I don't know that it's really relevant to salaries, since the range of incomes is generall huge and based on the actual jobs. Like, office cleaners probably have more similar salaries no matter where they are, while there is a huge range from cleaner to CEO in my office building.
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 10:03:38 am PDT #10363 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dana - Sep 23, 2009 10:04:07 am PDT #10364 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
basically, she's telling you, you got the job, just sit tight till we get our shit together and can make you a formal offer.
There was also a bit of "don't get your expectations too high with the salary," but there's nothing I can do about that until an offer comes in.
megan walker - Sep 23, 2009 10:04:37 am PDT #10365 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I would not expect a single young professional to make less than $24,000. It would depend a lot on what profession, and where they were working.
Well, the median income here is $68,000, which skews the comparison quite a bit.
-t - Sep 23, 2009 10:04:37 am PDT #10366 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If the median household income in your area is X, what is a reasonable salary expectation for a single young professional to have?
Depends on the demographics of your area, doesn't it? If they're all young professionals, then somewhere between X/2 and X. Older professionals, something less than that. If your neighbors mostly work at Walmart, more than X, maybe.
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2009 10:05:33 am PDT #10367 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 10:07:41 am PDT #10368 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Man, I love looking at data! In my old zip code, I was right about on the median, which makes theoretical sense given the number of households with more than one wage earner and the number of housing projects.
erikaj - Sep 23, 2009 10:08:11 am PDT #10369 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not sure why MP is bringing this up now...on the one hand, they created a situation *so* fucked that it is practically, imo, a secondary condition in the "Why Mackensie Can't Get It Together"-stakes(Could something you start with your dad *ever* really be consensual? Not that I'm asking for myself; my dad is a whole other class of fucker.) Honesty is good for recovery, but why tell millions on Oprah?
Lee - Sep 23, 2009 10:10:06 am PDT #10370 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2009 10:10:08 am PDT #10371 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse, where do you find that data on median incomes?
Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 10:12:35 am PDT #10372 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Some of it was in the wikipedia article on NYC, some in the NYTimes real estate section -- that's where I found it by zip code. (But I got there by googling "[neighborhood] median income")