View Poll Results: What is your income level?
$0 - $25,000
5
7.46%
$25,000 - $50,000
13
19.40%
$50,000 - $75,000
19
28.36%
$75,000 - $100,000
12
17.91%
$100,000 - $200,000
14
20.90%
>$200,000
4
5.97%
Voters: 67. You may not vote on this poll
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Jun 9th 2004, 6:50 pm
#46
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Originally posted by jan_michigan
I didnt embellish either ... hubby earns $42K / year working for the local indian tribe and i earn a measly $8 / hour for hotel work ... all in all it comes to about 50K. Its enough to live on, we just about manage to pay extortionate property taxes and car insurances and until something better than $8/hr comes along its our lot.
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I didnt embellish either ... hubby earns $42K / year working for the local indian tribe and i earn a measly $8 / hour for hotel work ... all in all it comes to about 50K. Its enough to live on, we just about manage to pay extortionate property taxes and car insurances and until something better than $8/hr comes along its our lot.
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Jun 9th 2004, 7:48 pm
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I put hubbies salary on. Hope that was OK.
I agree with the comments regarding the issue of where you live. This type of survey, while interesting, doesn't really work because people can have the same job in different states and earn totally different amounts (not just a few thousand different but 10 or 20 thousand different easily) and yet have exactly the same lifestyle, even a better lifestyle in the state with a lower salary expectation.
Even down to jan mentioning property tax. Property tax not only in one state can be very different to the property tax in another but even going from county to county within states.
It would be no different to trying to compare salaries in the UK in a lot of ways - would you compare a salary in Doncaster working as a secretary to a job in London as a secretary, then not take into account the property tax of both? I know I wouldn't.
I agree with the comments regarding the issue of where you live. This type of survey, while interesting, doesn't really work because people can have the same job in different states and earn totally different amounts (not just a few thousand different but 10 or 20 thousand different easily) and yet have exactly the same lifestyle, even a better lifestyle in the state with a lower salary expectation.
Even down to jan mentioning property tax. Property tax not only in one state can be very different to the property tax in another but even going from county to county within states.
It would be no different to trying to compare salaries in the UK in a lot of ways - would you compare a salary in Doncaster working as a secretary to a job in London as a secretary, then not take into account the property tax of both? I know I wouldn't.
Jun 9th 2004, 7:57 pm
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You're all correct. It's un-scientific, inaccurate and probably just downright wrong...
...but you're all discussing it, and the poll results seem pretty interesting whether or not they're of any value.
...but you're all discussing it, and the poll results seem pretty interesting whether or not they're of any value.
Jun 9th 2004, 8:04 pm
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Originally posted by dbj1000
You're all correct. It's un-scientific, inaccurate and probably just downright wrong...
...but you're all discussing it, and the poll results seem pretty interesting whether or not they're of any value.
You're all correct. It's un-scientific, inaccurate and probably just downright wrong...
...but you're all discussing it, and the poll results seem pretty interesting whether or not they're of any value.
... and I wouldn't be surprised if some people are telling porkies too!
Jun 9th 2004, 8:16 pm
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Originally posted by NC Penguin
... and I wouldn't be surprised if some people are telling porkies too!
... and I wouldn't be surprised if some people are telling porkies too!
what I'm interested to find out is why the gap at 75,000 to 100,000? is there some sort of tax issue heer that holds people below 75 or pushes them over 100 (or is this just a peculiarity of the people on this site?)
Jun 9th 2004, 8:37 pm
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Originally posted by Chopper-Chris
Not that it really matters, I mean, if we were actually performing a scientific study, we wouldn't be doing very well on a study size of 40 people (so far)
what I'm interested to find out is why the gap at 75,000 to 100,000? is there some sort of tax issue heer that holds people below 75 or pushes them over 100 (or is this just a peculiarity of the people on this site?)
Not that it really matters, I mean, if we were actually performing a scientific study, we wouldn't be doing very well on a study size of 40 people (so far)
what I'm interested to find out is why the gap at 75,000 to 100,000? is there some sort of tax issue heer that holds people below 75 or pushes them over 100 (or is this just a peculiarity of the people on this site?)
They're the ones in marketing and the like so cannot help but double their figure before reporting it, so the category stays empty
Jun 9th 2004, 9:25 pm
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Originally posted by monster
They're the ones in marketing and the like so cannot help but double their figure before reporting it, so the category stays empty
They're the ones in marketing and the like so cannot help but double their figure before reporting it, so the category stays empty
lend us all a tenner
Jun 9th 2004, 9:36 pm
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Originally posted by veryfunny
I cannot believe this but I am actually agreeing with the 2 conservatives on this board.
Very scarry thing that is
I cannot believe this but I am actually agreeing with the 2 conservatives on this board.
Very scarry thing that is
Jun 9th 2004, 9:41 pm
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Originally posted by Lion in Winter
I would sit down til it passes off, if I were you.
I would sit down til it passes off, if I were you.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:03 am
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Well so far my un-scientific analysis of this un-scientific poll is that we BritExpats are over-paid, on average
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average US salary was $36,764 in 2002.
I'm assuming that most people posted personal, rather than joint income. I'm also assuming that you didn't all lie. Both assumptions may be wrong!
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average US salary was $36,764 in 2002.
I'm assuming that most people posted personal, rather than joint income. I'm also assuming that you didn't all lie. Both assumptions may be wrong!
Jun 10th 2004, 1:27 am
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Our income in the US last year was $150,000+, however we were living in California where this amount is insignificant. Yes we had a reasonable standard of living, but there was absolutely no hope that we would be able to afford to buy a house for $600,000+. Our rent was $2100 a month, add in the state taxes (up to 9.4%), throw in the $540 a month for health care plus another $180 for medical costs and it soon starts looking smaller and smaller.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:31 am
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gotta agree with that one Vicki, the costs in the LA area for EVERYTHING soon whittle down what looks like a high salary.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:38 am
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Originally posted by dbj1000
Well so far my un-scientific analysis of this un-scientific poll is that we BritExpats are over-paid, on average
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average US salary was $36,764 in 2002.
I'm assuming that most people posted personal, rather than joint income. I'm also assuming that you didn't all lie. Both assumptions may be wrong!
Well so far my un-scientific analysis of this un-scientific poll is that we BritExpats are over-paid, on average
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average US salary was $36,764 in 2002.
I'm assuming that most people posted personal, rather than joint income. I'm also assuming that you didn't all lie. Both assumptions may be wrong!
...And for those who weren't, how many utter dipsticks manage to get themselves in a situation where they can meet and get on with a USC, and negotaite the immigration minefield? It takes a good deal of common sense and intelligence to get over here that way, so even those of us without many formal qualifications stand a chance of getting higher salaries than your average Joe.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:40 am
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true enough.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:59 am
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Originally posted by monster
But surely we are more highly qualified, on average, than your average salary earner, seeing as how a proportion of us were shipped over for work because of our exceptional skills.
...And for those who weren't, how many utter dipsticks manage to get themselves in a situation where they can meet and get on with a USC, and negotaite the immigration minefield? It takes a good deal of common sense and intelligence to get over here that way, so even those of us without many formal qualifications stand a chance of getting higher salaries than your average Joe.
But surely we are more highly qualified, on average, than your average salary earner, seeing as how a proportion of us were shipped over for work because of our exceptional skills.
...And for those who weren't, how many utter dipsticks manage to get themselves in a situation where they can meet and get on with a USC, and negotaite the immigration minefield? It takes a good deal of common sense and intelligence to get over here that way, so even those of us without many formal qualifications stand a chance of getting higher salaries than your average Joe.