average hourly wage....

[Rockslinger]

The comparative pay between professions also seems off.

Numbers, particularly averages, for professionals is rather meaningless. They did an income survey of my MBA graduating class and the results varied from $0 (me) to $3,000,000. I think the average was around $150,000.

Also, some professions have very "flexible" hours. My RMT said that some of her married with children colleagues only work 2 days a week. This is similar to dancers and SP's. Some SP's only take 2 or less appointments a day whereas others take 4-5.

 

[Miss Maya Blue]

sheesh. rock you are something else.
but what else can i expect from someone who prides themselves in "slinging rocks" ?

first of all, the number was 55. though i have plenty of clients over 55.

im not at all embarrassed to admit, at 28, i *sometimes* (as in 5 times over 5 years) have found some older clients (mostly heavily bearded) a little uncomfortable of a sexual pairing, and i have (politely) turned down seeing people on that basis. i wont fuck if i am uncomfortable. and put bluntly, if it feels like i am fucking my grandpa, i refuse. is that so weird?

i will never feel embarrassed for having a boundary. nor will i fall for your trying to make me feel bad.

case closed. after a while the topic gets a little old.

 

[enduser1]

Miss Maya Blue,

It appears your geocities site is down.

EU

 

[healer677]

wow -they're low

I can't speak for the other professions listed but for Nurses (RN's) - i know that the starting salary where I work is $ 35 -$38 / hour with 4 weeks off paid, a 2 for 1 HOOP contribution (pension plan), full medical and dental, career training and tuition reimbursement.

 

[Rockslinger]

I can't speak for the other professions listed but for Nurses (RN's) - i know that the starting salary where I work is $ 35 -$38 / hour with 4 weeks off paid,

Don't they only work 3 days a week (12 hour shifts)?

 

[Meister]

Whatever you do stay far away from manufacturing.

You are single so I would take advantage of careers that attached people don't want to do, ie. evening work (real estate), jobs involving travelling, weekend work....

 

[snowleopard]

i *sometimes* (as in 5 times over 5 years) have found some older clients (mostly heavily bearded) a little uncomfortable of a sexual pairing, and i have (politely) turned down seeing people on that basis. i wont fuck if i am uncomfortable. and put bluntly, if it feels like i am fucking my grandpa, i refuse. is that so weird?

not weird at all Maya ... one wonders how many twenty something guys would be into fucking 55 plus women, even if they were getting paid for it. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that women, in general, are far more likely to overlook this barrier than men. No doubt there are young guys who are attracted to MILFS, but I suspect the vast majority are exclusively interested in the hot young bodies of their contemporaries. Completely natural, and nothing to apologize for.

 

[james t kirk]

The figures in the wage survey are definitely light. But, keep in mind that this is 1999 data, and it is for Ontario. Toronto wages tend to be higher (cost of living).

The "Toronto pays more" is truly an urban legend. In my former life, we had offices all over Canada. The Hamilton (housing is HALF of Toronto) office paid just as much as Moncton as Toronto.

 

[Don]

not weird at all Maya ... one wonders how many twenty something guys would be into fucking 55 plus women, even if they were getting paid for it. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that women, in general, are far more likely to overlook this barrier than men. No doubt there are young guys who are attracted to MILFS, but I suspect the vast majority are exclusively interested in the hot young bodies of their contemporaries. Completely natural, and nothing to apologize for.

All one has to do is look at the average rates of SPs once they hit a more "advanced" age. It is quite a bit lower. There is a reason for this... supply and demand.

 

[james t kirk]

anyone in the computer engineering field? The pay seems to be very good... Know friends who started with $100K+ right out of University at Microsoft. And from what I heard, the recession isn't affecting the computer engineers. Microsoft is still hiring programmers.

Is your friend Asian?

Don't get me wrong, but I went through Engineering and all those in Computer / Electrical Engineering are pretty much the cream of the cream of the crop. Back in my day, virtually every single one was Asian.

Unless you are certified Mensa, you won't survive. You need to breath mathematics and at that level, math becomes more like philosophy than math. Calculus (which I thought was easy at one time) becomes something called "multivariable" and it is truly out of this world.

 

[james t kirk]

Here's a simple way to look at it...

There are 2080 working hours in a year.

For the sake of the math (see above post) let's make it simple and say 2,000 hours in a year.

If you make 20 bucks an hour - that's 40 grand a year give or take.

20 bucks an hour is more than the national average and it's pretty hard to survive in this city on 40 grand a year.

Personally, why not consider getting into driving trains. Locomotives that is.

Your average CN train driver is making about 150 to 200 k a year. You drive the same track, no-one bugs you too much, you're in the great outdoors, the scenery is nice. Just don't go through any red lights.

 

[Hornet]

(firstly, i'd love to hear more about what everyday people make...lol)

If you are starting out you'll be looking at a starting average salary of anywhere from $16-22/hr. This is assuming that the company offers benefits (pension, dental & health, disability and lifeinsurance, tuition reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Paid Vacations, etc.). These can be worth another 20-30% on top of your salary but can often be overlooked. When you factor those in a $40,000 salary (a little more than $19/hr) can actually be worth over $50,000 with all those items. Consultants and people running their own business will gross more but then they have to pay for the above themsleves as well as pay higher fees for accounting and legal services.

Whereever you start you'll get an annual raise equivalent to the increase in cost of living. In normal years that will be 2.5-3.5% but I'd think that this year the annual increase for most people will be 0%. When you start off you should have plans for advancement/promotion about every 2-3 years on average that can get you another 5-10% salary increase on top of the annual increase. After about 6-8 years with the company you could be making very decent money with about 2 or 3 promotions under your belt. The key thing to note is that the peak earning years for most people is in their early to mid 40's then things usually stabilize from there as they are no longer climbing the corporate ladder and are settling down in anticipation of retirement (early retirement at 55).

It's hard to read anything into national averages as there are factors that lower that amount. Cost of living is much lower outside of Toronto and Calgary. Just compare the cost of a house in Toronto to Oshawa, Hamilton or Barrie for a comparison. Also, in a city like Toronto there are alot of people only pulling down $25-30K/yr servicing others (cleaning staff, Food Court servers, etc.). It's a necessary function but it's low pay and drags down the average. If you want an office job you could find yourself making about $60-80K (or more) after about 6-8 years depending on your skills and advancement. Administrative assistants to Executives (VP's) can make that kind of money and the administrative assistant to a CEO/President can make $100K if it's a big public company.

 

[canucklehead]

IT in porn makes a lot more then 100 grand a year ...... on average.

 

[canucklehead]

anyone in the computer engineering field? The pay seems to be very good... Know friends who started with $100K+ right out of University at Microsoft. And from what I heard, the recession isn't affecting the computer engineers. Microsoft is still hiring programmers.

UMM MS just laid off a whack of people in Jan and again in March ...
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/160121.asp

NOw IT in the porn industry is looking for LInux/UNix guys or gals... fell free to pm me.

 

[Rockslinger]

A 24 year old lady acquaintance working for a discount broker told me she makes $40,000 a year (3 years experience) answering customer phone calls. Not sure exactly what she does, maybe provides info to clients. Doesn't sound like that difficult a job.

How much do people in call centres make?

 

[tboy]

A 24 year old lady acquaintance working for a discount broker told me she makes $40,000 a year (3 years experience) answering customer phone calls. Not sure exactly what she does, maybe provides info to clients. Doesn't sound like that difficult a job.

How much do people in call centres make?

That sounds about right for a receptionist. Back when I worked corporate (10 yrs ago) the receptionists were making $30 - 35 K so with the 10 yrs different, that's about right.

I remember back in the day the main receptionist for American Express was being paid around $100K US. That seems high on first glance but she knew just about everything about the company and could direct a caller to the right dept/person immediately. Now this was before silicone sally got her hooks into CS phone lines........

 

[Rockslinger]

I remember back in the day the main receptionist for American Express was being paid around $100K US.

Hey guys, do you think Miss Blue would make a fantastic receptionist? Imagine walking into your lawyer's office and she asks you to take a seat.

 

[fotobug]

In photography I can book as many as 12 shoots per week, each shoot two hours long, and charge 400$ / hour. That's just the studio fee, any post-processing work I charge extra for, at a reasonable rate of 40$/hr.

But 12 shoots per week I wouldn't be able to leave my studio with all the editing I would have to do... I probably wouldn't be able to sleep either.

 

[KBear]

In photography I can book as many as 12 shoots per week, each shoot two hours long, and charge 400$ / hour. That's just the studio fee, any post-processing work I charge extra for, at a reasonable rate of 40$/hr.

That would work out to over $40,000 per month, sounds great

Some of the girls have taken courses to become RTMs, but don’t think it really pays much, if you can find work at all. The $100K for the RTM could be an exception, or a dream of what she could potentially make.

Some real estate agents and stock brokers are making good money, but most are not. 20% are making 80% of the money, and you always hear about the incomes for the 20%. For real estate agents, they have to pay to work at a brokerage, and find their own customers. Both jobs are basically sales.

Different people have different motivations. Someone else said, it is good to work doing something you enjoy.

As for working into your 50s as a SP, part of the problem is finding customers, but the other part is that your body will not be able to take the abuse it can when you are in your 20-30s.

 

[fotobug]

That would work out to over $40,000 per month, sounds great

Some of the girls have taken courses to become RTMs, but don’t think it really pays much, if you can find work at all. The $100K for the RTM could be an exception, or a dream of what she could potentially make.

Some real estate agents and stock brokers are making good money, but most are not. 20% are making 80% of the money, and you always hear about the incomes for the 20%. For real estate agents, they have to pay to work at a brokerage, and find their own customers. Both jobs are basically sales.

Different people have different motivations. Someone else said, it is good to work doing something you enjoy.

As for working into your 50s as a SP, part of the problem is finding customers, but the other part is that your body will not be able to take the abuse it can when you are in your 20-30s.

You obviously missed the rest of my post, I could make that much if I had no social life and never slept, spending 100% of my free time editing photos. When I knuckle down I can make around 10,000$ monthly.