# What's your annual salary divided by your SAT score? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217 "2004-02-02T19:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/1 "2004-02-02T19:17:09Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237556), I got to thinking about the relationship between SAT score and salary. Please post your annual salary divided by your total SAT score (verbal plus math). You don’t have to give the raw data unless you want to. I’m also interested in years of experience in your present field, where you went to school, and your occupation. If, like me, you took the SAT before the “great recentering”, you can adjust your scores using [this table](http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/cbsenior/equiv/rt019019.html). If you get a high ratio, you’re either overpaid or doing more with less. If you get a low ratio, you’re either underpaid or were a philosophy major, or both. I’ll go first. $62.55 per point, 12 years of experience, went to Ohio State, aerospace engineering. ---
**Author:** ![plasticbryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@plasticbryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plasticbryan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/2 "2004-02-02T19:26:05Z")
$43.30, 8 years experience, Miami Univ, Marketing ---
**Author:** ![summerjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/3 "2004-02-02T19:29:17Z")
$66.66 per point Civil Engineer Orange County, CA ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/4 "2004-02-02T19:30:07Z")
$23.57 per point, UC Berkeley, victim of dot-bomb economy just post-graduation. 3.5 years’ experience of being overworked and underpaid. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/5 "2004-02-02T19:33:28Z")
Undefined… never took the SAT, or the ACT or any test of that ilk. I took a couple of years off after high school, then went to community college to get back into academia. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/6 "2004-02-02T19:42:52Z")
$72.11/point, 18 years experience, West Virginia Univ., Computer Science ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/7 "2004-02-02T19:50:37Z")
An even $31 per point, 10 years out of undergrad (and 8 out of grad), Trenton State College, English major (linguistics in grad school) ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/8 "2004-02-02T19:51:57Z")
$39.46 per point, about 5 years experience, University of Vermont, Theatrical Technician ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/9 "2004-02-02T19:52:50Z")
about $40/point - (I took the ACT and had to guesstimate) 14 years experience - Government drone ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/10 "2004-02-02T19:55:59Z")
\ Those buttons are too close together. Sorry for the double post. about $40/point - (I took the ACT and had to guesstimate) 14 years experience (Government drone), Livingston University, Environmental Science ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/11 "2004-02-02T19:59:18Z")
$36.50 per point Aerospace Engineer, West Virginia University 2 years experience – Federal government Dayton, OH ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/12 "2004-02-02T20:00:25Z")
$42.46 a point, 17 years experience, high school teacher. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/13 "2004-02-02T20:10:43Z")
$39.55/point, telecom project manager, UMass Amherst (BA Soviet & East European Studies), 4 years experience in this career, which is my second (13 yrs exp in my previous one) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/14 "2004-02-02T20:17:48Z")
$44.01 – 12 years experience as an Attorney. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/15 "2004-02-02T20:18:24Z")
$43.05, 7yrs experience, corporate finance. Oh, I also have an MBA. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/16 "2004-02-02T20:20:59Z")
$35.15 per point, 1.5 years experience, math/CS, University of Virginia, very high SAT score. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/17 "2004-02-02T20:22:05Z")
another depressing thread I don’t know why I read, let alone respond to: $34.78/point 2+ years post-Ph.D. in biochemistry, still a Postdoctoral fellow. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/18 "2004-02-02T20:27:44Z")
$38.19 per point Graduated UCLA w/ degree in English 5 yrs experience in something totally unrelated to literature I assume that the “Great Recentering” took place in 2000, based on your linked table? ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/19 "2004-02-02T20:28:58Z")
$19.41 I’m a writer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/20 "2004-02-02T20:34:08Z")
As of right now? $3.62/point. But I’m a grad student with an incredibly low income right now. If I go to my last salary at a full time job, I was at $29.39/point. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217.md?page=2)