How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
Apr 28th 2010, 7:58 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
Apr 28th 2010, 8:02 pm
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Apr 28th 2010, 8:17 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
I'd say a six figure salary for engineers in Calgary isn't that unusual. I looked up the equivalent figures for the 70k and 79k incomes that were mentioned previously for Vancouver - they were 88k and 98k for Calgary I think. In Calgary I'd consider 70k pretty tight to support a family on but perhaps cost of living (excluding housing anyway) is higher?
Apr 28th 2010, 8:31 pm
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Apr 28th 2010, 8:32 pm
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Apr 28th 2010, 8:40 pm
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They enable realtors and many become politicians! That way they can screw whole nations at once instead of working one client at a time
Apr 28th 2010, 8:54 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
I can't think of how lawyers enable realtors. They would prefer that the realtors left the legal stuff to those that understand what they are putting forward for a client to sign.
Apr 28th 2010, 8:55 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
No, in England, if a lawyer generates $100,000 worth of billings a year for the firm, s/he will be paid, roughly, $25,000 by the firm. Here, a lawyer would be paid $50,000.
Apr 28th 2010, 11:06 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
Is there a general loathing of lawyers?? I can't say I have noticed it but then I have met a few in my past life as BFF is a lawyer. I even snogged a judge once.
Apr 28th 2010, 11:24 pm
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Re: How Much (Household) Salary Do You Think We Will Need?
I can't really say that I have anything against lawyers. Never snogged one though
