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How much do you make a year?

How much do you make a year?

  • less than $25,000

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • 25,000 - $40,000

    Votes: 5 10.0%
  • $40,000-$55,000

    Votes: 7 14.0%
  • $55,000 - $65,000

    Votes: 3 6.0%
  • $65,000 - $75,000

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • $75,000 - $85,000

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • $85,000 - $95,000

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • $95,000 - $105,000

    Votes: 3 6.0%
  • $105,000 - $125,000

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • more than $125,000

    Votes: 6 12.0%

  • Total voters
    50
Currently unemployed, however when I am employed normally as a print operator or something in manufacturing I make about $10-12 hour but with overtime I would say around 25k+. Also do design and HTML work for people, owned a technology based site until I sold it, would write for fun/profit about the gaming and tech industry, also worked as a consultant with Electronic Arts and Activision for 2 years.

Forgot to add, HS diploma and 2+ years of school that I was going for a BFA in design but had to drop out due to complications with the school's finance department (later found out I didn't owe them any money at all so they screwed me yah!)

Also forgot to add, Harry I would recommend that if you are going to get into farming def do it before retiring age.
 
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Individually or family income? Then I'll answer.

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Answered anyway, with family income.

By next year, for the first time, our family income should break six digits. Not bad, considering I could not be happier with what I do - and to get into the field, I took no pay and had to work part-time at a video store.

I firmly believe in the do what you love and the money will come to you philosophy.
 
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I think there is a profound saying that says "if you do what you love, then you never work a day in your life." Essentially meaning, if your vocation is something that you love and fascinates you, you'll almost never be miserable. Do what you love, advance in that field, and not only will you prosper financially, but also your life will be more prosperous when it comes to happiness. Is the money worth it if you absolutely can't stand your job?
 
Depends on what job I'm doing. ;)

Formal Education: High school
Current Salary: between $80 - 85,000 - I'm not sure exactly. And if you want to include bonuses and benefits, then I make more than that
Current Job: Software QA Manager

I also teach scuba diving on the weekends some. It's not so much salary or hourly with that as it is per head. If I have 3 students, I make $300. If I have 7, I make $700.

When I worked on the river/ski patrol, I was lucky if I broke $10k in a year.
 
BA, Poli Sci
Law school

My income varies since I am self employed but usually it's around $80,000 a year. My accountant tells me it's much more, but that's because he is counting my income before I deduct my $36,000 or so I pay per year for health insurance.
 
One year to go until a bachelor's degree, until then (and probably after since I'm doing grad school) income=$0.
 
I wish I could correlate the income with the level of education

This seems like a poor notion. Especially if we do not account for geographic variables.

For the time being, post your education level (high school, undergrad degree, advanced degree) and your minimum salary ($35,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000+) and your job (Accounting, Software, Professor, Business, Doctor)

Anyway, I am curious what people make. It is a private poll.

advanced degree, Accounting, $50,000
 
I'm with Johnny at that one. No job is beneath me as long as it supports my financial goals and helps my family although preferably I would like to enjoy what I am doing (tired of being a jiggalo :( )
 
I'm with Johnny at that one. No job is beneath me as long as it supports my financial goals and helps my family although preferably I would like to enjoy what I am doing (tired of being a jiggalo :( )

So become a juggalo. :2wave:
 
I've got a high school diploma. Haven't worked for over a year and I'm hoping I don't have to fight Social Security much longer because I'm running out of money.
 
Lots of degrees, BA, JD and a masters
Lawyer, Business owner, among other things
make a fair amount
 
i'm about 2/3rds through my masters degree; but it's slow going because i have to do it in bits and pieces. currently i'm doing pretty well - i bring home about 3,400 a month. but my pay is variable dependent on where i am and what i'm doing; right now, for example, military orders have separated me from my (8 months pregnant, very not happy about this) wife for more than a month; so we make an extra $250 a month "separation allowance". If we get moved soon (which we will), then our basic allowance for housing will change and so forth. i voted 25-40 because that's about how much i'll bring in this year in monthly pay. then you count my bonus: i reenlisted this year which should give me an extra 40K. that's going straight into a house downpayment.
 
I agree but retirement for me, is doing what I want in relative comfort.

When I retire I'm considering being a farmer or fisherman.:)

Edit add: $185k is still ridiculously awesome.

Being a farmer is very expensive. And not comfortable either, since you have to be outdoors in all sorts of weather. And in most cases, heavy lifting is involved.
 
I enjoy that very much.
When I had my garden and fruit plants, I would spend hours outside maintaining them.

In all extremes of weather? Also in seasons of planting or harvesting, the hours can be brutal. Please calculate the cost of land, the cost of equipment, the cost of fuel, the cost of seed and fertilizer, the cost of additional labor or hiring machinery as the case may be, and tell me if you can make a profit.

Remember if your farming operation involves animals, they require care 7 days a week, you don't get week-ends off if you're a farmer. Or holidays. Harvesting, and sometimes planting, also involve 7 days a week.
 
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In all extremes of weather? Also in seasons of planting or harvesting, the hours can be brutal. Please calculate the cost of land, the cost of equipment, the cost of fuel, the cost of seed and fertilizer, the cost of additional labor or hiring machinery as the case may be, and tell me if you can make a profit.

I'm not remotely interested in cultivating large plots of soy, corn, etc.

I like the specialty farm aspect.
I'm not solely in it to turn a profit but more for personal enjoyment.

I've gotten out in the middle of the summer to shovel horse manure for my plants.
Took me most of the day to do it.
I felt satisfied afterward.

Edit: The thing is that, I want a side income to sustain my life (investment income) and I want something to do with my time.
 
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I'm not remotely interested in cultivating large plots of soy, corn, etc.

I like the specialty farm aspect.
I'm not solely in it to turn a profit but more for personal enjoyment.

I've gotten out in the middle of the summer to shovel horse manure for my plants.
Took me most of the day to do it.
I felt satisfied afterward.

Edit: The thing is that, I want a side income to sustain my life (investment income) and I want something to do with my time.

As I said, calculate the costs. I'm sure there must be some kind of small hobby type farming that pays a little, but I haven't seen it. Plus you need to carefully assess your skills. You need knowledge of botany for your plants, chemistry for all the pesticides (some chemical use requires a workshop, test, and licensing), mechanics, otherwise repair bills will take all your maybe profits. You need accounting skills, otherwise the money will disappear and you won't know where it went. If the farming operation involves animals, you will need knowledge of those particular animals and basic veterinary skills such as giving shots, assistance with difficult births, etc., otherwise the veterinary bills will kill you. Plus you need a temperament which tolerates the ups and downs of farming life, you are dependent upon the weather, you're dependent upon market prices, insect invasion can eat your profit, and sometimes, no matter what you do, you're going to lose money that year.
 
As I said, calculate the costs. I'm sure there must be some kind of small hobby type farming that pays a little, but I haven't seen it. Plus you need to carefully assess your skills. You need knowledge of botany for your plants, chemistry for all the pesticides (some chemical use requires a workshop, test, and licensing), mechanics, otherwise repair bills will take all your maybe profits. You need accounting skills, otherwise the money will disappear and you won't know where it went. If the farming operation involves animals, you will need knowledge of those particular animals and basic veterinary skills such as giving shots, assistance with difficult births, etc., otherwise the veterinary bills will kill you. Plus you need a temperament which tolerates the ups and downs of farming life, you are dependent upon the weather, you're dependent upon market prices, insect invasion can eat your profit, and sometimes, no matter what you do, you're going to lose money that year.

Completely understand that.

My main want is not to do it for profit though.
I enjoy it for the sake of doing it.

When I did it before all I had were hand tools.
Would come in with blisters, sore wrists, etc.
I still enjoyed it though.

Probably not gonna have animals, maybe some chickens for cheap fertilizer but that's a big maybe and totally based on if I ever really do it.
I've been practicing/studying this for some time now.

I don't want my income to be dependent on the farming itself, merely a bonus if it turns a profit.
 
Completely understand that.

My main want is not to do it for profit though.
I enjoy it for the sake of doing it.

When I did it before all I had were hand tools.
Would come in with blisters, sore wrists, etc.
I still enjoyed it though.

Probably not gonna have animals, maybe some chickens for cheap fertilizer but that's a big maybe and totally based on if I ever really do it.
I've been practicing/studying this for some time now.

I don't want my income to be dependent on the farming itself, merely a bonus if it turns a profit.

Go for it then. I can see that requiring hard physical work, big financial investment, long hours, and extensive knowledge, while giving little financial return, isn't going to deter you.

I forgot to mention that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations:

The occupation of Farmer or Rancher became more deadily and dangerous in 2008, raising it to Number Three with 40 deaths/100,000 workers.
 
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Go for it then. I can see that requiring hard physical work, big financial investment, long hours, and extensive knowledge, while giving little financial return, isn't going to deter you.

I do hard physical work now.
It sucks but that's mainly because I'm stuck inside the whole time.

I like working with plants, particularly cultivation because you see the results of your hard work and it's something to take pride in.

I forgot to mention that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations:

The occupation of Farmer or Rancher became more deadily and dangerous in 2008, raising it to Number Three with 40 deaths/100,000 workers.

Understand all that, if it doesn't work out, I'd like to trying a small time fishing gig.
Never done it before but I like to be outside working with live things.
 
College degree in Graphic Design and work as one for a scientific institute. Make about $65,000 before taxes. I am also a landlord and make another $15K more.
 
I have a Ph.D, but I donate my professional time and expertise. I disburse the foundation grant funding I receive to my graduate student assistants.
 
Transportation industry
as a owner operator in the 80's and 90's 200,000 to the truck, after that between $120,000 to $85,000 before taxes, take home about on average $75,000. To earn this income required being on the road for multiple days or weeks and driving 110,000 miles per year. This income could vary widely depending on loads, pay rates fluctuation and brokers.

Today as a company driver between 65,000 to 75,000 a year with a average work day being 13 hours.
 
I am a full time moocher. I have a right to what the government gives me based off a percentage of what the greedy rich earn. I also have five kids and sell drugs on the side. How else can you explain why my phone, TV, shoes, crab legs, and SUV are nicer then anything you can responsibly afford. After all, I did all this with only having a government education that was given to me by a teachers union.
 
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