College Major, Age, Occupation, Salary

Age: 24

Major: History

Job: Consultant (healthcare industry)

Salary: $73,000

Age: 53

Major: dropped out

Job: none

Salary: government unemployment

ikindalikebutts wrote:

B.S. 2009

American Chemical Sociecty Certified

Chemistry

The Genome Institute at Washington University St. Louis

Senior Research Technician

Manual Sequence Improvement

36,500

Seeing what everyone else makes... makes me want to shoot myself. This ish is seriously depressing.

The only thing that should make you depressed is that you apparently believe the BS that everyone is spewing here.

Freelove wrote:

22

Mechanical Engineer

glorified data entry in a dying field

$50k

are you me?

21

mechanical engineering

product development in medical devices

$50-55k (technically hourly, no benefits)

I actually enjoyed reading this thread. When you take into consideration that most people are going to high-ball what they make (but probably not outright lie) than you can get a pretty good idea of what the average joe makes out there at jobs many people may be considering after college. So instead of being bs'd by colleges telling you how great life is going to be with a degree at their "institution of higher learning" you can get some primary data that will be a little more honest.

Very Simple Really wrote:

Why do folks start threads like this? Trying to impress a bunch of faceless LRCers? My god your life must be pathetic!

29

BA Sociology

College Track / XC Coach

$46,120

also

1:55

50.2

huuuuuh??? wrote:

are you me?

21

mechanical engineering

product development in medical devices

$50-55k (technically hourly, no benefits)

I'm salaried and get benefits, but close enough. What I do is actually closer to EE than ME, but if it pays the bills for a year or two I'm not gonna complain.

I don't know why people think everyone is lying in this thread. You have a bunch of engineers posting typical engineer salaries, and some questionably high ones. The only one I really doubt is the OP, since that kind of money would make him one of the top online players.

Freelove wrote:

huuuuuh??? wrote:

are you me?

21

mechanical engineering

product development in medical devices

$50-55k (technically hourly, no benefits)

I'm salaried and get benefits, but close enough. What I do is actually closer to EE than ME, but if it pays the bills for a year or two I'm not gonna complain.

I don't know why people think everyone is lying in this thread. You have a bunch of engineers posting typical engineer salaries, and some questionably high ones. The only one I really doubt is the OP, since that kind of money would make him one of the top online players.

agreed. i don't see too many that are unrealistic. Most of the big $$ are guys 40+ yrs old.

wi|fredo wrote:

median is a type of average...

Read the articles, they meant mean.

Age:52

BS Mechanical Eng

Work as Petroleum Eng

$240k

Age: 28

B.S. Exercise Physiology - oops! ~ 40k

B.S. Bioengineering - December '11

Age: 25

Major: History

Job: English teacher in South Korea

Salary: 35k/year

I don't make a lot but I couldn't be happier.

England could beat your Army wrote:

thisguy12345 wrote:

30

Physical Education

Army

$90k avg (could be more or less based on location) + pretty awesome benefits

PRs

800 1:56

1500 4:02

Mile 4:19

3k 8:50

Steeple 9:24

5k 15:14

Marathon 2:34

You have a 4:19 mile PR and haven't broken 15 in the 5k? WTF is wrong with you?

I ran exactly 15:14 and have a 4:22 PR, not that uncommon.

800 2:00

1500 4:06

Mile 4:22

3k 9:03

Steeple 9:26

5k 15:14

Marathon 3:29

Age 32

Mathematics, English and Economics

President at a large insurance company

$387k+incentives

-19

-cant decide major

-work in a shoe store and construction

-dont make enough to afford expensive in-state tuition because of shitty financial aid despite a really low EFC

mile: 4:24

3k: 8:49

5k XC: 15:49

Poli Sci

Shoe Saleman

85k plus commission (~10k)

Avocado's Number wrote:

This thread is generating the usual statistical sampling of the letsrun population.

It's like Lake Wobegon. Where all the morons are above average...

I show my cocck at night to wealthy girls. Make 110k, all under the table and tax free. Went to med school at UNC but didn't see the point after I got married.

24

dropped out of college with 3 semesters to go, but was majoring in environmental science

work part time in a grocery store bakery (closing the department at night)

made around $13,000 last year

I'm sure this thread has some instances of salary exxageration, but for the most part everything looks believable. Except the guy making $95,000 as a shoe salesmen. Unless you own the store, or you're peddling drugs out of the back, I find that hard to believe.