DeProfundis said:

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I know that $100k is pretty much guaranteed for someone with a college degree who has been out of school for about 8 years or so

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DeProfundis said:

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I saw a survey the other day that said that in the USA the top 1% of households had a median income of $1,200,000 a year. Granted, I'm sure many of those are in New Jersey and California where cost of living inflates salaries but I thought that level of household income would be MUCH MUCH less prevalent than 1 in 100.

Have salaries gotten that high? I know that $100k is pretty much guaranteed for someone with a college degree who has been out of school for about 8 years or so, but had thought the $300-500k range was still rarified air and the upper range of that threshold was sniffing the "rich" territory if they were in a state with a decent cost of living.

Two workers bringing in $600k/ea or whatever combo makes $1,200,000 a year I thought would be on the level of 1 in 10,000 or so.

What sorts of jobs make that kind of money now? I own a company in the manufacturing business and most of my middle managers make in the Mid 100's, my upper managers in the High 100's to low 200's, and my VP- Director level guys in the Upper 2's. I had thought that was pretty damn good pay, but maybe that's fairly pedestrian now

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LoneStarAg17 said:

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I'll throw in my experience, would love to hear if this is average pay or not:

My wife ('16) and I ('17) have a combined income of ~$310,000 before bonuses.

She was a business major, works in consulting, $170,000 salary.

I was an Industrial Engineering Major, currently lead a project management department of 5 in manufacturing, $125,0000 salary.

My team of PM's range from 1-5 years work experience and make between $65-90K a year before bonuses. They have no direct reports, other than cross department communication and general PM responsibilities.

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DeProfundis said:

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LoneStarAg17 said:

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I'll throw in my experience, would love to hear if this is average pay or not:

My wife ('16) and I ('17) have a combined income of ~$310,000 before bonuses.

She was a business major, works in consulting, $170,000 salary.

I was an Industrial Engineering Major, currently lead a project management department of 5 in manufacturing, $125,0000 salary.

My team of PM's range from 1-5 years work experience and make between $65-90K a year before bonuses. They have no direct reports, other than cross department communication and general PM responsibilities.

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This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about. Those used to be gigantic salaries that a business professional might hit after 20-30 years in the chair. You guys are barely (if even) in your 30's.

I'm not even that old of a dude, I'm older than you but I haven't hit 40 yet.

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