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How much money do you make per year?

I make about 3000$ a year. Not bad for a semi-employed college student.

Maybe $2000 a year. Hopefully I'll find a high-paying summer job to supplement the ol' income.

Only about $28,000 American before taxes and not counting any dividends on my few investments. Those get reinvested to help save up for retirement some day.

Only about $28,000 American before taxes and not counting any dividends on my few investments. Those get reinvested to help save up for retirement some day.

You have a job!

:eek:

$55,000-$60,000 CAD plus bonuses.

I currently make about 55 k a year (edit for my main job)

Closer to 70 k a year total but my schooling costs a big chunk for my post grad studies

about $36,000 before taxes, investments, ect. (well, that's what my husband makes, I don't bring in any income, I just spend what he makes)

You have a job!

:eek:
What do you think I'm doing right now?

What do you think I'm doing right now?

I thought you just sat in your safehouse, plotting the proletarian revolution.

I make nothing - I was going to get a job during Uni, but my modules in history require excessive research and essay writing. Next year I think i'm switching to pure philosophy, which is far more relaxed and I get better grades in it, so might be able to get a job then.

But, I really don't spend half as much as my fellow students - don't drink alchohol, stick to weed and deliberately keep my tolerance low so it's cheap. A lot of people are into their overdraughts already and I still got £1200 in bank, from loan and savings from working before uni.

I thought you just sat in your safehouse, plotting the proletarian revolution.
I'm bringing down the system from the inside by spending most of my workday on NS.

My wife and I will break 6 figures this year.

My wife and I will break 6 figures this year.

I hate you.

How much money do you make per year?
About £600 (~$1000), most of which is interest.

Well, at least I've got the students beat.

About £600 (~$1000), most of which is interest.

Damn. How much you got in the bank for that much interest?

I hate you.
If I was married with someone that had a standard full time job around here I would be able to do it :)

If I was married with someone that had a standard full time job around here I would be able to do it :)

You can marry me!

:fluffle:

If I was married with someone that had a standard full time job around here I would be able to do it :)

Well, there you are then. Apparently, you and I need to get married. ;)

You know, I really want to know what Melkor makes.

$5k

About €6,400 every year. I'm a student and work one full Saturday each week during term time and then full-time (40 hours/week) for about 14 weeks during the summer.

About €6,400 every year. I'm a student and work one full Saturday each week during term time and then full-time (40 hours/week) for about 14 weeks during the summer.

Not bad for the summer and one day a week. What do you do?

You know, I really want to know what Melkor makes.
Judging from previous posts I imagine he earns around US$16,000 a year.

Judging from previous posts I imagine he earns around US$16,000 a year.

And what tells you that?

Hmmm. About €12,000 from work and another €12,000 from selling weed. I get by.

Not bad for the summer and one day a week. What do you do?
It sounds like a lot, but remember I do have to spend it as I go along!

I work in a camera shop making €7.50 an hour, which is the minimum wage here.

Summer €7.5 x 40 x 14 = €4,200
the rest: €7.5 x 8 x 38 = €2,280

And what tells you that?
I remember him saying once that he earned $7.25 an hour. I know that he works full time damn near 52 weeks a year. The only mystery is to what full-time is. It's probably a little more than 40 hours a week for him, so this I calculate ~$16,000.

My wife and I will break 6 figures this year.
What does she do, cuz last time I checked, clowns weren't exactly rolling in it? :D

And me? I don't even like telling the IRS how much money I make as a privacy hawk, so that's not happening here.

$40,000 a year for me as a Memorial Counselor for a Cemetary...

Nothing! But then, I don't spend anything, either. Or at least, nothing essential. Anything i do spend is just what's left over from when I had a job.

Whatever I finds, I keeps.

How much money do you make per year?

I make about 3000$ a year. Not bad for a semi-employed college student.
Between my military retirement and Social Security, I make about $31,000 per year, tax free. It's taken me the last four years to dig my way out of debt, but by this Summer, I shouldn't owe anyone anything! Yayyy, me! :D

Between my military retirement and Social Security, I make about $31,000 per year, tax free. It's taken me the last four years to dig my way out of debt, but by this Summer, I shouldn't owe anyone anything! Yayyy, me! :D

Yayyy, you!

I make about $25K/year (which is taxed, of course), but that'll go down next year when my fellowship runs out. My boyfriend (who I can include because he lives with me hehe) makes about $50K/year now. I joke that he's my sugardaddy until I get done with school.

What does she do, cuz last time I checked, clowns weren't exactly rolling in it? :D

And me? I don't even like telling the IRS how much money I make as a privacy hawk, so that's not happening here.

My wife is a police officer. As for the Clowning Industry, it's very seasonal. Late Spring and early Fall are my busiest times and I have been known to gross $2000 on a very busy week.

I also work part-time as a blackjack dealer. It smooths the income bumps and provides excellent healthcare.

I made about 1600 this summer as a waitress. I go to college and don't work, my scholarship is based on GPA and since I spend all of my time studying, I never had time to spend money.

I don't know how much I make per year. I haven't even worked for a year yet. :eek: I just got my first job this summer. But I make $10 an hour, which is sweet. But I don't exactly have a steady work schedule. I just work whenever they need me, which isn't too often, maybe once a week... So one of you super geeky mathematicians figure it out... ;)

somewhere between £12,000 and £20,000 (not sure yet cos i'm not on anything as simple as a monthly wage and i haven't been working a full year yet, heh). thats before tax but luckily i don't have much in the way of costs (woot)... yet somehow i always seem to be without funds :(

i've had me own business since i was 16 and i've been earning somewhere round (below) half of that for a while now... just stepped it up to full-time :)

about a thousand. i only work during the summer. if i worked during college i would shoot myself...

Between my military retirement and Social Security, I make about $31,000 per year, tax free. It's taken me the last four years to dig my way out of debt, but by this Summer, I shouldn't owe anyone anything! Yayyy, me! :D
yayy!! debt blows!! *is trying fairly hard to not get in debt in the first place.... know thats impossible cos the banks own your soul from the day you're born, but hey its worth a try :p*

Last year I made about $200,000.00.

But now I am disabled and living on about $3,000 per month. (And savings)

I'm a student who isn't working currently, but over the summer (3 months) I worked at a law firm and brought home a little over $4,000, and they say anytime I want I can have the job back, so I think I'd head back part-time to pick up some extra cash starting in January. Plus, my investments bring in about $2,000 a year, so I do all right.

The trick about the law firm gig was that even though the pay was incredible, I had to work my ass off. We're talking 100% all out for 50 hours a week. So don't go thinking I had it too easy.

I actually don't know yet, I just started doing what I'm doing. I make between $100 to $250 a day, depending on what I'm doing and for who. The best pay comes from selling out a little-reality shows and commercials.

My work is spotty so far. I worked almost a solid month recently (I mean solid) and now I don't have any work lined up at all. I'm bummed, too, because I just missed out on a job because they think I live too far away. Pissed, actually-it would have been a chance to work in theater again and at a pretty reputable one at that. Bastards, I should have lied about where I live.

I don't know how much I make per year. I haven't even worked for a year yet. :eek: I just got my first job this summer. But I make $10 an hour, which is sweet. But I don't exactly have a steady work schedule. I just work whenever they need me, which isn't too often, maybe once a week... So one of you super geeky mathematicians figure it out... ;)
Okay, assuming you work once a week, 8 hours a day, 52 weeks a year, you should make about $4160. Oh, and before you say anything, it's called a calculator

Yayyy, you!
Heh! Thanks. :D

I'm a student who isn't working currently, but over the summer (3 months) I worked at a law firm and brought home a little over $4,000, and they say anytime I want I can have the job back, so I think I'd head back part-time to pick up some extra cash starting in January. Plus, my investments bring in about $2,000 a year, so I do all right.

The trick about the law firm gig was that even though the pay was incredible, I had to work my ass off. We're talking 100% all out for 50 hours a week. So don't go thinking I had it too easy.

Tell me about it. And firms take it easy on you summer interns.

yayy!! debt blows!! *is trying fairly hard to not get in debt in the first place.... know thats impossible cos the banks own your soul from the day you're born, but hey its worth a try :p*
Yes it is. I wish you the best of luck. Debt truly does suck. My hat is off to anyone who lives below their means, saves what they can, and does their best to stay out of debt. :)

Last year I made about $200,000.00.

But now I am disabled and living on about $3,000 per month. (And savings)
I hope you managed to save a bit of those earnings.

Um ... may I ask how you became disabled? My disability came in the form of a military parachute jump gone bad. :(

My regular job pays around $5000 a year. ($22 an hour, only during uni semester- I manage to get in around 10 hours a week) but I need to try to get a holiday job, or some tutoring or something.

I just got a salaried position, after three years of being perpetually under-employed, with a starting rate of $55k (CAN) per annum, which works out to at least ten bucks American. Plus I get full medical/dental/optical, stock options, bonus incentives, and the mandatory minimum 2-week vacation, which I already indicated would be the item I'll most want to revisit once we get around to performance evaluations in a few months.

Things are looking up for ol' Dobbsy.

$55,000 - $60,000 U.S. per year

I make 3,600,000円 a year, before taxes, as an assistant English teacher. How much that means in American dollars depends on the exchange rate, usually around 29k or so.

It's not a bad deal really.

I make 3,600,000円 a year, before taxes, as an assistant English teacher. How much that means in American dollars depends on the exchange rate, usually around 29k or so.

It's not a bad deal really.
If I were living and working in Japan, I think all my extra dough would go towards collecting Microman figurines. Especially the Toys 'R' Us Japan exclusives.

I hope you managed to save a bit of those earnings.

Not enough. Thanks for the concern. My mortgage is $3000/month, so I'm going to have to sell and move soon.

Um ... may I ask how you became disabled? My disability came in the form of a military parachute jump gone bad. :(

My disability is mental illness. I had something of a breakdown.

Things are looking up for ol' Dobbsy.
woot! :) :)

(sorry i seem to be in a strangely happy mood. i'll stop it at once...)

About £5k...which is what? about $9,000?

But then, I'm only a student working a very part time job. If I wanted I could probably make about £9k a year part time around my Uni stuff.

Although, hopefully that will all have changed in about 5 years when I should have a degree from one of the top Law schools in the UK...I'm finishing my current degree in Modern History, and then going to do Law (actually at the same Uni, so it's pretty good for History, too)

between GBP6.5K and GBP75K (depends on contracts) I aiming for a minimum of GBP22.5K, I hate contracting would prefer a salaried job of 14k+ with stability to be honest I am etting to old for this.

I hate contracting would prefer a salaried job of 14k+ with stability to be honest I am etting to old for this.
That's how I felt, but all the contracts I worked for three years a) never paid enough, b) required me to spend ludicrous amounts of time, energy and money shilling my own services with precious little time for honing and improving my craft, and c) required me to spend still more time chasing down delinquent accounts. Thanks all the same, I'm far happier having a traditional salaried position.

Believe it or not, some of us were simply never meant to be businessthingys, much and all as there's some people out there who wouldn't have it any other way.

I just wish those people would shut the Hell up and stop trying to persuade everybody and his monkey that their way is the only way. Fuck that entrepeneurial noise.

How much money do you make per year?

I make about 3000$ a year. Not bad for a semi-employed college student.
145,000 a year (US)

I just got a salaried position, after three years of being perpetually under-employed, with a starting rate of $55k (CAN) per annum, which works out to at least ten bucks American. Plus I get full medical/dental/optical, stock options, bonus incentives, and the mandatory minimum 2-week vacation, which I already indicated would be the item I'll most want to revisit once we get around to performance evaluations in a few months.

Things are looking up for ol' Dobbsy.

With the exchange rate these days, more like twenty. :p

Believe it or not, some of us were simply never meant to be businessthingys, much and all as there's some people out there who wouldn't have it any other way.

there is a lot more to life than money, If I had a stable job I would still be married for example, and to return to then I would exchange anything. for anyone out there that wishes to swap places working watever hours for which ever company for no ever reward you are welcome to it, as long as I can have a :eek: monday friday job maybe only 45 or so hours a week, (weee)

Me-$0
Boyfriend-$20,000 which is what I would've been making if I hadn't quit. Wow. Together we would've been making $40,000! I need to go get another job!

about a thousand. i only work during the summer. if i worked during college i would shoot myself...
lol I got to BS degrees and now Two masters without a loan or parental help lol I worked at LEAST 50 hrs a week through my whole collage career

Not enough. Thanks for the concern. My mortgage is $3000/month, so I'm going to have to sell and move soon.



My disability is mental illness. I had something of a breakdown.
Sorry to hear that ... you work in the legal profession right?

Oh forgot to mention my up to 70 k is net not gross

I guess I could make more working for a law firm, but working as a corporate lawyer is far, far easier work, and I have a lot more time for my family and myself.

I figure that this year, it'll be around $10000 to $12000 Australian. Last year it was $6500, but I didn't work all year.

I had something of a breakdown.
you ok/better now? :confused: :(

sounds hard to deal with :fluffle:

Sorry to hear that ... you work in the legal profession right?

Yep. I am an attorney. Thanks for the sympathy.

you ok/better now? :confused: :(

sounds hard to deal with :fluffle:

Thanks. I didn't mean to throw a pity party.

But I am still pretty fucked up and it is hard to deal with.

I appreciate everyone's sympathy and kind thoughts.

Yep. I am an attorney. Thanks for the sympathy.
It's a lot easier on your mental health to be a corporate lawyer. You should get back up on the horse, but not a fast horse.

Yep. I am an attorney. Thanks for the sympathy.
NP thought so

Take care of yourself :)

Not enough. Thanks for the concern. My mortgage is $3000/month, so I'm going to have to sell and move soon.



My disability is mental illness. I had something of a breakdown.


Sad to hear, and much as I (and everyone with a worthwhile opinion) value you as unofficial general counsel for NS General and preeminent legal scholar for the same, I hope things work out for you otherwise.

Thanks. I didn't mean to throw a pity party.

But I am still pretty fucked up and it is hard to deal with.

I appreciate everyone's sympathy and kind thoughts.
ah don't worry about it - i just enjoy hijacking threads :P

well, best wishes on your recovery (seriously, get well soon dude :))

The longest stint of real work I had while trying to follow the entrepeneurial model was a six-week stint as a barrista in an independent coffee bar, i.e., not a frickin' contract. Most of those lasted less than a week.

Upshot is, I've developed a taste for top-notch coffee.

It's a lot easier on your mental health to be a corporate lawyer. You should get back up on the horse, but not a fast horse.

Thanks. I'll get back up there, but definitely at a slower pace. :)

EDIT: I don't want to hijack this thread further. So again, thanks to everyone for your concern. I am working on my recovery. I'll get there. You all help by being my friends.

Not enough. Thanks for the concern. My mortgage is $3000/month, so I'm going to have to sell and move soon.

My disability is mental illness. I had something of a breakdown.
I'm so sorry. That has to be awful. I have several friends who have had mild to serious mental difficulties and they all say that even just having the problem makes them feel depressed.

That's honestly one of the things I can say that having been in the Vietnam War did for me. I've had this attitude ever since that whatever happens to me can't possibly be as bad as things I've already gone through. I've come to accept that sometimes the only way out is through, and that there are times when you just have to simply refuse to give up or give in. I tend to get pissed and say something like, "I'll be damned if this is going to get me!" ;)

16 dollers a week you do the math.

High school sophomore, so not making much now.
I'm a sound/theatre technician. When I get paying work through my local school system (not often) I make $25 an hour supervising/running equipment for private groups who rent out the middle and high school auditoriums. Next year, as I'll be a co-tech director at my school, I'll be splitting all the rentals evenly. Also, being a junior, I'll be getting payed for my internship, which will come out to $150 for all the big shows (all $ are US). However, I'm about to be set back a good bit for a new cell phone as I lost my last one, somehow.

Well, unless my math skills have utterly failed me, I bring in roughly 21k US dollars prior to getting my ass handed to me in taxes. And you know, oddly enough, I still find the remaining funding, even after all of the bills and what have you, enough. I can go out once in a while and have a good time, get into a poker game on occasion, cook for my friends. Of course, what I have to do for that money (while everyone else does oh so much less for oh so much more)... but that's another thread I suppose, my apologies.

I figure that this year, it'll be around $10000 to $12000 Australian. Last year it was $6500, but I didn't work all year.
If you qualify for Youth Allowance can I have it? :D

Last year I made about $200,000.00.

But now I am disabled and living on about $3,000 per month. (And savings)
Sorry to hear about your disability :( . Will you be able to resume your normal work?

Cat! I am sorry to hear that. I feel for you. My wife is a manic depressive.

I hope it's a temporary thing......

I make $85,000 a year after taxes......



pfftt im kidding :P

I am currently in college..no job...but i had a job before august...i think i made like 4000 this year...pretty good for min. wage :D

If you qualify for Youth Allowance can I have it? :D

lol. The qualification for youth allowance is a family income under $32,000...I think. Not much chance of that.

My wife and I will break 6 figures this year.


Holy crap!

Clowns make mad loot?!

Or is your wife a lawyer?

I make about 20k a year, converted from Swedish Krona to dollars that is... barely keeps me above the water...*sigh*

A bit under 45k AUD, my girlfriend earns slightly more than me.

After Uncle Sam lights his cig and asks me how it was, I'm bringing in just over 14k per year...

...not as much as I would like for a full time job (40 hrs/wk), but I get good health insurance though my job (a rarity for 22 year olds around here)

...no dental though, which is what I really need. :eek:

And considering I'm also going to school part time, it's enough for me to get by without too much strain on the wallet...I don't have a whole lot of time to spend money. :)

somewhere between £12,000 and £20,000 (not sure yet cos i'm not on anything as simple as a monthly wage...

i've had me own business since i was 16 and i've been earning somewhere round (below) half of that for a while now... just stepped it up to full-time :)
You sell drugs, don't you? ;)

yayy!! debt blows!! *is trying fairly hard to not get in debt in the first place.... know thats impossible cos the banks own your soul from the day you're born, but hey its worth a try :p*
Just don't open a bank account.

Between my wife and I , we make about 40k per year, but that also includes full medical and dental with no co-pays, which, if you've ever needed a doctor and couldn't afford one, you know it's priceless!

The medical doesn't kick in for another 5 weeks though. God, I can't wait to get my back fixed! Should shoot us up close to 110k after I'm fixed! :D