I do physical therapy with school kids with disabilities. Almost $60k but only paid for 190 work days. People think we get paid for all those holidays and breaks, but we don't - only paid for the days that we work plus five sick and vacation days. My husband makes a few times what I make as an engineer and my kids are grown (but not entirely off the payroll), so I feel pretty lucky to have the life that we do.
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I help people do science and math with their computers. I make around 100k, double the median income in my area. My commute is an hour and a half each way, at least, and sometimes I only have around 3 hours to myself after I get back from work before I need to go to bed. Still, I have it better than most (although, with the current attack on science in the US, uncertainty about clients is rising...)
I‘m a Junior Software dev in eastern Germany. I earn around 50k€
Nice nick ;-)
I work in sales in the field of factory automation and robotics in the Detroit area. I make $65k a year plus some other benefits. One is that they pay for good health insurance for the whole family. I will likely not have a job soon due to tariffs and get back into teaching.
I own a small business consulting firm that the serves tech and energy industries. Generally, pay is good in consulting. Owning a company can be risky financially - we've had good years and bad years.
I do GIS, which is basically computer mapping, for an energy company. Because we work in the energy sector, we're unionized with the electricians and with that we have a fantastic pay scale and benefits. USD I make ~$70k/yr
I'm in technical presales. I go with salespeople and explain the IT infra, services and cybersecurity we sell. Should be $190k+ this year.
Sheeeeeeesh
Nice try fbi
First year post-grad! Pay is 1500 USD/month but it's nice getting paid to study, I suppose. Also doing TA too.
Do you think a post-grad will realistically help your employment opportunities?
Kinda, but I'm in for research rather than for job opportunities.
I tend to watch some Thai series (mostly on Netflix), so I find these numbers interesting.
I think that this salary is considered to be quite high for Thai standards, but knowing the prices, does not allow for lavish luxuries like expensive sports cars.
How long do those 15 episodes take to film generally?
6 months is a good average. The rate I get per episode is considered top level in the industry. Unfortunately the majority of Thai actors don’t get paid much and have to hustle on the side. Either way the real money is made through other things such as endorsements, ads, attending events, releasing your own stuff / business, etc. For example you can get paid 500k baht just to attend an event. Acting itself is more like the avenue to keep your notoriety high for these other activities.
Khob khun krap for the detailed answer.
To answer the original question in this post:
I work in finance in the space industry and make less in 12 months than you do in 6. Around 80-90k /year.
This guy is obviously borderline famous in Thailand, but all anyone here wants to know about is his money situation! Ahh Americans.
It’s literally how he started the conversation. It’s what he asked to talk about. smh
True
Do you do one episode a year or one season of 15 episodes?
I assume you're pretty well off considering you are in Thailand where living costs are relatively lower?
Thai dramas don’t usually have seasons. It’s just 1 show of ~15 episodes. I do 1 show. It’s great money but nothing like the top in big industries such as the US, China, S Korea, Japan, etc.
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An odd combination of IT + offshore + electronics. 90% of the time this boils down to the same answer as @Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
Being half naked and drunk is not a career inhibitor.
It pays enough that I neither know nor care about egg prices, and yet I always have a carton or two 8n my fridge which is frequently restocked.
tech. decent. used to be pretty good. can still be pretty good but its pretty striated now with shit jobs, decent level, and quite nice.