Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Where do you fit in?

Now that it's closing in on summertime, you might decide to take advantage of the fact that people are generally happier in the summer and ask your boss for a raise. To help you, we decided to compile this list with rough estimates of average salaries. Where do you fit in?

Museum curators -- $26,000
Police patrol officers -- $40,920
Teacher -- $48,000
Accountant -- $49,000
Trash collector -- $60,000
Mechanical engineer -- $65,000
Pharmacists -- $80,000
Computer scientist -- $70,000
Wedding photographer -- $75,000
Chemical engineer -- $78,000
Physician assistant -- $78,000
Electrical engieer -- $81,000
Veterinarians -- $88,000
News anchor in major city -- $130,000
Lawyer -- $135,000
Airline pilots -- $140,000
Orthodontists -- $369,000
Mutual fund manager -- $400,000
CEO of Fortune 500 co. -- $10 million

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is your source for salary data? Seriously, if a wedding photographer is pulling in $75K/year for working primarily evenings and weekends, I'm going to get serious about that new camera.

Hotfix Admin said...

They were pulled from various internet articles and magazines. The thing is, nobody wants to work primarily evenings and weekends!