GingerRose Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 What is your hourly pay at your job? (In terms of American dollars.) You can use google to convert to pounds or another currency. Link to post Share on other sites
Gloomy Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I make $20 an hour currently. Link to post Share on other sites
blunose2772 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Currently on disability but Of the jobs I did have in my life the most I was paid was $10.50 an hour Link to post Share on other sites
banana monkey Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Having converted apparently my wage is worth 12.13 dollars. That's considered very low here. will be interesting to see what is considered low in the us. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Tourmaline Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Spoiler 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Anomaly Q3Xr Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I am on disability, and have been since 2013. Prior to that my highest paying job was around $9.1 per hour in a mid management position. In fact most of my jobs had been lower to mid management and I barely every made $9 an hour, and more often than not would do 60 or more hours a week, but paid for 40, so my "real" pay was considerably less than that per hour. Link to post Share on other sites
oldgeeza Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I'm a truck driver in the UK, up until recently the pay was quite poor, now that there's a driver shortage, the pay has gone up, I'm earning approximately$17.57 an hour up to $21.20 on overtime, over 48 hours, at one time, not so long ago, the wages were half of that, for us, the average working week is around 60 hours, we work unsociable hours, never the same start or finish time, I can start anytime between 2200 to 0600, I have at least two nights away sleeping in the truck, our lives revolve around our work, can't make plans as we don't know what time we'll be finished, and the public here moan that we're overpaid and we don't earn our money. I admit that I would like to get out of the industry, I am still trying to find something to get me away from the transport industry, but no one wants to employ a fifty something, nor do they want to pay. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I'm retired so I don't have an hourly wage. Link to post Share on other sites
Libellule Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I don't have an hourly wage at my job. I get paid the same amount each month, no matter whether I've had overtime, minus hours, or exactly worked the amount of hours stated in my contract. All my overtime hours go into a budget and add up to extra holidays, so I'm still rewarded for them. Link to post Share on other sites
Nirnroot Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I believe minimum wage here is like $12 an hour and I am blessed to make $15 an hour. Link to post Share on other sites
Blue eyes white dragon Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Most of my clients pay me 15 an hour but one pays 10. It would be nice if I got enough hours to keep up with rent tho Link to post Share on other sites
TormentDubz Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 15 but soon 20 then 22 or so and then 32 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sam Spade Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I make $20 an hour but I have a lot of overtime so that really adds up Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 My last job, I took $14 an hour (California minimum wage) as a "probation period" to be raised to $17. $17 was already too low for the position ($20-27 is usual), but I was not being picky. Through various shenanigans I've already discussed, they never got around to raising it from $14, and the company closed the day before CA min wage went to $15. Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 7 hours ago, Gloomy said: I make $20 an hour currently. Sweet, mate! I mean, for me, that's high. Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Sam Spade said: I have a lot of overtime so that really adds up Envy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 3 hours ago, TormentDubz said: 15 but soon 20 then 22 or so and then 32 Awesome that you got that set up! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Blue eyes white dragon said: Most of my clients pay me 15 an hour but one pays 10. It would be nice if I got enough hours to keep up with rent tho Has me curious to your occupation. Making puppies into coats? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 hours ago, TheCloudyEnd said: like $12 I need to move wherever there is! Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 hours ago, daveb said: I'm retired so I don't have an hourly wage. My da was just telling me today, retired: living the high life. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 6 hours ago, banana monkey said: Having converted apparently my wage is worth 12.13 dollars. That's considered very low here. will be interesting to see what is considered low in the us. I think lowest (not counting wait staff) is about 5 pounds and hour. Link to post Share on other sites
Blue eyes white dragon Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 58 minutes ago, GingerRose said: Has me curious to your occupation. Making puppies into coats? Mee?? Never! Would I do such a thing?? Its fake fur darrrling *attempts to be charming in obvious dalmatian coat* (I'm a private tutor for 4 families but it's very unreliable at the moment so I've been trying to get other jobs) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Nirnroot Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, GingerRose said: I need to move wherever there is! Don't bother. The cost of living is high too. Just like anywhere else, the minimum wage doesn't keep up. Link to post Share on other sites
Gloomy Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 hours ago, GingerRose said: Sweet, mate! I mean, for me, that's high. It’s not very high here in California lol. It’s still better than making $15 or $16 per hour like I did for a few years though. I do live comfortably, but saving money can be a challenge, and my rent for the cheapest place I could find is a little over half my take home pay. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 2 hours ago, GingerRose said: I need to move wherever there is! Come to my neck of the woods! (Hartford, CT, a city, not actual woods.) Minimum wage: $13/hour and scheduled to increase to $15/hour by June 1, 2023. Rent: a 1-BR apartment can be found as low as $800-$850/mo. Walkability/Public transportation: Decent, not amazing, but by no means terrible. (Good bus lines run every 5-10 minutes during the day, 20 minutes-half and hour at night.) Rental availability: Rental vacancy rate is roughly 9% I found my place by wandering the streets looking for "for rent" signs and signed a lease shortly after my tour. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 @GingerRose One warning about my neck of the woods: *Sings to the tune of "Home on the Range"* Oh, home in Asylum Hill, Half the town is addicted to pills, Every day there's a bust, where they find angel dust, And cocaine wrapped in $1 bills. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
oldgeeza Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 4 hours ago, TheCloudyEnd said: Don't bother. The cost of living is high too. Just like anywhere else, the minimum wage doesn't keep up. The cost of living has shot up in the past 6 months, now that war has broken out, it's an excuse to increase the cost of fuel for home and vehicles, everything goes by road, the greedy fat cats aren't going to take a cut in profits so the cost of everything in the shops goes up too. I would say that my outgoings on electricity, and diesel have taken away around an extra $50 a week from my budget Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceDustbin Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 About 21-23 USD an hour, I think, though my job bills my work to external companies for 80 USD an hour (which I don't notice in my paycheck 😅) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
banana monkey Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 11 hours ago, GingerRose said: I think lowest (not counting wait staff) is about 5 pounds and hour. Oh dear, given that here minimum wage is about to go up to 9.50 an hour (and so my wage will have to go up as well by law! - never been in that position before as my company usually pays slightly over, but they seem to be struggling with wages since covid. Our competitors are currently paying average 90 pence more an hour than we are paid. A lot of people are having to move due to increase in cost of living. Link to post Share on other sites
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