Who here earns over $60,000 a year and what is your job?

Trust me, I know what you are saying and you don't get into that sort of heavy workload unless you are in 5thgrade and up
I really feel for those teachers but I am not one of them. I admit, I have it easy. And by the way, most if not all Chicago schools begin at 8:45 and end at 3pm.

Robotics/Mechanical Engineer major bottler.. Life is good!

Good for you 16136779; you deserve it; life is indeed good if you put in all the long hours to become a professional in science/engineering ;)

For the past 2 years I have travelled the earth with my fiancé visiting a total of 36 countries (in 5 continents)seeing everything I dreamt of seeing and then I decided to try farming ecologically in rural Eastern Poland this spring. Worked out quite well. I have not "held a job" for these 2 years - but I still own 24% of the shares in 4 separate hotels located in a Scandinavian country. Which I built up from scratch and previously managed (not through inherited money). The profit there is around $1.000.000 annually (should be the same next year too), so you can do the math...
Life is good - but I had serious burnout syndrome and a plethora of other stress related health syndromes at the end of my 8 year sejour as GM over those businesses... I see life totally differently now. And my greed is replaced by empathy and my brackets now see what the sheeple deny

Im sprayer, first i was just polishing and I like this job. 50h/week and i earn whole 7500$... A YEAR. Am I close enought?

Ah a fellow resouceful Pole; sounds like you are doing great!

Thanks Brief.

we knew you are a F/T assh0le but we didn;t realised you are a financial "coumsellor"

Up until I quit earlier this year, I was making $65k as an IT generalist at a mid-size company. I got pretty specialized with all their systems, but after 4 1/2 years I got tired of the guys I was working with and didn't like being inside staring at computer screens all day.

4 months later, I miss the pay check. Looking for a new job now..

BBKers, hire me as farmer! Im working on aquaponics in my home and I damn love nature and want to gtfo from city and live independent!

I'm a real estate entrepreneur.

10 hours a week buying and selling houses nets $120k a year. Not much of a challenge anymore. Do not use my own capital or credit.

30 hours a week helping other real estate entrepreneurs close deals nets me $144k a year as consultant, author, speaker. I really enjoy helping my clients solve issues and be successful.

20 hours a week listening to YouTube subscription feeds and hanging out on GLP, exploring external links. I'm an addicted conspiracy and doomtard since Jan 2011. Hoping for karmic payback. Classic gulper.

Making more money than I am now not important today. Already own my own business, schedule my days as I see fit, walk to work, got the best home, etc. However looking soon to free up my committed weekly time and payoff real estate debt faster. Got a new super fast laptop, iPhone 5, recreational toys, etc.

pretty close to that doing retail as a multistore manager, but.... managing 2-3 stores is a pain unless you have great teams.

On another note, making that much, i'm definitely a target, they hire 20 year olds and pay them almost half what i make.

A few of us managers who have been around during the hey days of payless, were given hefty raises every year for quite a few years, then the economy turned and now they are shutting down stores...

web/software developer work from home 90,000/year; work about 10 hours per week.

Refinery operations. Depending on overtime, I've made between $115,000 and $139,000 the last 4 years. I like it, when things are good it's gravy but when there are problems I probably work harder than most of you. So basically two extremes. Plus, we don't make ice cream here, so there's always a danger of boom. It's a risk but that's part of why we make what we make.

diesel mechanic, 20+ years and it's good. I took a break for awhile and worked in networking, CNE, A+ etc.. hated it.

Working hard for 50 hours/wk will get you over 100k. Working steady for 40 will get you over $70k.

the best thing is that when you leave, it's over. I don't spend hours training, studying and researching. I don't have to take it home with me, but if I do it at home it's 50/hr. cash.

I earn about $125K a year as a manager for a communications center for a major metropolitan fire department in California....I also run a side business that I will NOT identify because I think some people from that area of my life are actually here on GLP....and that nets me about 30K a year.

Wife is stay at home mom.

I don't LOVE the 911 life, but I do love my side business.

2.5x that, no degree, self taught Linux and Perl, current job I do nothing - just have to be present in case TSHTF.

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My friends son is a mailman and gets a lot of overtime. So he's making over $60K. But he's also working for a bankrupt company...

you can make that kind of money sailing on Great lakes freighters.I was a able bodied seamen, till I retried. I was making close to 60k, had 9 week paid vaction and two month off in the winter when the lakes froze up, Captain, mates, engineers made much more.


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What programming languages do you recommend and do you write your own software to sell or do custom software for clients or both?

Thanks!

County employed custodian. I make $63k. Basic responsibilities include taking out trash, cleaning bathrooms, and mopping the floors in the administration building; but I often don't do a good job and sometimes skip the bathrooms altogether.

2% annual raise (+) vacation time. No college degree. GED. Most of my co-workers are not citizens. Not bad.

I work in a call center and make 33k a year before taxes. I have an associates degree and it's strictly 7:30-4:00pm, Monday-Friday, no work will come back home with you kind of job.

High stress October-December then it's dead. I live in a college town rent a nice apartment have no loans or any debts not even a car payment granted my ride has 170k on it and I hope it will get another 30k. As someone who hadn't had health insurance for the last 4 years this job offers great benefits but it's not my ideal job.

Observer/Liaison use of currency is not allowed...

Lease broker. Make $200k ish.

5X that.

Data Miner.

Threads like this rock!

Income varies depending on how much I work. I make custom high end (expensive) items for the pet industry. Am semi-retired but keep very busy and earn quite a bit doing something I really enjoy.

Small market in bad economy but I have repeat business which helps.

My trainng/education is in nursing, however. Haven't used that in years.

Forgot to say, that's for a 30 hour week.

Research Tech 60K

SOOO, that's where purple sweaters come from.

Hey OP, I can tell you that $60K is not wealthy. you can live comfortably if you are wise with money but you aren't going to live in a mansion and drive a Lambo at that wage.