Imagine if someone came up to you and started talking about money: “Hello, good to meet you. What do you do for a living? Oh, that sounds interesting. How much do you make? Do you get a pension? Are you investing in the stock market? You are? Great! What mutual funds and stocks do you own? Wait, you’re not diversified? Let me tell you what you need to do!”
A dialogue like that could unlock all sorts of promising insights and opportunities. But at the same time, it sounds almost impossible. We’ve come to a point where it’s generally considered inappropriate or even rude to discuss your income. In an attempt to change that, Redditor u/BigPlunk asked other platform users, “What is your job and how much do you get paid?“
Surprisingly, many of them replied! Gotta love the transparency and honesty of some people.
#1
I’m a bum and get $120 a week donating plasma, but plot twist I have an interview at the plasma place tomorrow.
Update: I went to the interview, they called and asked to push it back to 3pm which was completely fine as they had gotten their truck in. The interview went well, and I answered the questions as best as I could. They said it would be full time Monday-Friday 1pm-9:30pm and every other weekend 6am-4:30pm starting at $13-14 an hour. I hope to hear back from them in the next few days, as they mentioned getting my ID, Social Security Card, and High School Diploma so they could make copies.
Image source: Meckles94, Nguyễn Hiệp
#2
I’m a farmer. My earnings are flirting with the breadline, but I have very little bills and my life is overall very happy and fulfilling
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#3
NYC roll off dumpster driver under a Teamster union contract. $40 an hour in January + medical and pension paid 100% by my employer. There’s guaranteed overtime too, so gross around $130k + the other perks. We also get a 100k severance payout the day we retire. I have a bachelors in business, but fell in love with being outside all day. I also sell scrap metal if I can collect it and I have a thriving eBay business from other things I find in the dumpsters. Made another 20-25k doing that on the side.
#4
I do research with brain cells, HIV, cocaine, and fentanyl. $29,500/year aka ~$14/hr. Yes I’m sad that this is what a Master’s degree got me.
Image source: chicken–jesus, Michael Longmire
#5
I’m a teacher in Zimbabwe. I make $150 (USD) per month. $150 is not enough. We’re just living day by day.
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#6
Officer on a container ship work about 6 months out of the year and make about 120k. For the most part my job is looking out a window at some waves.
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#7
Entrepreneur, negative 10k per year
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#8
Emt 15/hr
Edit: u guys need to realize, I’m on the high end. 15/hr is starting wage here and that’s freaking nuts. I seriously met a guy who worked 20+ years as an advanced EMT over in Tennessee and he was legit making 10.50 an hour. The dude was 48 on, 24 off.
Actually y’all think I’m doing rough? Check out wildland firefighters haha
Image source: Roger_Stingingson, Yassine Khalfalli
#9
carpenter here, 67$ an hour with including my benefits.
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#10
I am a paraprofessional in an elementary school. I spend most of my time in a self contained Kindergarten – 5th grade classroom of mostly “non verbal” students with autism. (Occasionally I float to other classrooms) I make around 20k a year. I love my job, but the pay is insulting.
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#11
I work at a recycling plant, I get $35 an hour to stand at a conveyer belt picking out glass
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#12
Damn. Reading some of these posts of people with really important jobs with very fancy degrees makes me feel drastically overpaid. I’m a dog walker/pet sitter/Gal Friday. $25-$50/hr. I average about 75k a year. Wear yoga pants and t-shirts to work every day, listen to my AirPods and do my Pimsleur while working, leave time in the middle of the day between my appointments for my violin/cello lessons each week, and am usually stoned most of the day. Love my job. No real benefits so paying for those myself eats into my profit margin, but the total lack of stress or any type of management for my line of work totally makes up for it. I honestly don’t feel like I work. It feels like I wake up and f**k around all day for really good money.
Image source: Snoo33903, Andriyko Podilnyk
#13
UPS package sorter at a warehouse, 22$ an hour plus time and a half pay for anything over 5 hour shift in a single day (so for example one shift is 5 hours if I work two shifts in a row the second one would be 33$ an hour)
Unlimited overtime too so if I really really wanted to I could triple shift everyday for an entire week (that would be like 15 hours straight everyday working though) and get a months worth of money in a single check
Image source: Negativ_Monarch, Ruchindra Gunasekara
#14
i just started a new job as a software engineer with 384k total comp. to be honest i don’t really know what to do with most of my money besides caring for my aging parents and saving. i feel very lucky and privileged to be here.
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#15
Underwater Welder. 296k annually.
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#16
13 year old here, I take out the trash and take out of the dishwasher at home and get paid 78 dollars a month or 936 dollars a year by my mom.
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#17
Licensed Nursing Assistant for a Home Care Agency- $13.50/hr. It’s embarrassingly underpaid, but the girl I take care of is so incredibly sweet (18F with cerebral palsy – nonverbal). Being able to help her and her family out means more to me than my actual paycheck.
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#18
Private jet captain. Varies with overtime, but this year will be around $360k.
#19
Air Ambulance Pilot (helicopter). $80k a year.
Image source: FodderOfCannons, Engin Akyurt
#20
I work in a steel mill that heats steel bars to a certain hardness. I get paid 18$ an hour and so far we haven’t had anyone die for a year (that’s a record)
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#21
Master of the custodial arts. $17.50/h.
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#22
Inspect nuclear reactors under contract, ~$100k/yr but only work 10 weeks a year
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#23
I’m a line cook / manager for a busy restaurant, and I get paid $19 an hour +tip share + profit share from two recipes of mine on the menu.
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#24
Artificial intelligence/computer vision. About $230k.
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#25
I’m an English teacher in charity organization. 6$/h
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#26
Vet tech, $15/hr in Utah. Getting a raise later this month tho!
Image source: Grin_nbearit, FLOUFFY
#27
Senior IT analyst, a little under $100k. Not bad for a GED recipient.
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#28
I work at a small tech company doing any random thing they want. I make 90k.
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#29
Air Traffic Controller. Around $100k
Image source: ATC_av8er, wikimedia.commons
#30
Medical Coder – make $31/hr, about 65k annually.
Image source: PM_Daddy_Bellies, Ivan Samkov
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