BS in Computer Science (1994)
First job out of school:
Import-Export for American music retailer (based in Tokyo, Japan)
US$30K a year
Current job:
Technical Advisor and Native Language Consultant ( I create, write and edit English-language materials for Japanese students)
US$85K a year
B.A. in history.
Financial journalist for about 15 years, currently working for a well-known provider of news and financial information as an editor on a team covering European consumer-related companies (food, beverages, hotels, tobacco, gaming, luxury goods, etc.)
My annual salary is close to double the cutoff for paying higher-rate tax in the U.K. of £33,300. However, my hours (early starts) mean that I more or less work a six-day week in five days, plus living in London means a lot of the money goes right back out the door again as this is not a cheap town.
Bachelor of Applied Science (Forensic Investigation) - just got the actual testamur in May; currently studying Honours
Lecturer in Fingerprint Science, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Drug Investigation, and Evidence Analysis at the same institution from which I got my degree; I have one year experience in teaching.
Salary is $68/hr - I’m not on a contract since I can’t pin down a certain number of hours while also doing my research on the side. Last year I made $19k for teaching about a quarter-full-time load; this year, looks to be more.
I’d make a lot more money teaching if I put my Honours on hold to get an additional education qualification, but I’m not prepared to do that. This is just a venue for me to keep my skills and knowledge up until I have Australian citizenship and can attain a job with the federal police analysing evidence for real. In that regard, the Honours is more important than the money 
High School Dropout (mid-way through grade 10)
Administrator for a Maintenance Contract - £20,000 (roughly $40,000 US I guess)
BA, Anthropology
Peace Corps Volunteer.
Technically, my salary is $225/month, but it’s held in a non-interest bearing account in the US and will be payable to me when I leave service. I receive a living allowance of 400 leva a month. The lev is attached to the euro at 2/1, so that’s 200 euro a month. Some math…US$3,057.41/year.
This is actually quite a decent income by Bulgarian standards, esp. considering I don’t have to pay rent or utilities.
BA (Hons) in Business Studies (4 year Degree)
Faculty Administrator (largest faculty on campus)
$60K a year plus home is minutes away so little or no commute plus 30 days annual leave and 10 days additional leave at Christmas and Easter. Can do the job standing on my head so I get bored easily but I like the people so that makes up for it (somewhat).
BS Physics
Software Engineer (21 years, staying on the technical side instead of going into mgmt)
~$140K
Union Electrician, Local 494.
High School Grad, top 10%, One year of college (in quest of Aerospace Engineering degree), Five years of tech school (mostly nights and on the job training) in pursuit of current employ through an accredited apprenticeship program.
Total package (pension, annuity, health, holiday pay, vacation, union dues, net pay) = approximately 70K.
Take home is more like 35K. Side jobs can ramp that up to about 42K.
LLB (law)
Lawyer in private practice in Middle East (1-2 years post-admission experience)
approx US$70K tax-free (due to go up later this year)
B.A. English
I didn’t finish the graduate school writer’s program I started, though I have all the course work done. My MFA thesis is (and forever will be) half done.
I used to write software documentation. I also did tech support for a desktop publishing application (can’t remember how much I made, but it wasn’t bad).
Now I am a bookseller. I make bupkis (with health insurance).
I’ll just note in advance here that, I’d guess, about 50% of my degreed acquaintance are in careers unrelated to their degrees.
I’m an honors grad from The University of Texas at Austin, with a B.A. with a major in psychology. And I’m currently District Geophysicist, licensed as a geophysicist by the Texas State Board of Professional Geoscientists, with a growing, NYSE traded, energy company. While the degree is an unusual one in this field, since I was paying for college myself I pursued an ecletic curriculum and did in fact meet the Board’s requirements for licensure.
26 years of experience, with income over that time being all over the map, I clocked almost $150K last year and will come close to, but I doubt I will reach, $200K this year.
I don’t know how helpful this will be. It’s hardly been a continuum. My first job in the business had me at $20K in the first year (1981 - about $51K in today dollars).
Subsequent years yielded ups and downs. After a decade with an established independent oil and gas company, which was paying me $31,500 at the time (about 51K in today dollars).I started my own service company, and first year results were $5800 in personal income.
We went on to grow that business untill I was making a comfortable (in today dollars) $72K, when I was solicited by my current employer.
I’m happy with where it’s gone for me, but I doubt that I could recommend any way to duplicate my career path.
Have my Associates of Science degree.
Right now I’m working at a cement plant making a little over $13 an hour. I’m going back to school in about a month to get my bachelor’s and maybe my master’s so hopefully I can get a nice cushy job doing something other than shoveling dirt all day.
Lets see. Worked at Wal-Mart for a year at $6.50 an hour. That’d be about…12K a year. Pathetic.
Right now im working as a Professional Applier to Any Damn Position You Can Think Of, which pays a whole lot more than my job next year, Full Time Student. I expect to make anywhere between 0 to - 20k in the next year or so.
BA in Mathematics
I’m currently the Supervisor of Network & Desktop Support at my company, which means I’m a Network Engineer who also happens to be in Management. I earn about $68,000 a year.
Rhiannon8404 works approximately 15 hours a week as a groom at a dressage stable, where she earns *exactly *enough to pay the board for our horse, every month.
I ran restaurants and was gloriously underpaid. I did this for about 6 years, off and on, making from 6 bucks an hour in my drone days to 9.75 to the end of it.
I’m an English major, which means I’m going to be unemployed or poorly employed forever.
I’m Director of Environment for a nursing home. That’s about 30k. I want more and I want more responsibility, and I want to solve some friggin problems. It’s so damned boring.
Blah.
I do actually have a BA in Media Communications and used to have a career in Radio. I find my present employment much more satisfying.
PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Started at $36K six years ago, but a job offer from another university allowed me to negotiate a much higher salary, and with merit and promotion increases, my salary is now around $52K
A.A. in data processing
Mainframe software developer, 18 years experience
$95,000
I have a high school diploma, and some college.
I am a nanny and make after taxes about 29K.
I figure that’s not too shabby. I get a lot of added perks too because I work for families and not a corporation or business.
Left college after 2 years.
Receptionist/Admin for a great company.
$30,000 base plus bonuses.
Not the highest paying, but the BEST job I’ve ever had!