I make about $69K/year. After income taxes, that'll be about $42-44K for 2016, and after sales and other taxes, probably about $39-41K. While this is an above-average income nationally (USA), here in Southern California after adjusting for our abnormally high cost of living (a modest two-bedroom apartment in my area costs about $22K/year), my income is average at best.
I feel very uncomfortable discussing this, although I agree with the point of the vid completely. At past jobs, I have been given raises that put me over what other people in my position with more experience were making, which made for some awkwardness and resentment from my coworkers. Salaries are a serious hot-button issue where I work now that nearly led to fisticuffs recently. I was hired to replace someone who quit to find a job that paid more, and wound up being offered a pay rate he probably would've stayed for - which doubtless would piss off all of his friends who I now work with. My boss asked me to keep quiet about my improved salary, and since he played a large role in getting me that salary (he raised a fuss with his bosses when I pretended that I was going to quit if I wasn't paid more than the guy who left for more money), I do feel morally obligated to do so - except, apparently, on the internet where everything I say is visible to everyone alive for all time.
I'm a network engineer for a ginormous soulless megacorporation.
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