I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.
Biomedical postdoc in the US. Pay is exactly $61,008/yr. Postdoc means a PhD is required, and I work in Chicago, mind you
There’s actually a bit of a fun fact in this… Postdocs have historically been chronically underpaid. The NIH actually worked with a consultant a year or so back, who suggested NIH to gradually increase postdoc pay to $70k/yr (80k in urban areas). NIH didn’t agree to that, but chose to gradually increase salary over several years
NIH has a recommended minimum salary (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/salary-cap-stipends) based on years of experience. In theory institutions can pay more… In practice, a lot of them just stick to the bare minimum, some places even low-ball. This is why my salary is exactly $61,008. Last year it would have been $56.5k so… At least it is an improvement
Aviation. Pretty darn good right now, but it took 20 years of near or below poverty wages to get here. One severe economic downturn and we could be right back at shit wages.
I’d definitely have to make a burner account before answering this honestly.
I am a Routing Analyst for a communication platform. We do SMS, MMS and voice traffic. I make $80k working from home.
I generally don’t stick to any particular job for very long. I used to work a lot of retail when I was younger, but most of my income comes from seasonally working with the elderly. I generally work 12 or so hours a day as well as on call with facilities or I travel to clients homes. I’m not formally educated for medical practice but there is a big demand for people who can lift a 6’4’ 180lbs old man from the bed to the commode to the chair multiple times per day, rotate them in bed at night to avoid sores, and clean and change depends. I’ll do that for about 8 months at a time.
Aside from that, I do some artwork and I bake breads and fix appliances whenever I have time.
One drama or one episode?
One drama.
Damn dude
That’s a lot of money, kudos for landing that job
Software dev for a shipping logistics company. I make $80k with 100% paid decent enough health insurance for me and my family.
I could get paid a lot more, but this week I took a 4 hour lunch to go to the park and play soccer with my kid. I let my boss and coworker know and they both just said to have fun and say hi to the family for them. I do something like that at least 2 times and week and it’s not a problem.
Last week I went to the aquarium on a whim and my coworker decided that sounded fun and brought his kid too. You would have to pay me a lot more money than I’m worth to give up this kind of freedom.
Yup, this is so good to find. The company I work for is so flexible with time. First job I’ve ever had where I’m not micro managed to death on projects and time.
Softwaere engineer in Switzerland, I work 36h a week, 5 days a week. I start at 8:30 and usually work till 16:30 which gives me plenty of time for my hobbies. Company is fully owned by its workers which is not bad eithet even though 50℅ belong to the top C-suite managers (which they bough from their bosses when they left the company, so the shares do stay with the employees). I make around 110k CHF a year (which is nice as I only pay like 6k in income tax). Pretty happy.
I’m a Substation Designer. 66k USD a year. I work alongside mechanical and electrical engineers to design the physical side of substations, including elevations, conduit and grounding. I have an Associates and I’ve been doing it for almost three years now. I love it.
Mental health (masters-level therapist), shit.
Ped psych rn, getting my bachelor’s. $86k for 36hrs a week at a low acuity pediatric suds facility in the Midwest. It’s a therapy led facility, and the therapists got pissed when they realized I make more than them, so they had a riot and now I’m forced to lead therapeutic groups because their caseload of 3.5 kids is “unmanageable” 🙄
I’m paid $60k/year, have a caseload of 70 for 35 hours/week work, and work conditions force me to work 50 hours/week to complete my duties, no additional pay, overtime LOL.
We are not the same.
Oh, I certainly wasn’t trying to imply that we were the same. I know I’ve got it good. For how much education you guys have, unless you’re private practice, you guys get fucked. I’ve worked with a lot of therapists who were severely undervalued and hard workers. The ones at my current facility are just babies who don’t know how good they have it. One of the loudest complainers about not being able to get his work done literally has weight lifting time scheduled into his work day.
You were also the only other person in the mental health field, so that’s why I commented on yours specifically, and I thought I would share a little anecdote about how my job sucks, too. I’m the only nurse Friday - Sunday, and on top of having to complete my nursing duties, I also have to do theirs.
I am a stay at home Dad. The pay is terrible and my boss is extremely immature. Best job I’ve ever had.
Microsoft 365 Administrator, $130k USD. I only have an Associate’s degree but I have over a decade of experience in the field. Most of my day is spent coordinating with cybersecurity, compliance, and lawyers to ensure our data practices are sound. It’s a constantly-moving target.
What exactly is that? Microsoft 365 is Word, PowerPoint, etc., no? I didn’t know there was anything to administrate.
It’s the enterprise level backend stuff, technical systems management for Outlook, implementing rules and policies, assigning account group memberships, reports, SharePoint administration, etc.
I do tech work for law firms, hospitals, and schools. I make about $150k/yr, but I’m bored out of my skull. I’d like more of a challenge but I’d have to give up my cush to get it.
What are your tasks that bore you?
Pretty much all of them.
Most tech issues can be easily reduced to rote actions as long as you have a little bit of knowledge about the environment in which they are being executed.
Sure, it’s fun rolling out youth systems and dealing with integration issues and things like that, but after the high watermark fun things, there are large gaps of where you’re just doing maintenance, and maintenance is no fun.
- Grad student
- Bad
Program coordinator with the local government (civil servant). $65k a year, which I still can’t believe I got. It’s 15k more than what the previous person in my position was getting. I simply asked if it was possible to go higher, and that’s the offer they came back with.
Everyone tells me this means I could’ve asked for much more, but I feel that’s about fair for what I bring to the table. I overperform in entry-level jobs, but I don’t have the time management skills and emotional resilience to do well at higher levels. I’m already hitting my limit barely one year in - but this time, I’ve got a good team, a great manager, and will hopefully have my meds adjusted so I can keep going.
You know, I’m kind of in a similar spot. I get a steady, constant, stable stream of work. I’m not a great groundbreaking actor but always show up on time, am pleasant with the team, try my best for the best outcome, etc. which has led to me having the reputation of being a dependable, disciplined, easy-to-work-with, consistent actor/public figure (which is why I always get gigs). I get told I “settle” a bit too much, for example I had offers from China with lots of money but for personal reasons choose to pass up on them. I’m just comfortable and satisfied with my work as it is and don’t feel the need to reach “higher”.
Yes! All of it, yes! It took me a long time to stop internalizing the “you’re not reaching your potential” message. Being happy where I am is not a bad thing! I’m glad you’re happy too, especially in such a demanding industry. Follow your happiness! 🫡✨
