PhD in Biochem and Genetics
Asst. Prof at a Community College (9 mos appointment)
Salary 50K plus any overload (summer session etc) teaching
It’s a low salary for a prof in the biological sciences, but…
Ability to pop out of work to drive down the road and see my kids’ concerts- Priceless
Plus, I run a AS degree program and have helped 100s of people change their lives for the better- also Priceless.
H.S. Graduate, 6 years of college education (mechanical/aerospace engineering) but alas, no degree as of yet.
Technical Writer
Not enough! But more than 40K
BA in political science
Legislative & regulatory analyst/researcher
$44,000 (my boss gives raises of about $3,00 every July, so it soon will be $47,000)
Just a side note: I work for a very small company; if I did the same thing at a bigger company, I would probably be making at least $55,000. Yes, I am planning on looking for a new job soon!)
I’ve never heard of that job. Sounds interesting, ns. What do you do? What kinds of companies hire your kind?
There are two other bits of info to make this useful, location (which most people have in their location tag) and years experience which some people are giving. I was also taught that it’s rude to ask how much someone makes but I don’t think that applies in the context of a more or less anonymous messageboard. Maybe the info can help others identify if they’re getting hosed.
B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering 1996
M.S.E. in Civil Engineering 1998
Last year my wife made about $100K in telecom (business phone sales) about $35K was base. She has poli sci bachelors and telecom masters (1998). She quit in January of this year and won’t be working again until the kids get a bit older and I get our green card stuff figured out.
My salary is probably fairly reasonable for my job (project management but no direct reports, only on individual projects). My wife’s was definitely on the high end.
BA in Social Science. Lots of grad work in various credentialing and certificating programs.
I teach high school.
Less than I should, which is why sometime in September you may see a thread from me called “Well, we went on strike today.”
I have a BA in Agriculture.
1985 - Research Tech - $12,000
1989 - Hardware Store Manager - $12,000
1990 - Accounting Clerk - $14,000
1996 - Manager, Accts Rec - $35,000
2000 - Programmer - $36,000
2001 - Database Administrator - $54,000
2006 - Database Administrator - $72,000
There you go, my whole salary history (except the fast food jobs I had in high school). Not too bad for a degree in chicken farming.
Husband -
BS in Accounting
2006 - Manager, Rental & Construction company - $45,000
It’s a small company that he’s worked for for almost about 30 years. The salary’s crap, but the perqs are good.
B.A in Technical Communications: Writing & Editing
IT for 15 yrs.
$54K
BEc degree & Fellowship of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Nearly 20 years’ experience as an actuary in the insurance industry
Approx $150K
I absolutely agree with this. I think it is very important for people to know as much as possible about what sorts of salaries are being earned for different positions, fields and levels of experience. This helps all of us form supportable expectations for what we should be earning in our respective careers.
It is also interesting to learn about he variety of jobs and paths people take to where they are. As someone who has been out of college for nearly 15 years and is still confused about what to do with my life, I find this information very illuminating.
It’s hard to give the concise response that most of you have done, but I’ll give it a whirl:
Locations
Current status: laid off since January (unrelated to my job performance)
Current income: none (unemployment pay runs out next week)
Current prospects: none of note
On preview, this is freakin’ depressing. 
If only I had started sooner.
(I’m a paean with six exams and no credentials . . . which wouldn’t be so bad, except that I’m at an age where I should be thinking about retirement instead of these 
:smack: :mad: 'ing exams!)
BS in Electrical engineering.
Now:
Hardware design engineer, 15 months
$53k/year
Next month:
Grad student.
$0 - $20k/year
And I can’t wait. 
Education: PhD in taking shit from assholes.
Job: Begging assholes to use Vaseline.
Income: Not nearly enough to cover the cost of Vaseline.
I think I am going to just jump over to the Poverty line thread, because you all make one hell of a lot more than me. I am a long way from poverty, but I am a lot closer to poverty than any of you. And as I said, I am a long way from poverty, I figure we are doing well. What the heck do you spend 100G a year on? I can’t even imagine!
Education: A.A. Letters Arts and Science. Yes, it’s a glorified HS Diploma. And I worked my ass off for it.
Job: Not flipping burgers, like you’d expect with that degree. I’m a data entry drone, blueprint clerk/archivist/shredder, and I fix the equipment when it’s down.
Salary: About 32k, the position tops out at about 40. Which ain’t too shabby for a highschool dropout with an extremely thin resume, but hardly my life’s achievement.
However, like Seren, I’ll be taking a paycut shortly, only I’ll be finishing my BA. And I can’t wait either! 
Diploma from a technical college (and I’ll finish my degree in psyc in less than a year).
Office manager.
50K and change.
I’ve been working here for 12 years.
Masters in Mass Communication
Marketing Assistant, three days a week
Eleven dollars an hour
I’m a fairly recent college graduate (December '04) with a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems. I’m a web programmer, a position I’ve held for a little over a year, and my salary is currently in the mid-thirties. Also, I live in a mid-sized city in Texas.
I thought it might be helpful to include location, because I know salaries and costs of living vary significantly based on that (yes, I know we all have a location indicator, but some people don’t use it).
Interesting thread.
BA in history in 1995.
JD (law) in 1998.
Currently make over $200,000 p/a in a job I dislike intensely. Hoping to stick it out at least one more year for the cash.
Most of the attorneys I know are not doing that well.
Me: B.A. history and education early 1990’s.
Currently working part-time as a writer and test grader. I made 26K last year working from home. I picked up a few new contracts this year and expect to make between 33 - 36K part-time.
My husband: B.S. chemical engineering also early 1990’s.
He works for the government doing database analysis, budgeting and computer stuff. 60K full time after fifteen years but with great benefits including lots of time off and terrific health care.