I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.
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Boiler Technician 40 hours a week. Union backed 80k a year.
Mental health (masters-level therapist), shit.
Ped psych rn, getting my bachelor’s. $86k for 36hrs a week at a low acuity pediatric suds facility in the Midwest. It’s a therapy led facility, and the therapists got pissed when they realized I make more than them, so they had a riot and now I’m forced to lead therapeutic groups because their caseload of 3.5 kids is “unmanageable” 🙄
I’m paid $60k/year, have a caseload of 70 for 35 hours/week work, and work conditions force me to work 50 hours/week to complete my duties, no additional pay, overtime LOL.
We are not the same.
Microsoft 365 Administrator, $130k USD. I only have an Associate’s degree but I have over a decade of experience in the field. Most of my day is spent coordinating with cybersecurity, compliance, and lawyers to ensure our data practices are sound. It’s a constantly-moving target.
What exactly is that? Microsoft 365 is Word, PowerPoint, etc., no? I didn’t know there was anything to administrate.
It’s the enterprise level backend stuff, technical systems management for Outlook, implementing rules and policies, assigning account group memberships, reports, SharePoint administration, etc.
You hit the nail on the head. Compliance and legal obligations for security and storage are a constantly moving target, so there’s always a lot to adjust alongside the day to day management.
It’s “how’s the pay” or “what’s the pay like” not a shitty mix of those two. For anything, it’s never “how *** like”, only “what’s *** like” or “how’s ***”
“Thai actor”
… did ya think that maybe, just maybe, English isn’t their first language?
Don’t be a dick, it makes perfect sense
I am a stay at home Dad. The pay is terrible and my boss is extremely immature. Best job I’ve ever had.
Depending on your boss, you get all the plastic food you could need though!
Marketing Director for a company that hosts in person conferences. $105 base with around 15k in bonus per year. I work remote from home. I enjoy the flexibility it gives me. Health insurance for me and my wife is like 14k a year though, so don’t like that.
- Grad student
- Bad
I’m a production artist working for a small production studio. I work from home and my hours are super flexible. So long as I get my work done they don’t care how long and when I start work. The pay kinda sucks since it’s about $30k a year but I’m a recent graduate so I understand.
Regional Head, working on collaborating Technical operations with work systems (no software), make about 85k EUR +18% bonus a year currently in fmcg industry.
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.
I do tech work for law firms, hospitals, and schools. I make about $150k/yr, but I’m bored out of my skull. I’d like more of a challenge but I’d have to give up my cush to get it.
What are your tasks that bore you?
Pretty much all of them.
Most tech issues can be easily reduced to rote actions as long as you have a little bit of knowledge about the environment in which they are being executed.
Sure, it’s fun rolling out youth systems and dealing with integration issues and things like that, but after the high watermark fun things, there are large gaps of where you’re just doing maintenance, and maintenance is no fun.
Ah, I see!
Program coordinator with the local government (civil servant). $65k a year, which I still can’t believe I got. It’s 15k more than what the previous person in my position was getting. I simply asked if it was possible to go higher, and that’s the offer they came back with.
Everyone tells me this means I could’ve asked for much more, but I feel that’s about fair for what I bring to the table. I overperform in entry-level jobs, but I don’t have the time management skills and emotional resilience to do well at higher levels. I’m already hitting my limit barely one year in - but this time, I’ve got a good team, a great manager, and will hopefully have my meds adjusted so I can keep going.
You know, I’m kind of in a similar spot. I get a steady, constant, stable stream of work. I’m not a great groundbreaking actor but always show up on time, am pleasant with the team, try my best for the best outcome, etc. which has led to me having the reputation of being a dependable, disciplined, easy-to-work-with, consistent actor/public figure (which is why I always get gigs). I get told I “settle” a bit too much, for example I had offers from China with lots of money but for personal reasons choose to pass up on them. I’m just comfortable and satisfied with my work as it is and don’t feel the need to reach “higher”.
Yes! All of it, yes! It took me a long time to stop internalizing the “you’re not reaching your potential” message. Being happy where I am is not a bad thing! I’m glad you’re happy too, especially in such a demanding industry. Follow your happiness! 🫡✨
I push buttons in my basement in my underwear.
Pay is pretty good because I know what buttons to push in what order.
OSU!
Could be a DJ, gamer, streamer or only fans…
Computer programmer
Close. I talk to the customers so the engineers don’t have to.
Excellent people skills
I’m a waitress, I make about 60K USD give or take 5K. It varies significantly throughout the year, though. In Chicago, that’s enough to support a family of five.
I am amazed that you can support a family of 5 with 60k!
That said, i am also amazed that you can make 60k being a waitress! Is that after paying taxes?
before taxes
the secret is simple: no car. It’s a huge expense and in a city like Chicago, completely unnecessary. I never would’ve been able to buy a home with that millstone around my financial neck
You have a house and 5 people on 60k in Chicago… That’s crazy
That’s, what, $107k/y? That’s a good, solid middle-class income in the US, unless you live in an expensive area. E.g., it’s a great salary if you live in Manhattan, Kansas; it’s not a lot if you live in Manhattan, New York. What’s the cost of living where you live?
I’d go by the price of eggs, but they’re outrageously expensive under our current regime.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bangkok Here’s a general overview.
43% less expensive than where I live yet milk costs the same as here 🤔
Milk prices vary widely. The Midwest has a lot of cows. Milk is pretty cheap in most places, although Big Dairy flattens that out a lot. I’d expect milk to be very expensive in Japan, which isn’t conducive to dairy farming.
I only just now realized that, when doing cost of living comparisons, you really have to consider lifestyle. For example, my wife has a dairy allergy, so I’m the only person in the house who consumes any dairy. If you don’t eat gluten, bread prices are irrelevant, and you really should factor those out in the cost of living index.
Maybe it all averages out, in the end. “Housing”, “food”, “gas” - whatever indexes they use, they’re just aggregates.
Could be subsidies in your country. Could be geography of Thailand. When I was there it didn’t strike as the kind of land with expansive dairy ranches. As an example, New Zealand produces almost 20x as much dairy as Thailand.
regime
It’s still a government, give it a couple of years.
Good point.
