View Poll Results: What is your yearly income ?
Under $30K per year
82
13.64%
$30K - $50K per year
133
22.13%
$50K - $75K per year
165
27.45%
$75K - $100K per year
105
17.47%
$100K - $125K per year
57
9.48%
$125K - $150K per year
22
3.66%
$150K + per year
37
6.16%
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How much to you make a year ?
12-15-2006 | 10:59 PM
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From: Northeast Ohio
12-15-2006 | 11:01 PM
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Construction has been pretty good to me.....helps when you work for one of the biggest outfits in the country, they tend to pay more than the little guys.
The market is hot right now too. CM's/GC's are hurting for good folks, so you can almost name your price. I was getting 2-3 calls a week from headhunters for a while until I started asking them if they had anyone available.
I might make it into the second to last category by the end of 07....not bad for a high school drop out. Then again, I am driving a 10 year old truck with 243K on it....
The market is hot right now too. CM's/GC's are hurting for good folks, so you can almost name your price. I was getting 2-3 calls a week from headhunters for a while until I started asking them if they had anyone available.
I might make it into the second to last category by the end of 07....not bad for a high school drop out. Then again, I am driving a 10 year old truck with 243K on it....
Must be nice. Last year I brought in over 80,000. This year with construction so slow in Ohio I will be lucky to hit 50,000 and next year is not lookin so good either since we are losing factories left and right.
12-16-2006 | 12:44 AM
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I hear that everywhere! Actually, I wish I were back as a HM dealing directly with Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. That was the best of times...I loved my job and hated it at the same time. Long hours and low pay combined with the best people I ever worked with. God Bless the US Marine Corps!!!!
12-16-2006 | 01:27 AM
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I finally got to a comfortable spot in my career (according to my Leave and Earning Statement) and now it's time to retire 
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I won't be making near as much $$ with the job that I am looking at (Arborist) but then again won't need as much thanks to the retainer check from Uncle Sugar. I look at it like this, he is paying for my house and a few utilities ... and all I gotta do is buy food and toys for the kiddies ... the rest is just gravy.
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.I won't be making near as much $$ with the job that I am looking at (Arborist) but then again won't need as much thanks to the retainer check from Uncle Sugar. I look at it like this, he is paying for my house and a few utilities ... and all I gotta do is buy food and toys for the kiddies ... the rest is just gravy.
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12-16-2006 | 05:15 AM
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12-16-2006 | 08:01 AM
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From: Mississippi, USA
Yeah, doctors and lawyers make a good living but, engineers can get right on up there pretty quick. We have entry level engineers making 100k a year. 20+ years experience gets a person into the elective deferral tax bracket. I thank the Good Lord every single day. Ed B
12-16-2006 | 10:36 AM
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Uhm, mind if I ask where you got entry levels making a six figures?
12-16-2006 | 02:56 PM
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12-16-2006 | 03:15 PM
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The real winners are those that own their own business (write off's) and/or can make great $'s in less expensive areas.
12-16-2006 | 09:05 PM
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seems only way you can make a buck is to be in a big town, with traffic, taxes, and crime.
12-16-2006 | 09:19 PM
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From: stephenville, tx
this year mines going to be 120k plus, the gas indusrty is booming down here and were putting lots of pipe in the ground, the average pipline welder right now makes 100k-200k with atleast 50 hrs a week, you get rig and per diem non taxable
12-17-2006 | 02:05 AM
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From: Edmonton, Alberta