# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/41 "2004-02-03T00:32:32Z")
$0. I didn’t take SATs, being a pesky Canadian, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/42 "2004-02-03T01:03:30Z")
Currently? About 90 cents. I’m a substitute teacher’s aide, it’s the only work I’ve found in 6 months of looking. If the position I had last summer had been full time? $7.33 1500 SATs. Look at how much it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/43 "2004-02-03T01:06:56Z")
$53.13 Harvard, History, Advertising, 2 years (following 4 years of teaching and 3 years of tech writing) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/44 "2004-02-03T01:42:22Z")
$47.62 (adjusted SAT) Duke University, BSCE Packaging Manager, 12 years in packaging I had never seen that “adjusted” table, wow! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/45 "2004-02-03T03:27:16Z")
**Ringo** wrote > [@](#): > > Dubya comes in at $313.48. Uh, according to [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010622.html), Bush had a combined SAT of 640+640=1280. Which makes his score here 200,000/1,280 = $156.25/point. Off by a factor of two. Which of course opens you up for the obvious joke asking “who’s the **real** one inflating their math SAT score here,” but I won’t go there. And not to be harsh, but Bush (or any other holder of his role) is well underpaid by market standards. ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/46 "2004-02-03T03:34:02Z")
$9.80/point. But I’m in grad school getting my PhD right now, so that’s not unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/47 "2004-02-03T04:19:34Z")
$7.68/point. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/48 "2004-02-03T04:36:15Z")
**Bill** , AFAICT the President’s current salary is $400,000. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/49 "2004-02-03T04:53:11Z")
Somewhere around $11 per point. grad student/teaching assistant. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/50 "2004-02-03T05:00:35Z")
$8.85 which shows that the job market in this state is pitiful. (if the only job I can find was full time year round, it’d be about $17, but that’s not saying much) I like this recentering thing. 670 looks more impressive than 610. I still don’t even come close to 500 in math with the bonus points, though. Does anyone else wonder how’d they do if they took the test again now? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/51 "2004-02-03T05:13:17Z")
> [@Bill H.](#): > > Uh, according to [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010622.html), Bush had a combined SAT of 640+640=1280. Which makes his score here 200,000/1,280 = $156.25/point. Off by a factor of two. Which of course opens you up for the obvious joke asking “who’s the **real** one inflating their math SAT score here,” but I won’t go there. > > And not to be harsh, but Bush (or any other holder of his role) is well underpaid by market standards. Actually, **Ringo’s** correct, or at least pretty close. The salary for POTUS has been increased (I don’t know when) to US$390,000, which brings his per-point salary to $304.69 [Quiz: the US Presidency (see question 10)](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3403467.stm) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/52 "2004-02-03T06:27:13Z")
$44.63 per point. Software configuration and testing, 6 yrs experience. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/53 "2004-02-03T16:25:45Z")
about $53 per point. Management Consultant - NYC ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/54 "2004-02-03T17:17:12Z")
I just consulted the recentering table. The good news is my verbal score translates to a perfect 800 in the new reckoning. The bad news my per point average drops to $18.51. self esteem…falling… ---
**Author:** ![Squooshed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Squooshed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squooshed)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/55 "2004-02-03T18:47:25Z")
Straight salary would be $78.13 per point. With bonus, its $95.00 per point. Attorney, 7 years of practice Harvard B.A. in Government ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/56 "2004-02-03T19:16:18Z")
Price per point: $25. Location: Midwest Industry: Retail Job: I work in Marketing, but actually I’m on a Creative team so I’m really more of a Copywriter than a Marketeer. Experience: 3 years (following a couple years doing this n’ that after college) School: The College of William & Mary Major: Anthropology ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/57 "2004-02-03T22:28:17Z")
**Ringo** wrote > [@](#): > > Bill, AFAICT the President’s current salary is $400,000. Why it shore nuff (approximately) is. My apologies. Signed in by Mr. Clinton Dec 21, 2001, I’m surprised it didn’t get more press. (Or, I suppose it’s more likely I didn’t read about it, barely literate as I am). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/58 "2004-02-03T23:13:23Z")
$32.50/point in Reno, Nevada. Environmental Engineering degree from Cornell University with 7 years experience. I do environmental restoration work, and the non-profit sector isn’t particularly kind to that number. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/59 "2004-02-03T23:31:25Z")
$70.42 per point without bonus BS in Business from CSUN Currently IT Manager of App Dev for an Ins Co. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217/60 "2004-02-03T23:37:16Z")
I gained 30 points on the recentering. Before recentering, $40.88. After, $39.44. 14 years in the full-time workforce, if you take out the time I was in grad school. Almost 5 years in current field (immigration paralegal), although some previous work was semi-related. Undergrad: NYU, Spanish major. Grad, Indiana U., Russian & East European Studies. Liberal arts all the way! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-annual-salary-divided-by-your-sat-score/227217.md?page=4)