# What were your gross yearly wages (2017)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121 "2018-02-03T21:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/61 "2018-02-04T21:30:02Z")
> [@lazybratsche](#): > > It’s really just a cultural taboo that keeps people from talking about it. In my case there’s also that it doesn’t translate well if we go by bank exchange; if I give the figure I need to follow up with an Intro to Cost of Living-based Conversion Rates. In fact, my wages were zero. Tips, zero. Commission, zero. Investments, zero. My income doesn’t take any of those forms (it’s base rate of invoices, minus deductible business-related expenses). ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/62 "2018-02-04T22:41:44Z")
If anyone answers this, I think it’s high time for a _“Name everyone you ever slept with”_ thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/63 "2018-02-04T22:44:05Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > The wages of sin are an expensive infection. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Stuck in my head now, thanks. (no, really, thanks…it’s a good song!) Who stole your thunder? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/64 "2018-02-04T23:02:07Z")
> [@ZurBob](#): > > Interesting. > > People in the combined forums here will freely reveal deeply personal aspects concerning their sex lives, their health, their religion, their (often troubled) psyches… Yet freak and become silent when asked how much they earn. > > Why the OP (or any one else) gives a hoot is beyond me, but I’ll give it a shot. > > $94-K I don’t like it because it’s an elitists question. On MBs such as these, you’ve got fast food workers socializing with university professors, country folk hanging with city slickers etc… That’s something that doesn’t typically happen in real life. And it’s a beautiful thing. Why break out the dividing lines? We share our sins and quirks because it’s something we all have in common regardless of what tax bracket we fall under. I’m not hating on the OP. I just think it’s a tacky question. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/65 "2018-02-04T23:06:06Z")
Bigger than a bread basket. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/66 "2018-02-04T23:08:34Z")
2,450 Imperial Credits per annum. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/67 "2018-02-05T02:21:40Z")
Zero. I was unemployed by choice for the last two years. I called it early retirement but it got boring. I just started a part time job so for 2018 my wages will be greater than zero. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/68 "2018-02-05T04:32:04Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > 2,450 Imperial Credits per annum. How does that exchange to gold-pressed latinum? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/69 "2018-02-05T04:45:57Z")
I get free bagels on Wednesdays… ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/70 "2018-02-05T05:29:57Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Mine was 6 figures for the first time. Sucks when you get a pay cut don’t it? Mine was 50000000 give or take a zero or two. ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/71 "2018-02-05T15:54:33Z")
$146,400. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/72 "2018-02-05T16:07:17Z")
> [@ZurBob](#): > > Interesting. > > People in the combined forums here will freely reveal deeply personal aspects concerning their sex lives, their health, their religion, their (often troubled) psyches… Yet freak and become silent when asked how much they earn. … Meh. I may not be one of those who shares too much of a personal nature here, but sharing certain things does serve some beneficial function either to the person sharing, to someone with whom it is being shared, or both. Support, normalizing, reality checking, reducing ignorance … so on. Even what car you drive may be serving the function of a real conversation. What beneficial function does sharing this information serve? Maybe a question of how satisfied or secure you feel with your income would be of some actual interest, and some might share how much the number is in service of that discussion. My guess would be that satisfaction and security are relatively inelastic items over a moderate term other than at the very low end. But how big is yours? No purpose served and possible harms to be had. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/73 "2018-02-05T16:10:10Z")
Yup, just more Social Engineering. The thread probably should have been closed right away. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/74 "2018-02-05T16:39:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I held my own. And you get paid to do that? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/75 "2018-02-05T17:25:08Z")
Somewhere between 6 and 140 bitcoins. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/76 "2018-02-05T18:13:33Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > And you get paid to do that? 🆒 In psychic benefits anyway. Holding someone else’s is where the real money is. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/77 "2018-02-05T19:32:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > 2,450 Imperial Credits per annum. Republic credits will do fine. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/78 "2018-02-05T19:38:18Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m a billionaire. > > I’d prove it to you by showing you my tax returns but I’m currently being audited. I’ll be sure to post it here once the IRS is done. > > 😃 Me too. I’ve declared bankruptcy at least four times, but I still manage to end up being a billionaire. They’re willing to pay me $400,000 per annum now, but I told them to keep it, or else I’d have to release me tax returns (which are still being audited). Those audits can take years. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/79 "2018-02-05T21:15:40Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Mine was 6 figures for the first time. You know what? Congratulations. 🆒 I remember hitting that milestone, and feeling proud of myself but also somewhat unable to believe it. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121/80 "2018-02-05T21:26:21Z")
I kind of want to answer this but can’t figure out if I’d be bragging about my high income or whining about my low income. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-gross-yearly-wages-2017/808121.md?page=5)