# Nice salaries!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 15, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391 "2011-09-15T14:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391/61 "2011-09-16T17:39:41Z")

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Yeah, it varies by industry a lot. But I can see **BlinkingDuck** ’s incredulousness at the amount his employment costs the employer, depending on what he does. I am an independent contractor (photographer), and I would not go to a full-time job with benefits at half my gross business receipts.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-salaries/596391/62 "2011-09-16T18:04:40Z")

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> [@BlinkingDuck](#):
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> Reminds me of a company I used to work long ago where they said that it cost them $200,000 a year to employ me. Since I was making $40,000 I was surprised. I then came up with a deal. They would pay me $100,000 a year and I would pay for everything I needed to do my job. Computer, payroll taxes etc. Since this would save them $100,000 a year, they should jump at the deal…unless, of course, they were full of shit.
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> They didn’t take me up on it.

Forget supplies. How about their portion of your employer funded health insurance? 401K? Social Security? Insurance for unemployment benefits?

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