The secret is out! How much i earn.
I was checking out Cal Girl Finance yesterday and really enjoyed it. She brings up an awesome topic on salary and the taboo on sharing it with others. I commented that i'm pretty much okay w/ talking about it w/ family, and even a best friend or so, but that's about it. Then the more i thought about it, the more i wanted to say!
First off, there's absolutely no way i'm sharing it w/ co-workers, nor do i even WANT to know theirs. The last thing i need is to get a little jealous, over-confident, or just straight up confused :) There's a reason it's kept super duty quiet i the work place.
The same thing goes w/ friends in my book (although not for BEST friends). I don't believe someone should be looked up or down upon based on their salary alone. I've made the mistake of sharing this twice.
Once when i was bringing in pennies and literally got laughed at, not to mention sarcastically asked how i survive. And the second when i brought in more than a friend, and was openly talking about salaries in the DC area w/ him. It wasn't bad at first, but after a few weeks, and even to this day, i get ridiculed whenever i don't wanna go out partying or to a sports event so i can save money. According to him, "i make plenty enough and shouldnt' even think about it". That was the last time i decided to share...
Until today :) Since this IS a personal finance blog and we're all pretty much anonymous here, i say it's time to unload and set ourselves free! So, without further adieu, here are my juicy details:
I have a base salary of $75k + quarterly bonus' of about 2k a piece, bringing the current total to roughly $83k.
Get this though, i am nowhere CLOSE to being the only one jumping on this openness train! Cal Girl linked to a post where over 240 commenters have givin' up theirs as well!!! Seriously, you HAVE to check it out. An absolutely great post from My Open Wallet.
It's just so crazy! You get this crazy mixture of intimacy, gossip, and taboo-ness (is that a word?) all mixed in one. I mean, we are in the personal finance genre here, but still ... it's all just so oddly alluring.
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First off, there's absolutely no way i'm sharing it w/ co-workers, nor do i even WANT to know theirs. The last thing i need is to get a little jealous, over-confident, or just straight up confused :) There's a reason it's kept super duty quiet i the work place.
The same thing goes w/ friends in my book (although not for BEST friends). I don't believe someone should be looked up or down upon based on their salary alone. I've made the mistake of sharing this twice.
Once when i was bringing in pennies and literally got laughed at, not to mention sarcastically asked how i survive. And the second when i brought in more than a friend, and was openly talking about salaries in the DC area w/ him. It wasn't bad at first, but after a few weeks, and even to this day, i get ridiculed whenever i don't wanna go out partying or to a sports event so i can save money. According to him, "i make plenty enough and shouldnt' even think about it". That was the last time i decided to share...
Until today :) Since this IS a personal finance blog and we're all pretty much anonymous here, i say it's time to unload and set ourselves free! So, without further adieu, here are my juicy details:
I have a base salary of $75k + quarterly bonus' of about 2k a piece, bringing the current total to roughly $83k.
Get this though, i am nowhere CLOSE to being the only one jumping on this openness train! Cal Girl linked to a post where over 240 commenters have givin' up theirs as well!!! Seriously, you HAVE to check it out. An absolutely great post from My Open Wallet.
It's just so crazy! You get this crazy mixture of intimacy, gossip, and taboo-ness (is that a word?) all mixed in one. I mean, we are in the personal finance genre here, but still ... it's all just so oddly alluring.
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posted by J. Money at
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7 Comments:
Good for you for putting it out there! It makes things a lot more easy to talk about and conceptualize when you know the exact numbers you're talking about.
Also, thanks for stopping by my new site. We'll see if I wind up taking the leap and sharing my salary. Hmmm... Not so sure.
Thanks for sharing! You're more brave than I am since I still haven't shared my salary! I'm only comfortable with giving generalizations. I'm glad I was able to inspire a post for you!
I just stumbled on your blog. Funny that you should mention in your post that a friend has essentially said that you shouldn't say no to social activities because you make plenty of money. I've pretty had the same thing happen, and with a very close friend. Sharing my salary doesn't bother me, but after this latest experience I'm rethinking that stance.
Thx for all the comments!
Healthy Amelia - yeah, i was feeling wayyyy more fiesty on friday than usual ;) glad i finally got it out there though!
Calgirl - Thx! and hell yeah, you DEF. inspired this one.
On the home front - that's awesome that you're so open about it. hopefully our "friends" just think a little more the next time around!
Very interesting link, thank you for guiding us to that. And it's interesting to see what others make... I wish they had also added their debts ;-)
I make about 1/3 of what the average was... but I pay no rent or mortgage so it's all relevant I guess...
I make about $40k from my primary job. I'm probably going to make a few thousand from my second job.
Thanks for sharing your post with me. This is great! Just putting it out there.
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