Author Topic: Income in the United States (Read 638 times)

AquaShrimp · « **on:** December 31, 2006, 10:35:31 AM »

I found this interesting placard on wikipedia while reading about the U.S. economy. Americans are making more than I thought they were.

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2006, 10:52:31 AM »

Alex Rodriguez makes $24,200,000 pre year playing baseball.

thats 24.2 million.

bj229r · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2006, 11:58:25 AM »

its those evil greedy rich people skewing the numbers

Neubob · « **Reply #3 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:06:02 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
Alex Rodriguez makes $24,200,000 pre year playing baseball.

thats 24.2 million.

Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was 24.2 cents.

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:10:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Neubob
Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was 24.2 cents.

i didn't want all the zeros to confuse anyone who only makes $70,000 a year.

LePaul · « **Reply #5 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:30:20 PM »

The secret message: If you're in school, stay. If you don't have your degree...invest in yourself and get one.

I'm checking out my local college's online offerings. Its like haggling over a used car to make a college accept *their own credits* into new degree programs. They don't want to accept the math and english course credits I took from them 10 years ago! Has Calculus changed in 10 years?

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:40:17 PM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
Has Calculus changed in 10 years?

yes.

before you had 0-9

now all you have is 1 and 0 in endless strings.. ohh and 1337

Ripsnort · « **Reply #7 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:52:48 PM »

Something doesn't seem right about those numbers...a doctorate's degree median income is $70k? I highly doubt that.

I'm an "under 50 percentile" PM (according to national Project Managers income salary survey) and my income exceeds that doctorates median income.

porkfrog · « **Reply #8 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:19:01 PM »

rofl Nilsen!!

Neubob · « **Reply #9 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:27:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Something doesn't seem right about those numbers...a doctorate's degree median income is $70k? I highly doubt that.

I'm an "under 50 percentile" PM (according to national Project Managers income salary survey) and my income exceeds that doctorates median income.

A lot of those guys are college professors, and don't make as much as their title might imply.

Thrawn · « **Reply #10 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:37:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Neubob
A lot of those guys are college professors, and don't make as much as their title might imply.

That's okay, it's still a great jumping off point for Rip to state that he makes over $70K.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:37:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Neubob
A lot of those guys are college professors, and don't make as much as their title might imply.

I'm willing to bet that they account for a very small percentage.

The most demand for Doctorates degree are in the following fields:
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering

http://www.jobweb.com/joboutlook/2007/

Neubob · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:39:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I'm willing to bet that they account for a very small percentage.

The most demand for Doctorates degree are in the following fields:
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering

http://www.jobweb.com/joboutlook/2007/

Okay, rip, you're underqualified and overpaid... Happy now?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:39:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
That's okay, it's still a great jumping off point for Rip to state that he makes over $70K.

Hell, we hire mechanical engineers fresh out of college starting at $48k a year with only a Bachelor's degree.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:42:22 PM »

Rip, what about all the folks with doctorates in the soft sciences, like biology. The median income for a person with a PhD in biology is 48,000.

Some folks get PhDs not because of the money, but to do what they love.