...
I don't make too much, Air Force doesn't pay too well. I don't live paycheck to paycheck though and I can afford a couple a games a month and other assorted bullshit.
Truth. I'm well into the top category and I live in squalor in norcal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Right now I'm only in the $10-$20,000 range based on how much work I get.
I'm in my sixth year of delivering pizzas for Pizza Hut on the weekends (which is a big freaking joke at $7.58 an hour), and I'm in my second year of being a substitute teacher for the Colton Unified School District. The school district pays me $125 a day to sit in a classroom and pass out work sheets, which is pretty nice but getting jobs every day is a bitch. Thus, my income is not very steady.
I'm hoping to start my first full time teaching job this fall, since I got my teaching credential a couple months back. Depending on the district, I'll be making about $45,000-$50,000 as a first year teacher. That doesn't sound like much....but for me....its gonna be like I'm rich, and I'll absolutely love having 3 months off every year :) . Plus, No wife/girlfriend, No Kids, and very few bills to pay...and I can make $45,000 go really far on my own :) I need a teaching job so I can get health insurance again though...I'd like to go to a doctor again sometime this decade.
Me too. The one bad thing about being poor is you can't afford good health insurance. B&N provides, but it doesn't cover everything. Cancer scares me, not because it could kill me, but because it'd be so fucking expensive i'd let myself die before i got treated.